Were you one of the budding young actors who starred alongside Sooty and Sweep in a 1950s road safety video?
Volunteers at the Bollington Discovery Centre, based at Clarence Mill in Bollington, have unearthed a 60-year-old film which was filmed at Pott Shrigley Primary School and featured schoolchildren from the village and neighbouring Bollington.
Bollington councillor Graham Hibbert, a Discovery Centre committee member, said the film was made by Trevor Hill, who was the head of children's television at the BBC at the time and lived in Pott Shrigley.
He said: “It’s quite charming. You see the North West Road Car Company’s new bus coming along Shrigley Road in Bollington and it pulls up outside the school where all the children are in the playground.
“Sooty ends up getting knocked over by the bus so they go to Waters Green in Macclesfield where a policeman teaches them about road safety. There will be a lot of people who will remember being in it or know someone in it.
“It would be interesting if they could get in touch and come along and have a look.”
The 10-minute film was shot in the late 1950s and featured schoolchildren from Pott Shrigley and Bollington.
The film will be on display at the Discovery Centre, at Clarence Mill, until the end of the month.
Visitors will also be able to see the film So Well Remembered, made in Macclesfield in 1947 and featuring John Mills, Patricia Roc and Trevor Howard, and also featured a number of extras from Macclesfield and Bollington.
The Bollington Discovery Centre is open at weekends from 11am until 4pm, and on Wednesdays from 1pm until 4pm. Admission is free.
If you would like to be a Discover Centre volunteer contact Chris Ketletty on 01625 573953.
