http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/Campaigns/AdmissionAllClasses.htm The thrilling heritage of fairground, music hall, circus and seaside entertainment will be brought to life in a series of events in Blackpool. From circus curiosities and side-shows to brilliant burlesque, the spectacular events will be curated by Director of the National Fairground Archive Dr Vanessa Toulmin and have been dubbed `Admission All Classes´. Blackpool Council Blackpool Council podcasting@blackpool.gov.uk en-gb 720 (C) Blackpool Council 2007 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:45 +0100 comedy,blackpool,curiosity No Blackpool on Film celebrates celebrates the rich filmic heritage of Britains premier seaside resort and the surrounding regions. On Saturday 12th January presentations will be focused in the Pavilion Theatre of the Winter Gardens. Here Professor Mervyn Heard will present an amazing collection of images from the turn of the 19th century when the magic lantern complimented and competed with the new medium of cinema. Colourful illustrated songs, comical stories, temperance warnings, advertisements and wonderful mechanical moving slides will be used as Professor Heard and company take us on a musical, magical excursion from the age of Victorian magic lantern show to the birth of the cinema picture palace. All right and proper. Nothing vulgar shown. Newsreel and Archive footage from the British Film Institute will be shown with an accompanying talk. Footage from the North West Film Archive will similarly be shown. The evening will be rounded off with a presentation of the Mitchell and Kenyon film Electric Edwardians at 7pm. This film is not themed by region as other Mitchell and Kenyon Films but is broken down into categories and covers the whole country including Youth and Education, The Anglo-Boer War, Workers, High Days and Holidays, and People and Places. Places covered include Blackpool, Hull, Liverpool, Blackburn, Birmingham and Manchester to name but a few. Blackpool on Film - January 12 and 13 January 2008 Blackpool on Film celebrates celebrates the rich filmic heritage of Britains premier seaside resort and the surrounding regions. On Saturday 12th January presentations will be focused in the Pavilion Theatre of the Winter Gardens. Here Professor Mervyn Heard will present an amazing collection of images from the turn of the 19th century when the magic lantern complimented and competed with the new medium of cinema. Colourful illustrated songs, comical stories, temperance warnings, advertisements and wonderful mechanical moving slides will be used as Professor Heard and company take us on a musical, magical excursion from the age of Victorian magic lantern show to the birth of the cinema picture palace. All right and proper. Nothing vulgar shown. Newsreel and Archive footage from the British Film Institute will be shown with an accompanying talk. Footage from the North West Film Archive will similarly be shown. The evening will be rounded off with a presentation of the Mitchell and Kenyon film Electric Edwardians at 7pm. This film is not themed by region as other Mitchell and Kenyon Films but is broken down into categories and covers the whole country including Youth and Education, The Anglo-Boer War, Workers, High Days and Holidays, and People and Places. Places covered include Blackpool, Hull, Liverpool, Blackburn, Birmingham and Manchester to name but a few. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:20:45 +0100 00:09:14 http://www.blackpool.gov.uk/blackpoolgov/podcasts/admissionallclasses/film.mp3