Nelson, Lancashire Good Old Days

This collection of short movies was made in 1962. Set in Nelson and the  Pendle  Countryside, it is a window to the past,with a view to how people from the north of England  lived.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5uaFQrEidg






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