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THE fate of a 250-year-old chestnut tree and mysteries of a legendary cave are revealed in archive television footage of quirky local stories. The BBC, which celebrates its centenary next year, has been opening up its video archives, and the Telegraph & Argus has been showcasing some of the footage on our website. Now the BBC has released its final batch of reports from its collection of unusual news footage, much of it shot in and around the Bradford district. Spanning the decades from TV’s post-war switch-on, the films are a fascinating snapshot of local life. In a report first broadcast on John Craven s Newsround on December 9, 1976, Jeremy Thompson looked at attempts to save an ancient Chestnut tree in the Calder valley. Two centuries previously, Methodist leader John Wesley had preached from beneath the tree, but, said Jeremy: Now it s going to take more than prayers to save this historic tree. Old age, decay and the Pennine winds have left the Horse Chestnut in dange
IN 1975 three Bradford men came up with a novel idea for heating a bed.but was it all just hot air? Footage of the ‘miracle hot air bed’ from current affairs TV show Nationwide is revealed in a series of quirky local films from BBC archives. Others include ‘the first computer-generated fish and chip fryer’ at a Pudsey chippie and Bradford’s Town Hall bells breaking with tradition to ring the Z Cars theme and other modern tunes in the 1960s. The BBC, which celebrates its centenary next year, has opened up its video archives for Telegraph & Argus readers. The films are from the broadcaster’s extensive collection of diverse and unusual news footage, much of it shot in Yorkshire, spanning several decades.