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[SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 11435
 
A Whit Walk with a horse-drawn Sunday School banner and members of the clergy, choirboys, mothers and children holding bouquets of flowers.
 
 
 
[A STEAM ENGINE AT LITTLE MORETON HALL]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 11462
 
A dumper truck drives up a steep incline at a quarry. We then see the Foden Steam Wagon built in 1916 parked up at Little Moreton Hall. The driver puts coal in the boiler, oils the engine and makes other preparations before driving the loaded steam wagon down country lanes.
 
 
 
[GORTON SCENES]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 7875
 
Large groups of family and friends sat in a beer garden of a lawn bowls club [Midland?] with an Essoldo cinema in the background. Underexposed shots of the bowls club interior, then a baby in a push chair in a park [Debdale?].
 
 
 
[MANCHESTER AIRPORT AND MIDLAND HOTEL GORTON]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 7876
 
A group of men board a Pan Am plane at Manchester's Ringway Airport, then after gross underexposed interiors we see groups of family and friends sat in a beer garden of a lawn bowls club [Midland?].
 
 
 
INTO THE EGG-BOX
Date: 1950s Film Number: 8679
 
This film looks at how eggs are produced, collected and distributed in Rainford. Beginning with shots of fluffy chickens at one day old, it records the various stages of their growth and how the eggs they produce are collected. There are scenes from Rainford Egg Packing Station Ltd at Muncaster Hall where we see the eggs weighed, boxed and distributed.
 
 
 
[AT THE BEACH]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 8947
 
A young boy plays with a dog at the beach. The Charnley children go for a walk in the countryside. Later they go for a boat ride around a lake.
 
 
 
[CHILDREN PLAYING]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9520
 
Five children and a man play in a garden with one of the children on a tricycle.
 
 
 
[CHORLY KINE KLUBBE]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9586
 
The film opens with a group of men pretending to be asleep, a man comes in and jokingly wakes them up. They all drink tea and then they go into a room with a sign reading 'Chorly Kine Klubbe'. They set up projection equipment and sit and watch home movies.
 
 
 
[DAY OUT; BEACH; SNOW]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9593
 
The Wilson family enjoy themselves in a variety of locations. We see them in the grounds of a stately home. The children have fun playing in the gardens, we see views of the ornamental gardens and the family later enjoy a picnic in the car park. We then see the family on the beach. They play on the sand and in the sea. The film ends with snow scenes. The children play with sledges in the street, while their father tries to clear the road of snow.
 
 
 
[FAMILY IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9639
 
A group of friends spend time in the garden with their babies. The film cuts to a mother and toddler walking around a snow-covered garden. During a trip to the beach, the toddler can be seen building sandcastles and playing with seagulls.
 
 
 
[WEDDING SCENES]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9651
 
Friends and family gather at the church for a wedding. The bridesmaids arrive soon followed by the bride. After the ceremony, guests throw confetti on the happy couple as they make their way to the wedding car.
 
 
 
[BOATING POOL; FAMILY IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9653
 
The family hire boats on a boating lake and then the children play in a playground. Back at home in their garden in Heaton Moor, the family fill a paddling pool with water.
 
 
 
[MASON FAMILY AT THE BEACH]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9656
 
Mason family day at the beach.
 
 
 
[MASON FAMILY AT THE BEACH; GARDEN SCENES]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9657
 
At the beach, the children play in the sea and the sand. Back in the garden, the children play with their toys and a game of croquet.
 
 
 
[MASON FAMILY DAY AT THE BEACH]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9658
 
At the beach, the family enjoy a picnic and the children play in the sand.
 
 
 
[SHIPS AND BOATS ON MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9790
 
A compilation of shots taken near Barton Bridge and Runcorn Transporter Bridge. We see various ships on the canal and some smaller boats too. A man with a rowing boat takes cyclists across the canal and we also see the MSC Traverse, a small boat which takes people across the canal.
 
 
 
[FAMILY]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9864
 
The family sit around the table eating and drinking. Later, they have a mini talent show with live music, singing, dancing and a magician performs some magic tricks.
 
 
 
[J GARLAND & CO. LTD BROOK FORGE]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9894
 
The film opens on the gates of J Garland & Co. Ltd Brook Forge in Manchester. A mill worker opens the gates and we see into the yard. Inside we see shots of the machinery and men at work.
 
 
 
[SCHOOL CRUISE AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 9985
 
The teachers and pupils of Marple Secondary Modern school playing quoits on the deck of a ship then views of the Spanish coastline and a small boat coming alongside the ship with a Spanish policeman onboard. After a game of deck hockey on the ship we see the pupils hiking in the snowy hills, snowball fights and sledging.
 
 
 
[ROSSENDALE GOLF CLUB 1953]
Date: 1950s Film Number: 10270
 
Couples dancing at a golf club function then chatting, drinking and smoking. Various golf members driving off, some in slow motion. A woman sat in a sports car and a little boy playing golf followed by a group of women golfers teeing off. Group shots of the women and the men golfers in front of the clubhouse followed by mixed couples playing a round of golf. A western themed party with a barbecue and the golfers in cowboy, cowgirl and Native American outfits
 
 
 
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