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| [MILL DEMOLITION AND WEDDING SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 8534 | |||
| There are scenes from the demolition of a mill where we see a chimney brought crashing down while spectators look on. There are brief scenes of an elderly lady gardening while her dog relaxes on the lawn. The film concludes with wedding scenes as a newly married couple and their guests pose for photographs. | |||
| MUSEUM CARS AT BLACKPOOL | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 9172 | |||
| Views of some of the various preserved trams including from Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh Hill of Howth which were loaned to Blackpool for the centenary celebrations of the tramway in 1985. | |||
| [QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 9448 | |||
| The film opens on shots of Blackburn followed by scenes in Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. The students can be seen working on various assignments such as writing articles for a Victorian newspaper. Some students take part in a game of netball. Later during break time, the children play in the school playground. | |||
| MARTIN MERE | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 9560 | |||
| A visit to the Martin Mere wetland nature reserve in West Lancashire, and a look at some of the visiting wildfowl, including flamingoes, a variety of ducks and geese, black-necked swans and Australian black swans. | |||
| BELGIUM CAMP 1985 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 9711 | |||
| Scenes from the Glossop and District Scouts camping trip to Belgium in 1985. The film opens with shots of the scouts and their parents waiting for the coach in a pub car park. We next see them at Camping St. Michiels in Belgium. There are campsite scenes throughout the film, we see the scouts eating, washing up and relaxing around the tents. The scouts take daytrips around Belgium. They go to Ieper and we see sights around the town, a visit to St. George's Memorial Church and the war graves cemetery. They visit the trenches at Sanctuary Wood Museum and the Tyne Cot War Graves Cemetery. We see them take a trip to Gent, and to Bruges where they take a sightseeing boat trip. They go to Knokke-Heist and we see the scouts visiting the beach. They visit the Atomium in Brussels and they go over the Dutch border to visit Sluis in the Netherlands. They watch performing sea lions and dolphins at a Dolfinarium. The film ends with scenes of the scouts taking their luggage out of the coach. | |||
| SETTLE AND CARLISLE | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 10375 | |||
| Scenes along the iconic rail route, including the view from the moving train, Ribblehead Viaduct, station stops at Dent and Appleby, and on arrival in Carlisle, shots of the city centre. | |||
| THE STOCKPORT CINE SOCIETY VISITS THE LANCASTER CANAL | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 10376 | |||
| Members of the Stockport Cine Society enjoy a leisurely boat ride along the Lancaster Canal on 1st June 1985, with scenic views and passing boats, ducks and swans. There is also a brief sequence of a Red Arrows aerial display. | |||
| [THE PORT OF PETERHEAD] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 10385 | |||
| A film looking at the Scottish port, including footage of trawlers and other vessels in the harbour, shots of the town of itself, and of birds on nearby cliffs. The soundtrack has music and a voiceover giving information on the port, from its history to its contemporary usage. | |||
| THE VISIT OF HM THE QUEEN THE COLONEL IN CHIEF TO THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S OWN YEOMANRY AT ALTCAR TRAINING CAMP ON 29TH JUNE 1985 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 11252 | |||
| A record of the visit of the Queen to the Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomany – at this time a home defence reconnaissance unit – at their annual camp in Altcar. The Queen tours the camp, meets military personnel, and watches demonstrations of the unit’s work, which utilises weaponry and land rovers. After an official photograph is taken, the Queen takes the salute as the vehicles drive past, before she takes her leave and departs. | |||
| [PARTY IN THE GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 5745 | |||
| The Greenwood family and friends have a party in the garden, drinking and waving to the camera. Various members if the family play golf, then football with a tennis ball in a school yard. | |||
| LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 1985 | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 11932 | |||
| A woman on horseback leads the parade followed by a girls' dance troupe, people in fancy dress, a marching brass band, floats, Morris dancers and the Rose Queens in vintage convertible cars. The parade enters the showground, and the Rose Queen coronation ceremony begins followed by the fancy dress competition and prize giving. The decorated floats pass the stage where the newly crowned Rose Queen sits, and the film ends with close ups of a cat. | |||
| [V.E. DAY IN CONGLETON] | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 3606 | |||
| Shots of a remembrance day parade passing through the centre of Congleton - a uniformed brass band is seen in the procession, and there are shots of wreathes being laid before a war memorial. | |||
| THE BIG DITCH | |||
| Date: 1985 Film Number: 8756 | |||
| A trip along the Manchester Ship Canal from Liverpool to Manchester Docks. The locks and swing bridges are seen in operation, and there is still commercial shipping on the waterway, though the docks in Salford are closed. The soundtrack provides information on the construction of the Ship Canal. | |||
| [BANDS AND COCONUT DANCERS] | |||
| Date: 1985-9 Film Number: 2937 | |||
| Footage of a brass band rehearsing and the playing in what appears to be a car park, followed by an appearance from the Britannia Coconut Dancers. | |||
| NORTEK RAFT RACE 1985 & NORTEK SPHINX 1986 | |||
| Date: 1985-6 Film Number: 3603 | |||
| Shots of a raft race, with participants dressed in costume (evening wear, red Indians). They do battle, throwing flour and water at each other. The second part of the film shows a carnival float in the shape of a sphinx being unveiled and then taking part in a procession through Congleton. | |||
| [SALFORD LADS' CLUB CAMP c1986] | |||
| Date: c1986 Film Number: 4955 | |||
| The camp for Salford Lads' Club in Aberystwyth is seen being set up prior to their arrival. When they do, an inspection is held, the lads are seen washing up after a meal and playing cricket and football. There is footage of a coach trip to Barmouth with a visit to the funfair and of a barbecue back at camp. Some of the lads are seen at a local market and on the beach, and everyone poses for the group photograph. There are views of the cookhouse as well as the Vale of Rheidol steam train and on the final day, the camp is packed up and the boys head home. | |||
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| [JOHN WITH BOX AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1985-9 Film Number: 11163 | |||
| A little boy, John, plays with a box in the garden, and then with a toy broom. The film maker then pans the camera around the cricket pitch with views of the mill in the background. There are then close up shots of dragonflies in the garden and brief landscape shots. | |||
| [STREAM AND SNOW, MORRIS DANCERS] | |||
| Date: 1985-9 Film Number: 11164 | |||
| Scenes of snow at Spuley Bridge, and then we see Morris dancers performing outside the Crown Inn, Bollington. People stand outside the pub, drinking and enjoying the performance. | |||
| [TEGG'S NOSE AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1985-9 Film Number: 11165 | |||
| The film opens with scenes of Tegg's Nose Country Park, there are landscape views and we see an elderly man on a hillside and a rock climber in the distance. We then see children at home eating ice creams and there are close up shots of a robin in the garden. | |||
| [A CANAL, STEAM TRAIN, AND FAMILY MISCELLANY] | |||
| Date: 1985-9 Film Number: 11244 | |||
| Compilation of family domestic and leisure footage, including trips on the narrowboats ‘Jess’ and ‘Lady Jane’; several steam locomotives; visits to Lichfield Cathedral, Harlech Castle and Bodnant Gardens; canal boats in winter, and Christmas and birthday scenes. The reel ends with shots of a squirrel on the garden bird-feeder. | |||
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