ATV Today: 23.07.1975: Beautiful Bilston

Summary

John Swallow talks to an urban planner in Bilston about plans to transform the town's industrial waste land.

Year:

1975

Duration:

0:05:30

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

John Swallow interviews an unnamed urban planner about the plan to regenerate areas of Bilston. The pair are seen walking over land on the Carder Crescent reclamation site. He is appealing for suggestions from members of the public and makes some himself which include emitting coloured smoke from the factory chimneys and covering eyesores with tin foil to brighten them up. We see shots of a reclamation site in Bilston including long shots of factory chimneys, St Leonards Church and the GKN office block. In Bilston town centre there is a shot of a bus stop which it is suggested could have street poems added nearby.


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