name='Maurice']A Northern Echo reader seeks information, film footage and photos, of a royal visit to Wellesley Nautical School, Blyth, Northumberland, in 1968, marking its centenary.
Has "The Way We Were" explored approved schools (renamed 'Community Homes' in 1973) while memories are intact?
Film of daily life, and events such as royal visits, might be appreciated by producers and viewers of the series.
Are the following documentaries about young people, in approved schools and custodial institutions, on video or DVD?
Which documentaries are considered useful by lecturers, students and a wider audience?
1. "Put Away" (Granada, 1967) described approved schools.
2. "Aycliffe's Children" (Thames, Cutting Edge, 1992) brought viewers up to date
with five boys and two girls who featured in the documentary,"Aycliffe" (1977).
3. Timewatch: "Bad Boys" (1996) caught up with six boys who appeared in a Man Alive programme about Peper Harow in 1973.
Peper Harow, former approved school, became a therapeutic community which had closed by 1996.
4. "Detained at Her Majesty's Pleasure" : Red Bank Special Unit (BBC2, Open Space, 1991)
5. "The Boys in B Wing", HMP Hull (Panorama, c. 1989)
6. "Banged Up" (Channel 4, 1997) was produced by staff and young inmates at HMP Hull.
7. "Violent Lives - Young Offenders". A Channel 4 documentary about Everthorpe Young Offender Institution.
8. "Children of Crime" (BBC1, 1998, Blakeway Productions) had a balanced approach:
negative memories of Court Lees approved school, positive memories of Dobroyd Castle.
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