Arena: Helen Bradley by Archives+ published on 2020-05-12T23:58:14Z 'Arena’ was an evening documentary show on Piccadilly Radio which focused on politics and culture. This is a clip from an show on the artist Helen Bradley, featuring an interview recorded just weeks before her death in 1979. She describes wanting to paint for her grandchildren to show her what life was like in her childhood. L. S. Lowry apparently put her on a random bus one day to encourage her to paint. This extract is from the full-length show held at Manchester Central Library, Reference number: GB124.PICC/401 Digitised in 2019 by Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Copyright Piccadilly Radio. Genre Radio
