AN archive held by the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, has helped to make a three-part BBC2 documentary possible.
The campus holds part of the Northern Region Film and Television Archive and the one-hour footage from Teesside includes a 1913 Newcastle versus Sunderland derby, Second World War clips, including the bombing of South Shields in 1941, and a colour home movie shot by a Middlesbrough dentist during a trip to Nazi Germany in 1937. The documentary, England on Film, will be broadcast over three evenings.
CHARITY NIGHT: Billy Davis and Cuervo Nights will sing country music at Guisborough Quoit Club next Friday, to raise funds for a community computer for the Kemplah House Sheltered Accommodation complex in Guisborough.
BOOK STALL: A coffee and book stall will be held at Sunnyfield House, Guisborough, tomorrow from 9am, in aid of the South Cleveland branch of Diabetes UK.
MP'S SURGERIES: Ashok Kumar, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP, holds three advice surgeries today, from 4pm to 5pm at Loftus Town Hall, 5.15pm to 6.15pm at Skelton Civic Centre, and 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Sunnyfield House, Guisborough. Call (01287) 610878 for information.
SMOKING WARNING: Children from an east Cleveland primary school learnt about the dangers of smoking. The seven and eight-year-olds, at Whitecliffe Primary, Carlin How, near Saltburn, met Susie Smokes and Clean Air Clare, in a project by Sure Start East Cleveland and the Drug Education Team.
NOSTALGIA SHOW: The Marske Pensioners and Friends group presents a nostalgia show on Tuesday, at the Cheshire Home, Marske, from 2pm to 4pm. Vocalist Steve Mansell will perform. Entrance is £1, including tea and biscuits.
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