The Society of Genealogists has received the following notice -

REEL HISTORY OF BRITAIN  on BBC TWO  with MELVYN BRAGG

NEEDS YOUR FAMILY STORIES FOR A BRAND NEW BBC2 HISTORY SERIES SHOWING HOW ORDINARY BRITISH PEOPLE LIVED FOR OVER 100 YEARS…

Do you remember or have any everyday family stories or photos about…

Early Twentieth Century The 1960s
Factory Life End of the Steam Railway
World War 1 Battalions School Life
Aristocratic Households in the 20s Owning a car and motorway travel
1930s Slum Housing Housing Estates
   
The 1940s The 1970s
Dad’s Army or Evacuation Silver Jubilee
Hospital Life – Patients and Medics Package Holidays Abroad
   
The 1950s Working Life across the Century
British Seaside Holidays Were you or your family involved in
The Coronation Shipbuilding, Farming, Coal Mining or Fishing?
Teenage Life and Teddy Boys  
   

If you have a story to tell on these topics and many more, then we want to hear it. Your story, photo, diary or home movie could play a major role in the telling the history of Britain. You could even feature on the programme.

For more information

Phone: 0161 244 3289 Email: reelhistory@bbc.co.uk

Write: The Reel History of Britain, BBC Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M60 1SJ

(standard geographic charges apply and calls may be included in your telecoms provider’s call package. Calls from mobiles may be higher)

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