Tuesday 12th January 2027
11am
Tickets: FREE
MAC MATINEE
DISTINCTIVELY STAFFORDSHIRE - North and South,
The Creative Hub of the Midlands Caught on Film.
With the Enlightenment and first flush of the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago, Staffordshire’s greatest minds, craftspeople and industrialists led the way in creating our Modern Society. The fuse was lit HERE - with great thinkers: Josiah Wedgwood, Dr Johnson, Charles Darwin - great engineers: James Brindley, Matthew Boulton.
As the revolution gathered pace with monumental industrial initiatives for manufacture and communications in the 19th Century, so the new towns and cities developed, linked by roads, canals and railways. The North of the County was a combination ofPottery Manufacture,Coal Mining, Steelworks and Agriculture - with the thread of silk-making in the Moorlands.
The South of the County connected into the Black Country: Stafford was the centre for Salt-Making, Shoe-making and Diesel/Electric Locomotives. Furthest South was Chain-Making - creating the largest chains of the day - including the anchor chains for the Titanic and world’s largest Anchor for the Titanic.Staffordshire FilmArchive has film footage showing all these facets which make up our Distinctive Staffordshire.
Presented by Staffordshire Film Archive
No trailers or adverts. Films start prompt.
Community day films are drop in free events.
No trailers or adverts. Films start at 11am prompt.
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MAC Community days brings you a programme of accessible film all in a bid to break barriers and create a happy place for our community. MAC Community days are in partner ship with Able Stoke, North Staffs Pensioners' Convention, and Staffordshire Sight Loss.
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