You know you’re getting old when archive footage starts looking contemporary - and when policemen start looking dandy. So it’s refreshing to hear Plymouth Arts Centre is offering you a sofa and a biscuit to watch rare archive footage of Plymouth and the surrounding area.

There are around 70 clips to choose from, of between five and 15 minutes long, and include inaugural flights from Roborough Airport, the post-war rebuilding of the city, and the construction of the Tamar Bridge.

But there aint no thing as a free viewing of old films, ‘your reactions to this footage will be recorded and used as part of Root Index, the new exhibition at Plymouth Arts Centre to celebrate its 60th anniversary’.

Book your turn on the sofa (you’ve got till July 20) through the box office on 01752 206 114.

But if you wanna take a look at a dandy policeman from yesteryear, take a gander at the clip below, which is from the BFI and not the Plymouth Arts Centre event - just to whet your appetite, you understand.

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