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Lorna Brown

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North East Film Archive

The North East Film Archive, based at Teesside University, save and celebrate the screen heritage of the North East of England. At the heart of their collection are films made by, and for, local people, reflecting and representing the communities, places and distinctive identity of the region. Together with their sister archive in Yorkshire they form the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, a unique pan-regional resource with over 75,000 moving image artefacts, part of York St John University. They unlock the collections for artists, academics, curators, programmers, researchers, and producers to reveal compelling stories from the vaults. www.yfanefa.com

Lorna Brown (In Profile)

The legendary 'Death Spiral' creator has a lot to say about a career built on Whitley Bay ice.

Built in 1955 by the Smith family, Whitley Bay ice rink is one of only two surviving permanent public ice rinks in a region which was once known for them.

John 'Icy' Smith founded a dynasty of frozen businesses when he opened an Edwardian ice factory in Barnard Castle. His ultimate ambition was to create an ice-skating rink, but it would take him more than 30 years to develop the necessary ice-mastery.

John's innovative designs harnessed renewable energy, and elements of the local environment to create rinks which were, and in the case of Whitley Bay, still are sustainable. The Whitley Bay rink uses frozen brine piped from the North Sea to maintain a rink fit for world champions.

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Local Characters in the North East

Land of Vikings, prince bishops, literary greats and local legends; the North East has always been full of character.

The North East is famed for its home-loving people, close-knit communities, strong work ethic and immense industry. People in the North East are proud of their heritage, and embrace high and low culture in equal measure. Pub entertainers and Hollywood stars alike are local heroes in the North East hall of fame. In this series of films, lesser-known legends are captured for posterity as part of the NEFA collection.

9 videos in this collection

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Johnny Taws

  • North Shields
  • 1994
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Lorna Brown

  • Whitley Bay
  • 1994
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Maxwell Deas

  • Gateshead
  • 1994
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The King of South Tyneside

  • Hebburn
  • 1991
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Dissent

  • Twyford Down
  • 1992
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Alan Robson

  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 1993
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Ingrid Hagemann

  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 1993
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Five Miles High

  • 2001
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Briefing [29/10/1984]

  • Newcastle
  • 1984
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