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Record 3532 – 3551 of 11529
| [OPEN-TOP CAR, WEDDING AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s/c1962 Film Number: 6835 | |||
| Swift family at home with general scenes of baby being fed, children and adults relaxing in living room and playing outside posing for the camera. There are some shots of the family driving along in an an open-top car in the countryside. The compilation concludes with some colour footage of a family wedding. | |||
| [BLACKPOOL & WEDDING] + TODAY AND EVERYDAY | |||
| Date: c1950-1965 Film Number: 2599 | |||
| Film of people swimming and playing in an open-air swimming pool. They are later seen on a packed beach at Blackpool with the Tower in the background. There are shots of various shops and attractions in the town. A bride and groom exit a church, and there are scenes at a cottage in the countryside. The final section shows dramatised footage of an ambulance in action. | |||
| [WEDDINGS IN ROCHDALE] | |||
| Date: 1950s 1960s Film Number: 4053 | |||
| Footage from eight different weddings in Rochdale. Wedding parties are shown arriving and leaving the various churches, guests throw confetti, brides and grooms are seen leaving in their wedding cars. | |||
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| [PLANTS AND POTTING] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 4369 | |||
| Men are seen in front of vases full of prize winning chrysanthemums. Another man is seen in a greenhouse potting seedlings. There are close-ups of the seedling trays and the seedlings in their new pots. | |||
| [DEMOLITION & CONSTRUCTION; WINTER SCENES; FLOODS] | |||
| Date: 1950s & 1960s Film Number: 6804 | |||
| Scenes from the building of a garage at Hulton Park Cottage in Westhoughton followed by the demolition of an old house, during which Alan Boardman is seen throwing down slates from a roof and dismantling walls with a crowbar. Ends with views of deep snowdrifts in the countryside and swollen rivers and becks around Westhoughton. | |||
| [CLARENCE MILL] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11130 | |||
| Bill Jones and D Worthington jokingly usher the cameraman into Clarence Mill. | |||
| [CLARENCE MILL CHIMNEY ] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11131 | |||
| Camera tilts down the length of the chimney at Clarence Mill. | |||
| [WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 9867 | |||
| Guests can be seen arriving at a church for a wedding. The bridesmaids arrive soon followed by the bride. The film cuts to after the service when the newlyweds pose for photographs outside the church. They then make their way to the wedding car whilst guests throw confetti on them. | |||
| [VISIT TO THE LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 9868 | |||
| The film opens with shots of a couple going for a walk in the countryside near Bowness-on-Windermere. They then go for a cruise on lake Windermere followed by a visit to see Wordsworth's cottage. In Ambleside, they visit the market and look around the different stalls. The group visit Cartmel where they look around the Priory Church of St Mary. The film ends with a brief shot of the beach in Bootle. | |||
| [RIGBY'S BUNGALOW AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 10481 | |||
| Underexposed people in the countryside followed by a woman walking in a formal garden of a large house. Views of the Arnside estuary in Cumbria with mountains and hills in the distance. A man [Rigby?] digging turf in a overgrown garden then scenes with a man, two women and a small dog in the garden at Rigby's bungalow. The film end with a look at the other houses near the bungalow. | |||
| WANDERINGS IN LAKELAND | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11088 | |||
| Views from a moving car on the road to Keswick followed by cattle and sheep in the fields and scenic views of the mountains and lakes. A group of men and their fox hounds in front of the Kirkstile Inn in Loweswater near Cockermouth and sailing boats on a lake. Snowy scenes with children building a snowman and a young boy learning to ski then a group of adults enjoying a game of curling on a frozen pond. In Springtime we have snowdrops in bloom, swans nesting on their eggs and a young boy collecting tadpoles. After a woman feeding her chickens we have beach scenes with 3 women sat in the dunes holding seabird chicks. The film ends with motorcross races from the Whitehaven Motor Club. | |||
| [WANDERING IN LAKELAND - SUMMER AND AUTUMN] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11089 | |||
| Views from a car on a country road, flowers in a garden and views of a lake. After a close up of an ants nest a man swims in a lake and sits by a waterfall. Driving on the Hardknott Pass, the steepest road in England then a young girl bottle feeds a lamb. Scuba divers getting ready then swimming in a lake followed by scenic views of the lakes and a women painting a street scene. A group of hikers in the hills and climbing the Bowder Stone are followed by piglets in a muddy field. After motorcross we see a miniature steam railway carrying many happy passengers followed by a man rock climbing. The film ends with Autumnal scenes with the trees shedding their leaves and pheasants in the long grass. | |||
| [WALKING DAYS; BUTLINS; IN THE GARDEN AT HOME] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11280 | |||
| Family trip to the beach, children play in the sand. The family go on holidays to Butlin's Pwllheli - lots of shots of the holiday camp and activities including a fancy dress competition. Back at home in the garden the children play together. Throughout the reel the film cuts to and from scenes of Hollies Convent School Whit Walks, and the children practicing and preparing for the processions in the garden. The younger sister helps to hang the clothes on the washing line. | |||
| [SCOUTS' TRIP TO FRANCE] | |||
| Date: 1950s/60s Film Number: 11281 | |||
| At Alderwasley Hall School the Boy Scouts members board a minibus, students wave to them as the bus departs. Shots of London then Dover harbour. On board the Maid of Kent they depart from Dover and head to Paris. Rural scenes in Ireland, they visit friends and family and help cut and collect turf. The film cuts back to the youth group in France, helping a local farmer on his farm. They tidy up after having some food outdoors. | |||
| [PICKFORD'S COAL YARD] | |||
| Date: 1950s-60s Film Number: 8330 | |||
| Footage of the workings of George Pickford's coal yard in Oldham. The film begins with a line-up of Pickford's coal merchant lorries outside the coal yard. Lorries enter the yard and the men load coal into sacks and onto the flat bed of the lorries. The film ends with shots of a train yard and the unloading of coal from the train. | |||
| [CONSTRUCTION & BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL] | |||
| Date: 1950s-75 Film Number: 5602 | |||
| Views of construction around Liverpool including the fly-overs by William Brown Street, the Metropolitan and Liverpool Cathedrals, the pedestrianisation of Church Street and the construction of St John's Beacon. There are general scenes around Liverpool including Bluecoat Chambers, Lime Street Station, the market traders in Queen Square, a civic event at Liverpool Cathedral and a Punch and Judy show outside St George's Hall. | |||
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| [RADCLIFFE ROTARY CLUB ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: *1950/54/59/66/68/75 Film Number: 6676 | |||
| A compilation of various Radcliffe Rotary Club's trips to: Isle of Man; Conway; Bournemouth; Montenegro; Oberammergau and along the Manchester Ship Canal. | |||
| [GRADUATIONS, WEDDINGS & HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950s/65 Film Number: 10298 | |||
| A grossly underexposed wedding followed by fruit picking in the garden then a visit to a tea room in Upingham Graduation scenes in Cambridge then a young man and women sit and pose in a sports car. A woman and two young men walk in the garden then enjoy a canal baoat journey. Riding horses, rowing boats and line fishing then the extended Riding family pose for the camera in the garden. The Runcorn to Widnes transporter bridge followed by a holiday in Scotland. One of the sons in his graduation gown with his proud parents followed by the daughter graduating from Liverpool University. Mr Riding and his daughter on her wedding day pose for photos with the groom, bridesmaids, friends and family. | |||
| [ST THOMAS' FIELD DAYS, BLACKBURN, AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950-3/9 Film Number: 8745 | |||
| Compilation reel of Blackburn community events - Whit walks, in which St Thomas's banner features prominently, and floats and a pipe band on the streets for the local carnival. There is also film of a little girl in a tutu demonstrating her ballet skills in the garden, with her younger sister copying her. | |||
| [HAWORTH COMPILATION REEL] | |||
| Date: 1950-54 Film Number: 1586 | |||
| Opens with interior shots in a house followed by footage of people in the garden of a bungalow then a group having tea in a hotel. Continues with footage from a wedding, guests and bridal party arriving, and its reception. Followed by farm footage, a baby in a garden and scenes after a christening. Ends with holiday scenes in Wales and shots of a shooting party intercut with further farm footage. | |||
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