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| RANDOM WINTRY SHOTS IN CHESHIRE | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 6667 | |||
| Views of fields, farm animals and ponds around the Cheshire countryside, including shops, homes and gardens in Prestbury and Mobberly. | |||
| [ANGLESEY AND AGRICULTURAL SHOW] | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 8482 | |||
| Miscellaneous compilation reel - views of a ship, mother and daughter making daisy chains and snow capped mountains. An agricultural show with horse and trap is followed by a cavalry display team, then cattle are led round the show ground for judging. A group of children leave home in school uniform and a girl plays in a snowy garden then sits in a pedal car. | |||
| [THE CAMPAIGNERS - THANKSGIVING PARADE SERVICE DISPLAY, 22ND APRIL 1950] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8266 | |||
| Campaigners' parade and inspection in Albert Square, followed by march past Central Library, out of town and into a church. Indoor shots of numerous sports display; gymnastics, skipping and exercises. Followed by more marching down Oxford Road. Founded by Colin C Kerr in 1922, The Campaigners was an Evangelical youth movement for children of different ages. It serves to strengthen ties with local churches and develop the members Christian Faith. | |||
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| [MORECAMBE, WINDERMERE AND HAWKSHEAD] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8539 | |||
| Holiday scenes, beginning in Morecambe, on the seafront and looking at the colourful floral displays in Happy Mount Park. Continuing up into the Lakes, we visit Windermere, and Ann Tyson’s cottage at Hawkshead. The film ends back in Morecambe, with shots of the Illuminations and a firework display. | |||
| [PRINCESS MARGARET VISITS HINDLEY] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8987 | |||
| Crowds gather to watch and wave as Princess Margaret is driven through Hindley. | |||
| [WEMBLEY TRIP] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8988 | |||
| A group of people wait at a bus stop to board the coach from Wigan to Wembley. We see the group disembark the bus once they have arrived in Wembley. | |||
| HEYWOOD REFORM CLUB ANNUAL TRIP 1950 [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 9488 | |||
| Men from the Heywood Reform Club set out on their annual coach trip, calling at Carnforth for lunch and stopping at Cockerham Sands, returning via Blackpool for tea. On another occasion, the group travels to the Fell Hotel in Burnsall, near Grassington and continues on to Ripon and Harrogate, stopping from time to time to enjoy a beer by the roadside. | |||
| LONGSIGHT LODGE LADIES EVENING 1950 | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 10989 | |||
| Mr Robson in Masonic regalia and Mrs Robson with a large bouquet of flowers meet and greet lodge members and their wives then give out prizes for the ladies whist competition. The film ends with a bagpipe player leading the masons and their wives into the reception. | |||
| [ON THE LAWN] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 7807 | |||
| Film of the Brickhills and friends at home in Cheshire, 1950, The film begins with shots of the group sat in deck chairs drinking and smoking on the lawn. We then see interiors of a woman stood next to a bouquet of flowers, followed by a car reversing out of the driveway and Mrs Brickhill getting into a car. | |||
| [SIR JOHN BARROW MEMORIAL CENTENARY] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8227 | |||
| Scenes from the Centenary of the Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill near Ulverston. People are seen in and around the monument, and the mayor raises the Union flag. | |||
| TO MEET OLD FRIENDS AND NEW | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8588 | |||
| Renold workers and their families enjoy an afternoon out at the company's interworks sports day and gala on Saturday 8th July 1950. Activities include races, tug of war, and subsequent prizegiving; also a display of Cossack horsemanship. Shot by the HRSU (Hans Renold Social Union) Photographic Section. | |||
| [SCENES IN AND AROUND BLACKPOOL AND LYTHAM] | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 8685 | |||
| General countryside views are followed by garden scenes of a man mowing his lawn. Holidaymakers and local people pass by on Blackpool seafront, where a poster on South Pier names Frank Randle as the star attraction. The rest of the reel is general views around Blackpool and Lytham. | |||
| [MAKING A FUSS OF THE DOG] | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 8917 | |||
| Firstly an elderly woman and then a young man are seen making a fuss of the Ingham family's pet dog, a black spaniel. | |||
| [DEMPSEY FAMILY BICYCLE RIDE] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 12177 | |||
| The Dempsey family go on a bicycle ride in the countryside. We see them cycling around country lanes and stopping to enjoy the area. | |||
| [HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS AROUND CORNWALL] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 1650 | |||
| Mr and Mrs Hardman are seen visting a number of different tourist attractions in Cornwall in 1950 - these include Tintagel Castle and the First and Last House at Land's End. The film concludes with a close up shot of Mrs Hardman writing a postcard to send back home. | |||
| [DIESEL POWER ON THE RIVER THAMES] | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 3860 | |||
| Film depicting London and the River Thames, going from the source through the home counties and places like Windsor, Henley and Richmond, to the city itself. The sights and sounds of London itself are viewed, including St Paul's, the Bank of England, the Old Bailey, and the Houses of Parliament among many others. The second half of the film looks at various craft working on the Thames on the Thames which are powered by Crossley engines. | |||
| [SAILING AND CARAVAN HOLIDAY IN FRANCE] | |||
| Date: 1950 Film Number: 8864 | |||
| Compilation of leisure and holiday scenes, including sailing in Poole Harbour and travelling upriver to Wareham in Dorset. Also a trip to Rouen and a caravan holiday in France, with the caravan and car being loaded onto the ship in Newhaven. Dorning family members then visit various French locations, including Rouen, La Rochelle and Mont St Michel, before their return home. | |||
| [FLOWERS, SHEEP AND SPANIELS] | |||
| Date: *1950 Film Number: 8914 | |||
| A woman is seen with her dogs in the countryside, as a sheep warily looks on. In the family garden, there are shots of flower beds and rockeries, a schoolboy admires the flowers in one of the herbaceous borders, and a spaniel wanders around. | |||
| A STUDY OF LIVING BONE CELLS 'IN VITRO' | |||
| Date: 1950-1 Film Number: 2716 | |||
| An experiment on living bone tissue: a fertilised egg is opened under surgical conditions and a section of the skull is removed and tested. There are microscoped views of microbes and amoebas. | |||
| [HOLIDAY MEMORIES, BETHESDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND MEN'S FELLOWSHIP - ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS] | |||
| Date: 1950-51 Film Number: 1683 | |||
| A compilation reel includes - the Bethesda Men's Fellowship visit to New Pale Farm and Burnsall in 1950-51; a school trip to Southport; guests arriving for a silver wedding anniversary in Waddington and a new years eve social - which inlcudes shots of adults and children dancing around wearing party hats. The film concludes with views of Conway and rough seas crashing against the sea wall at Blackpool. | |||
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