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Ever
since it was possible to record sound - and later moving pictures
- the BBC has been a major force in capturing the past for
the future, and has learned the hard way when it's chosen
to bulk erase the past - think of the excitement of finding
those lost episodes of Dr Who!
After
all, how often have you headed for the tin trunk in the attack
to look for a particular family snap only to discover it has
gone AWOL or that the mice have taken a liking to photographic
paper?
Jonathan
Dimbleby - 1969
With
our growing interest in old film and photos, the way we hang
on to the past plays an important role in understanding our
lives today, whether it's our own photo  albums,
cine film or video, or the archives of broadcasters like the
BBC.
The
BBC Regional News Archive lives in a small part of the basement
of BBC West's regional home in Bristol.
Opening
the door to the archive is like stepping back through time
itself since every shelf contains a mass of recorded evidence
of West Country life since the late 1950s.
John
Norman - 1976
This
shrine-like room contains the relics of some of the West's
notable happenings, including evidence of its people, communities
and varied countryside - the walls literally echo the voices
of those who have reflected the West Country through the BBC's
regional news programme, Points West.
Here,
the guardians of this remarkable collection - Fiona, Jan,
Julie and Siobhan - have an equally incredible recall of the
West Country's historic moments - as well as less memorable
events (but just as fascinating).
Follow
the links to see more of Points West's Archive On-Demand (Requires
RealPlayer)
BBC
Bristol
Hartcliffe
Factory : 70s/80s
Mother
Goose: 1977
Ashton
Gate: 1970/80
SS
Great Britain: 1970
Bristol
Winter
Severn
Bridge: 1966
High
Speed Train: 1976
Cary
Grant: 1986
Bristol
Carnival:1987
Clifton Suspension fireworks: 1988
Saltford:
1976
BBC
Somerset
Clarks
Shoes : 1982
Wassailing:
1982
Bath
Rugby: 1986
Bishop
Carey: 1990
Hinkley
A: 1965
Somerset
Winter
Bath
traffic: 1965
Taunton
Canal: 1965
Bath
Gliding Club: 1965
Acker
Bilk: 1977
Bridgwater
Carnival: 1966
Nether
Stowey: 1964
BBC
Gloucestershire
Forest
of Dean: 1965
Fairford:
1977
Forest
Green: 1965/82
Berkeley:
1989
Gloucestershire
Winter
Stroudwater:
1974
Severn
Bridge: 1966
Laurie
Lee: 1984
Sandling
Fireworks: 1992
Barton Street Winter Carnival: 1989
Frampton
on Severn: 1969
BBC
Wiltshire
Railway
Works : 1960
Marshfield:
1967
Swindon
Town: 1969
Silbury
Hill: 1969
Wiltshire
Winter
The
Magic Roundabout
Bath
Gliding Club: 1965
Severn
Bridge: 1966
Diana
Dors: 1978
Pains Wessex, Salisbury: 1967
Steeple
Ashton :1969
Chris
Vacher's "People's Archive" - see the films
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