Billingham Forum Launch video

With thanks to Elder Lester McGregor (www.elderlester.co.uk) an original video looking at the original launch of the Forum leisure complex in Billingham Town Centre back in 1967.

The complex is about to re-open following a £17m refurbishment - see http://www.stockton.gov.uk/citizenservices/regeneration/regenerationschemes/b... for more details.

Programme and venue information is available via www.teesactive.co.uk

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Education

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• billingham
• billingham forum
• forum theatre

[Daveyswan007]

An amazing piece of local history!!

[PhilipGreenMusic]

the soundtrack is proper cheeky :')

nothing like a bit of local history..

what happened to stockton :/ ...

[paulboon]

i was in the crowd when the queen was in billingham to open the forum back in 1967 at the tender age of 16 can anyone remember the manager back then george romain a local tv entertainer not long after the opening it was leaked to the middlesbrough evening gazzette that he was on £ 80 per week a big wage 45 years ago it was cut to £ 40 per week i can remember using the bar with my old school mates back then

[Twilightteasing]

Makes Billingham look quaint



[1middlesbrough]

@MrPhumo Exactly, thats the trouble. Everything just stagnated after 1970.

[Ow3n86]

Billingham seemed a much happier society and environement back then... man how time has changed!  Nice video!

[12inchmaster]

good video



[TheRenzorgle]

I just saw my dad!! :'D

[MrPhumo]

LOL. Apart from the people it looks exactly the same today.