Dawn of a New Era

Season 1Episode 1930 minSep 29, 2011
Dawn of a New Era

In Manchester, Melvyn looks back to the 1900s and the dawn of a new era, when the invention of the film camera put everyday people in the picture.

Margaret Koppens talks about her grandfather who was one of the thousands of children who risked life and limb in the cotton mills of Lancashire. Fairground owner Peter Sedgwick comes face to face with his great grandfather who started the family business back in 1900. Plus, how a discovery of film stock in a Blackburn basement ended up a world treasure.

Dawn of a New Era has aired on Sep 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM
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