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| [STEAM TRAINS AND GIRL IN GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11421 | |||
| Passenger steam trains on the Lancaster to Carlilse line then a girl with her parents on a narrow gauge miniature railway. The little girl climbs down a ladder from a barn then rides her bicycle before carrying a cat in the garden. The girl on the beach climbing the rocks with her mother then playing with a doll before riding bicycles with her mother. The film ends with the girl attempting to do headstands and doing star-jumps. | |||
| [CAT; GIRL WITH A WHEELBARROW] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11422 | |||
| A cat eating from a tin on the front step of a little girl's home. The girl putting garden waste into a wheelbarrow then holding a cat in the front garden. The girl dressing a doll then enjoying a picnic with her mother by a car before playing in the garden. | |||
| [CHILDREN ON A SLIDE] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11423 | |||
| A girl runs around the front garden holding a doll then a group of three children play on a slide in the garden. | |||
| [HOLY COMMUNION GIRLS] | |||
| Date: 1930s Film Number: 11424 | |||
| Girls in Holy Communion dresses walk through a churchyard watched by a group of priests. | |||
| A MODERN BAKERY | |||
| Date: *1931/32 Film Number: 707 | |||
| Warburton's Eatmore Bread is made - sifting the flour and kneading dough; loading and unloading the ovens; the cooling and wrapping processes; the bread leaves the factory by van and horse-drawn cart. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| BRAMHALL SHOW 1931 | |||
| Date: 1931-32 Film Number: 1164 | |||
| Scenes of various arrangements and exhibits at Bramhall flower show in 1934. Interior shots of the exhibition marquees, show table displays being judged by show ground officials. The film also includes footage of the flower shows at Southport and Mottram in 1932. Various livestock classes are judged in the competition ring. The winners of each section are seen standing with their owners in front of the camera. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [REDDISH CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: *1931-32 Film Number: 1177 | |||
| Scenes of a carnival in Reddish. Hundreds of children dressed in various fancy dress costumes parade through the streets. Crowds line the route watching the procession which includes decorated floats, buses and horse-drawn carriages. Concludes with shots of Mrs J. Penny, Mayoress of Stockport, crowning the carnival queen. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| [SNOW SLIDE - NETHERBY GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1931-32 Film Number: 2160 | |||
| Members of the Behrens family take it in turns to run up a snow covered driveway and slide along on the ice. The two youngsters, Ruth and Mary, are also seen helping their mother roll a large snowball across the lawn. | |||
| [GADDUM FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931-32 Film Number: 3993 | |||
| Footage of the Gaddum family in the garden at Butts Clough and on holiday in Newport, Wales. Most scenes feature Mary Gaddum as a very young child, with assorted relatives, nannies and pets. Also appearing are members of the Behrens family and Lord and Lady Baden-Powell . Includes footage of the construction of a greenhouse, and scenes from a Girl Guide rally in 1932. | |||
| [WALLER HOLIDAY SCENES IN SKEGNESS] | |||
| Date: 1931/2 Film Number: 6466 | |||
| Waller family holiday to Skegness - shots of Margaret and John Waller playing in a paddle boat and the family riding round a boating lake in a motor launch. Scenes of John and his mother Hilda in a rowing boat and of the whole family swimming in the sea and at an open air pool. Concludes with a brief glimpse of Hilda's parents, the Waltons. | |||
| MOVIE SNAPS 1932 REEL 1 | |||
| Date: 1931-32 Film Number: 8717 | |||
| Compilation of family leisure footage: the King family at Christmas - the children play in the garden, Kenneth with his toy fire engine and Tom in his cowboy outfit; while on Boxing Day, the children listen to their mother read a story and the whole family cavorts in fancy dress before a sing-song at the piano. There are also scenes out and about, including May Day in Liverpool, the pier and open-air swimming pool in St Annes, and family members on the beach and in the sea. | |||
| [FAMILY SNAPSHOTS] | |||
| Date: *1931/32/33 Film Number: 1022 | |||
| Family snapshots. At school - children in the classroom. A family holiday in Wales - donkey rides on the beach; a fishing trip. Playing in the snow. | |||
| THE LAKE DISTRICT WINDERMERE | |||
| Date: *1931-33 Film Number: 1899 | |||
| Members of the Preston Family on holiday in the Lake District. The film includes various landscape shots of Lake Windermere and the boating activities that take place around the pier and lakeside. Concludes with footage of farm workers stacking hay on to a horse-drawn cart; farm animals grazing in the fields and a man and woman playing with some puppies in a garden. | |||
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| [SCARBOROUGH, NELSON, AND OTHER LOCATIONS] | |||
| Date: c1932 Film Number: 4194 | |||
| The Greenwood family and friends are seen at a number of different places - playing cricket in a garden, on the beach at Scarborough, in the Lake District and visiting castle ruins. They are seen enjoying a ride on a miniature railway, and there are scenes of boats and a paddle steamer in a harbour and a whit walk/carnival procession in Nelson, Lancashire. | |||
| [REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY AND OTHER ALTRINCHAM SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931-3 Film Number: 5760 | |||
| Remembrance Sunday scenes; procession and wreath laying. Footage of the Rose Queen ceremony. The Rose Queen arrives by car, meets and greets the mayor, poses for photographs and is then seen in various locations with a couple in fancy dress; (a man in drag holding a small swastika key and another man in a tudor costume). The fancy dress duo entertain the crowds outside the council offices. Shots of the on-looking crowd from above. | |||
| [LIDO AT GRANGE-OVER-SANDS] | |||
| Date: c1932 Film Number: 5919 | |||
| Scenes from Grange-over-Sands Lido, Morecambe Bay with onlookers talking, sitting around the pool and watching the swimmers. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| THE BOYS' BRIGADE | |||
| Date: 1931-3 Film Number: 6111 | |||
| Footage of the activities of the 72nd Boys' Brigade troop of the Manchester Battalion. Scenes from a camping holiday at Penrhynside in 1931, are followed by views of a Boys' Brigade Church Procession through the streets of Edinburgh in the same year. The 1932 camp at Rhyl is seen, with the boys on a trip to Rhuddlan Castle and playing games on site. The film ends with newsreel footage from the 1933 Boys' Brigade Jubilee celebrations in Glasgow - Prince George is in attendance and is seen watching the 30,000 participants march past and salute. | |||
| [PONY RIDING, GARDEN AND CAMPING SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1931-3 Film Number: 7117 | |||
| Randall family scenes showing children having donkey rides on the beach, adults riding horses along a village street and young boys playing and posing for the camera in the back garden of the family home. Includes a brief sequence showing a woman crossing a busy street. Continues with a camping visit to the Lake District, showing a man with a young boy rowing on a lake, young boys throwing stones by the shoreline and a couple having a drink at a refreshment stall. Features a man shaving by a stream, a close up shot of a record spinning on a gramophone and views of a waterfall. Further camping scenes show the family members washing dishes, blowing up a ball and going for a country walk. Ends with a young boys wearing school uniforms playing with a ball in the back garden. | |||
| [MACDONALD FAMILY HOLIDAYS & LEISURE] | |||
| Date: c1932 Film Number: 6498 | |||
| A social event at Caldy Golf Club is followed by views of Chester, Gretna Green and a motorcycle hill climb near Mold. The MacDonald family are seen on a caravan holiday in 1932 and sightseeing in Edinburgh. Irvine MacDonald is seen in his home-made speedboat on the River Dee, and there are scenes from a carnival at Aberdovey, a swimming and beauty contest at an open air pool in Hoylake and John and Charlotte's boating excursion on the Norfolk Broads. | |||
| [SCARBOROUGH AND AUSTRALIA] | |||
| Date: 1931-3 Film Number: 11481 | |||
| In Scarborough, people surf and swim in the sea at the beach. Aboard a ship, passengers dance and fool around for the camera. On a farm, a man uses a rotavator in a field. A group of men stand by a car drinking before pushing the car back. At a crowded beach, the group sunbathe. In a family garden, a couple pose with their dogs. Alf, a man on a farm pulls funny faces for the camera before spending time with his family. The film ends with Aboriginal Australians performing traditional dances. | |||
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