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[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.
 
 
 
[FAMILY HOLIDAYS IN THE COUNTRY AND ON THE BEACH]
Date: c1950-51 Film Number: 1859
 
Scenes of the Grime Family walking in the countryside and playing on the beach. Includes shots of some children picking flowers in a field; women folk dancing and family members playing leapfrog. A woman is also seen walking down a street, pushing a pram, with a toddler riding alongside her on a tricycle. Concludes with children paddling in a stream and playing on the banks of a river.
 
 
 
[LYMM GRAMMAR SCHOOL] 1950-51
Date: 1950-51 Film Number: 2238
 
School girls and boys, from Lymm Grammar School, are seen walking across the school playground in pairs. Also features footage of the School Sports day and prize giving ceremony. Includes shots of the competitors participating in the high jump, long jump, sprint and relay events. Concludes with team shots of the school hockey, football, tennis and cricket teams.
 
 
 
[MATERNITY HOSPITAL, BABY IAN HANNA]
Date: 1950-51 Film Number: 5312
 
Scenes in a maternity ward and a newborn baby meets the rest of his family at home before being bathed. New mother Ruby Hanna holds her baby son Ian, as does grandmother Edith who places him in a cot at the foot of the bed. Mothers sit up in their hospital beds as a nurse makes them cups of tea and the matron visits. At home, the baby is held by members of the family before Edith Hanna bathes him next to the fireplace. For more information about this film-maker, and to view other films made by him, please visit the Sam Hanna section of the North West Film Archive website by pasting the following link into your browser- http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/sam_hanna_collection.html
 
 
 
IN THE SERVICE OF YOUTH 1950/1 BLACKPOOL BOYS' CLUB
Date: 1950-1 Film Number: 8820
 
This film promotes the benefits of being a member of the Blackpool Boys' Club. The film opens with scenes of a boy aimlessly wandering the streets until he stumbles upon the Blackpool Boys' Club, and then we see all that the club has to offer. The 'junior' and 'senior boys' have separate activities, they include boxing, snooker, gymnastics, football, table tennis, drawing, painting and watching films. The juniors visit Morecambe with a group of visiting Austrian children and the seniors go to Windemere. We also see them playing cricket and football matches against other youth clubs. The film ends with scenes from a management committee meeting where all of these activities are planned.
 
 
 
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