University Film & TV team to screen rare films at football exhibition
The screening of rare cine films from the private collection of a long-term director of Carlisle United Football Club forms part of two special events taking place this month, both involving University of Cumbria staff and students.
Backing the Blues: 120 Years of Carlisle United – an exhibition at Tullie in Carlisle – comes to an end on 10 November. It has already attracted more than 5,500 visitors since it opened in July.
The exhibition is part of Be Just and Fear Not, a lottery-funded project supported by Carlisle United FC, University of Cumbria, Tullie, and Cumberland Council.
A series of free events is scheduled to mark the end of the Tullie-based exhibition.
Lifelong Carlisle United fan Ed Cooper, senior lecturer in Film and TV at the university’s Institute of Education, Arts and Society, is leading Reel Memories – The Sounds and Scenes of CUFC History on Tuesday 5 November.
On Sunday 10 November, Extra Time will be an afternoon of talks that are designed to reflect on the themes and ideas that run through the Backing the Blues exhibition, and exploring football, heritage and culture through community, identity and place.
Students from the university's Institute of Education, Arts and Society are supporting too, recording, curating and mixing a soundtrack to accompany the films that will be screened.
Ed said: “The talks and screening surround a private collection of cine films which were recorded by long term club director Jim Monkhouse. These were donated by his daughter Liz earlier this year.
“Within this series of talks we aim to explore the cultural and social significance of artefacts of this nature and also relate these back to key development, players, staff and fans from Carlisle United history.
“The films span from 1961 to 1984 and show some rarities, such as what I think could be the only colour images, let along moving images from Carlisle United’s rare blue and white hopped kit from the early 1960s. It also sees Alan Ashman with the FA Cup. It explores the club preseason training trip to Spain and the development of the stadium over time.”
The talks will also consider archival issues and the next level of digital restoration, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Places at the Tullie talks are free but must be prebooked.
- Reel Memories - The Sounds and Scenes of CUFC History, Tuesday 5 November, 6.30pm, visit: https://tullie.org.uk/events/reel-memories-the-sounds-and-scenes-of-cufc-history/
- Extra Time Afternoon of Talks, Sunday 10 November from 1.30pm: visit https://tullie.org.uk/events/extra-time-afternoon-of-talks/
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Notes to editors
* Image: University of Cumbria senior lecturer Ed Cooper standing in a replica commentary box he constructed for the Backing The Blues exhibition at Tullie in Carlisle
* Ed Cooper is available for interview. Please contact the university communications team - email news@cumbria.ac.uk or call 01228 279360.