This Sunday, 31 January 2016, a rare chance to see J.B. Priestley’s Lost City, thanks to the National Media Museum and the J.B. Priestley Society. Lost City is a 1958 BBC documentary. It shows the Bradford-born author revisiting his boyhood haunts, many of which were soon to be lost in the 1960s remodelling of the city. If you’ve never seen the legendary Swan Arcade, Priestley’s teenage workplace, this film is a must!
An afternoon with J.B. Priestley also includes other Priestley rarities, plus an interview with Mavis Dean, who accompanied Priestley in the film.
A piece in our 100 Objects exhibition ponders Lost City as an intriguing glimpse of old Bradford and its insights into Priestley’s complex relationship with his home city:
No 55. Whatever happened to Mr Mothergill: J.B. Priestley’s Lost City.