Motoring into the Sixties

Motoring into the SixtiesThis is a selection of films from the archive of the British Commercial Vehicle Museum. LEYLAND BEAVER: John Moon, Editor of Commercial Motor magazine, puts the new Leyland Beaver through its paces in 1961. LEYLAND ATLANTEAN: Unique footage of the first road tests of the Leyland Atlantean bus. Then we see the first production models on the road around Leyland and Preston prior to taking the 1968 Commercial Motor Show by storm. STANDARD ATLAS VAN: A

The Knocker-Up

Health and welfare are the themes of the film – and the repeated emphasis is on how far the Six Towns had come since Federation in 1910

We see how people coped on the Home Front

We see Digging for Victory in 1941 in Fenton Park and local allotments

Motorways have revolutionised distribution - and lorries are now more important than ever in supplying our needs for a wide choice of readily available goods

By Appointment

However some Education Authorities realised the opportunities offered by the camps and eventually about 30 camps were being used for the education of secondary school children

Clay Chorus

and George Barber opened the first cinema in the Potteries in October 1909

Reminiscences

and chart the rapid changes brought about by the opening of the M6 as the new major route to Scotland

Activities of Stoke-on-Trent City Corporation”