Madeley Before Redevelopment

Summary

Views of Madeley in Shropshire filmed in October 1967 prior to the development of Telford new town.

Year:

1967

Duration:

0:07:58

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Promotional

Company:

Master format:

16mm

Description

Views of old housing in Madeley, Shropshire. Exterior of the Miners Arms pub with traffic passing. View of construction site. We then see a building being demolished by men using a pneumatic drill. Back at the building site we see a grader being used to level the land. More street scenes in Madeley follow including shots of St Michael's church and the church hall, the Three Horse Shoes pub and traffic including a sign for the road to Coalport. We then see establishing shots of the Anstice Memorial Hall in the town centre. More views of chapels follow plus a shot of the war memorial and a number of new houses nearing completion.


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