Green Day, 1989

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Dear Occupier… Brown Route Opposition Campaign, 1989 Dear Occupier… was a humorous video drama project produced by the Brown Route Opposition Campaign and High Peak Community Arts to protest against the A6 Disley and High Lane bypass road schemes. The video evolved thorough workshops and highlighted the effect of the road on local people, damage

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Cement Mix The Human Race, 1988 In the late 1980s High Peak Community Arts began creating video projects and The Human Race was produced with a group called Cement Mix to highlight disability awareness. The group gained skills in camera operation, sound, lighting and editing techniques and produced The Human Race video which was accompanied

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People’s War (Tin Hats ‘n Telegrams), 1987 Tin Hats’n’Telegrams was a large scale community play initiated by High Peak Community Arts as part of The People’s War Project. It aimed to research, record and present the experience of ordinary people during World War Two in the Sett Valley, providing an opportunity to work with older

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Who Shot Big Ted, 1986 Who Shot Big Ted? Was a play devised and produced by members of the Fairfield Centre Youth Drama Group in Buxton. The plot involved characters from the TV programme Play School on a work to rule, a presenter mysteriously disappearing, a threatening letter, and blood and stuffing in the sand

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  Merry Christmas Mr Trash, 1985 Merry Christmas Mr Trash was a pantomime produced by Hayfield Youth Club. It told the story of Doomslayer, who wanted to ruin Christmas, battling with Mr Trash – a dustbin man who turns into a superhero called Superbinner. It was written by members of Hayfield Theatrical Company and performed

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Grids playscheme, 1985

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Mrs Higginbotham’s Bridge, 1984 In 1984 New Mills celebrated the centenary of the High Level Union Bridge, a bridge across the Torrs linking New Mills with New Mills Newtown, with a series of events including Mrs Higginbotham’s Bridge. This was a musical documentary looking at the fortunes of four teenagers living in 1884 and 1984

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Commutiny on the Bounty, 1983 Commutiny On The Bounty was an ambitious project involving over 70 children aged from four to sixteen in a performance based on Mutiny On The Bounty. A series of workshops in music, drama, games and costume making was followed by a three hour open air performance that travelled from Buxworth

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