RenTV Archive

Jack Wardrop was often seen documenting a changing Paisley. Paul Russell who inspired the REEL LIFE festival made this film towards the end of Jack’s successful film career.

This film about local cinema projectionist Dan Cattigan was made by Paul Mothersole. Dan is fondly remembered as Paisley’s film man!

Stephen Mansfield photojournalism’s documents everything from bowling club prizegivings to Royal visits, and he was in the thick of the celebrations after St. Mirren won the Scottish Cup in 1987.

Alexander Cunningham is a transport enthusiast who documented local buses and trains as well as the now lost branch line to the Linwood Car Factory.

The McCrimmon films of Johnstone were left by the family at Paisley Museum and were recently digitised following efforts by the Paisley Camcorder Club to preserve local film history. It depicts many aspects of local life.

Threadbare was made by Jack Wardrop to bring attention to the decline of Paisley’s manufacturing base. It is a powerful first hand account of these traumatic changes.

Paisley’s Home Guard came to light as a result of the Paisley Camcorder Club’s efforts to preserve local screen history. It depicts Paisley’s own Dad’s Army!

The story of The Paisley Punk Scene is one that hasn't been told on film. There has been a few articles on this subject in papers, blogs and magazines over the years but nothing on screen.

Performance by Horse McDonald as part of PAC to the Future.

Tawona Sithole is a widely published as a poet and playwright, and short story author. A storyteller and mbira musician, he is the co-founder of Seeds of Thought, a non-funded arts group and currently the UNESCO artist-in-residence at the University of Glasgow.