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Frost the Tailor (1990 Video)

aka: Alfred Frost - Bespoke Tailor

Director

Peter Kelly

Subject

Design; History

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 150 min.

Sequences show Alfred Frost, a bespoke tailor in Manchester, making a suit by hand. The interview with him underlines how his business is part of a dying trade. Filmed January 1990.

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Made to Measure (1999 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at four companies - Boxmore Associates, Associated British Ports, Andrews Sykes and David Brown - which have found that, in an age of specialisation, their best interests are served by their ability...

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Innocents, The (2006)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £19.99

Classic 1961 adaptation of Henry James’ ‘Turn of the Screw’, with Deborah Kerr as the governess who starts to see ghosts. DVD extras include: feature commentary and introduction by Professor...

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'24’ Designing and Making Furniture in Manchester (2005)

Subject

Business studies; Crafts; Design

Distribution

Slide (Slide Set, 15), £20.00

24 is a multi-disciplinary design-and-make business based in Mancheser, specialising in contemporary furniture, bespoke joinery and exhibition installations. Started in 1999 by Tim Coles and Graham Connell,...

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Cam - Revolutionary Design (2001 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2006 sale: £34.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Uses three case studies to provide an insight into the commercial world of designing and modern manufacturing approaches, including just-in-time manufacture, rapid prototyping and concurrent engineering....

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Fashion Pattern Cutting Course on Video (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col 120, 140, 90 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (inclusive) each

1: Shows the making of a basic block for the body. Explains in detail the balancing technique. This block is then used to create a lady’s corporate shirt with a two-piece collar and buttoned cuff and also...

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Stardate (2007)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £12.50

This DVD contains 3 programmes from the BBC 2 series Stardate - MISSION TO TITAN, DEEP IMPACT and MISSION TO VENUS.

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Slavery Business, The (2 Parts) (2005)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.29

The full story of Britain’s slave empire has been hidden for almost two centuries. These programmes tell of how slavery was brought to an end by the British people taking on the slave dynasties and winning.

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Rough Science - Series 1 (4 Parts) (2000)

Producer

Paul Manners

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £12.50

Series in which five scientists are taken to a remote Mediterranean island, left with only the most basic of equipment and asked to use their scientific knowledge as survival skills to demonstrate how useful...

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Rough Science, Series 3: New Zealand Gold Rush (2003)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.00

A series in which five scientists follow in the footsteps of the original prospectors from 1860 and undertake an epic journey on the rugged west coast of New Zealand’s South Island to hunt for gold. Kate...

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