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| [BLACKPOOL AND HEXHAM] | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 4789 | |||
| Members of the Grime family are seen in the garden at home, playing with the children. The victorious Blackpool Football team are seen returning with the FA Cup in 1953, and there are scenes on a farm, with Jane and Geoffrey feeding a lamb and with some cows. John Grime playing golf at Hexham Golf Club is followed by footage of the family at Hadrian's Wall and on the beach at Rossall. Geoffrey is seen getting swimming lessons at Norbreck Hydro, there are views from the arena at the Royal Agricultural Society Show and the family are seen playing in a river and on another farm near Esprick. | |||
| [Boys' Brigade and mental health unit activities] | |||
| Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 5956 | |||
| A Rose Queen and her retinue are seen rehearsing on the flat roof of a building. Activities at Hope Congregational Church's mental health unit - occupational therapy such as weaving, making lamp shades and sewing leather satchels; gardening; laundry; music lesson and games. The Salford Central Mission's Boys' Brigade are seen on camp - visits to Tattershall Castle and Church, an open-air swimming pool and miniature golf course, and scenes on site including football, cricket and marching band practice. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [Isle of MaN: Camp] | |||
| Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 5957 | |||
| Film showing the Salford Central Mission's Boys' Brigade trip to the Isle of Man. Views from the journey, followed by scenes at camp, setting up, peeling potatoes, polishing boots, eating and larking around. Trip to Douglas and the beach and further scenes at camp. Ends with views from the ferry as it leaves harbour for the return journey. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [BOYS' BRIGADE CAMP SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 5959 | |||
| Salford Central Mission's Boys' Brigade camp scenes with marching band practice, an excursion to Swallow Falls in Betws-y-Coed and general campsite duties. Also features the Boys' Brigade Founders' Camp held on the playing fields of Eton College in 1954, with visiting groups from the Cook Islands and Nigeria. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [HATHERLOW EVENTS, HOLIDAY AND GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1952-54 Film Number: 7202 | |||
| A Rose Queen procession in Hatherlow near Stockport, a Sunday School ramble and members of the Hodkinson family at home and on holiday. After opening shots of Chatsworth House and grounds, family members are seen in the garden laying turf and a biplane is shown landing on Southport beach. Ramblers set off for the hills before there is footage of a Scholars' Walk and Rose Queen procession through the streets of Hatherlow. Holiday scenes include visits to Anglesey, Lake Windermere and Scarborough. Concludes with Mr Hodkinson sweeping his chimney. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [GARDEN GAMES] | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 7953 | |||
| The Browne family in the garden. The family play cricket and tennis. The children play and the adults sit in deckchairs and drink tea. A dog plays with a ball and a child rides a tricycle and plays on a rocking horse. A man tends to the garden and some of the adults lark about and dance for the camera. There are brief shots of birds on the snow covered lawn, of children befriending ponies, of Coronations decorations in Bootle and of a demolition wrecking ball at work in the street. | |||
| [BEACH SCENES, A WEDDING & BIRTHDAY PARTY] | |||
| Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 9289 | |||
| Underexposed shots of the Sagar family having a picnic then Richard playing in the sand and Elizabeth in the sea. Views of a hotel and its grounds followed by more beach scenes with Elizabeth learning to swim. The Sagar children playing on the slide and swings in a playground in Purbeck in Dorset then in the sea with Mr Sagar. After pony riding we have a wedding party being photographed then the Sagars with their dogs in the countryside. The film ends with children sat around a table at a birthday party and Richard and Elizabeth in the garden climbing on the swings with the help of their father. | |||
| FODEN VEHICLES ON PARADE | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 11456 | |||
| A compilation of the various vehicles manufactured by Foden. There are shots of articulated tankers made for Cadburys and Cheshire Sterilised Milk. We see the Earle's Cement Works fleet of wagons hard at work in various locations. There are scenes of the Bartholomew Ready Mixed Concrete wagon in action. We see the Manchester and District Farms Ltd fleet of trucks. There are scenes of the Warrington Corporation buses out and about picking up passengers. Finally there is a shot of a J.M. Horrocks & Sons Ltd Haulage Contractors truck. | |||
| [FUN IN THE GARDEN: BIRTHDAY PARTY] | |||
| Date: c1953 Film Number: 9594 | |||
| The Wilson children play in the garden. They are all naked and run around spraying each other with a hose pipe, and they have fun filling pots and pans and a big tub with water which they splash around in. Their mother looks on from her deckchair. We later see a children's birthday party taking place in the same garden. A large group of children play games and then they sit down at a table in the garden laden with party food and a birthday cake. | |||
| [BOLLINGTON METHODIST CHURCH ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: 1952-4 Film Number: 9838 | |||
| Scenes from social activities organised by Bollington Methodist Church. We see scenes from the 'High Street Rose Queen and Garden Fete, 19th June 1954'. We see the procession and the crowning of the new Rose Queen. There are also scenes from the MAYC (the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs) Carnival which took place on 23rd August 1952. We see scenes from the procession, and then from the carnival field. The opener, Mr. J.B. Rhodes is introduced by Bernard Barry. Mr. Rhodes then goes on to judge the carnival fancy dress costumes along with Mrs Trevor Hill from the BBC. Violet Carson is there as a guest, she speaks to the crowd. We see the Youth Council discussing the new programmes and then there are scenes from a MAYC trip to London. They take a sightseeing boat trip on the Thames, and there are some street scenes. We then see them departing on the train for home, a girl from the group waves with her head out of the window. | |||
| [GEOFFREY GRIME ON HORSEBACK] | |||
| Date: c1953/4 Film Number: 4788 | |||
| Geoffrey and Jane Grime are seen in school uniform outside the family home in Thornton-Cleveleys. Scenes of Geoffrey Grime jumping fences on horseback are followed by views of a bride outside her home, and underexposed scenes at the church before and after the ceremony. | |||
| [GIRL WITH A LEG BRACE] | |||
| Date: 1952-57 Film Number: 7358 | |||
| Short film featuring a young girl wearing leg braces walking towards the camera along a gangway, then playing without braces in Newsham Park and with a ball on Haverstock Road, Liverpool. Also includes a brief over-exposed shot of a wedding. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| PEOPLE PLACES EVENTS | |||
| Date: *1952-60 Film Number: 1284 | |||
| Scenes of Burnley and Nelson - includes a fire from a gas main on a bridge in Burnley; a wedding at a register office; a fire at a Dance Hall; views of the town; a hospital ward and the 1960 carnival. | |||
| HATHERLOW HERITAGE - THE FIRST 150 YEARS OF HATHERLOW SUNDAY SCHOOL | |||
| Date: 1952-67 Film Number: 7228 | |||
| A look at the history of Hatherlow Sunday School, from the origins of local non-conformism at Chadkirk Chapel to contemporary activities at the school. Opens with shots of Hatherlow church before outlining the history of the local non-conformist movement, using several still images. The role and election of a Rose Queen is explained, followed by a series of annual crowning ceremonies held at the school. Religious processions around Bredbury and Romiley, known as Scholars' Walks, are shown in detail before the film concludes with a review of contemporary activities: nativity plays, parties, school trips, pantomimes, rambles, youth club meetings and school classes. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [YOUTH TRIP ABROAD] | |||
| Date: *1952/3/5 Film Number: 4780 | |||
| A group of young people are seen boarding a coach and on deck on a ferry during a holiday to Germany or Austria. The group are seen swimming in a lake, playing table tennis at the hostel and visiting some waterfalls. Also includes shots of British army vehicles crossing a bridge and female members of the group posing for photographs with American soldiers. | |||
| ST ANNE'S COUNTY SCHOOL OPEN DAY, 21ST JULY 1954 | |||
| Date: *1952/4 Film Number: 4390 | |||
| Footage from the open day at St Anne's County School - the pupils put on gymnastics, singing, music and dancing displays for the visitors. The St Anne's Congregational Church Sunday School float is seen participating in a carnival parade. On a trip to London, the Sykes family visit the sights, including Buckingham Palace and London Zoo as well as taking a boat trip on the River Thames. | |||
| SEA HARVEST - A FISHY STORY | |||
| Date: *1952/4 Film Number: 4440 | |||
| General views of Fleetwood and the trawler Sea Harvest in dock before it sails. Life on board during a fishing trip is seen - casting and hauling in nets, sorting and gutting the catch and repairing the nets. The trawler sails through rough seas and returns to Fleetwood, where the fish are unloaded at market. | |||
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| [COUNTRYSIDE SCENES AND HOLIDAY AT SANDY COVE HOTEL] | |||
| Date: 1952/4/5 Film Number: 4261 | |||
| Scenes from a boat trip, followed by members of the Greenwood family and friends out and about in the Yorkshire and Cumbrian countryside and enjoying themselves at an open-air swimming pool at Ilkley. Clifford and Annie Greenwood take a holiday to Exmoor and Devon, staying at the Sandy Cove Hotel and the Barn Hayes Hotel. Views of the steam trains at Ffestiniog Mountain railway, and the film concludes with a farmer shepherding sheep along a lane. | |||
| SCHOOL DIARY PART II 1952 | |||
| Date: 1952/8 Film Number: 4711 | |||
| Compilation film featuring Cale Green Primary School - the football team are seen competing in the semi-final and winning the final of the 1952 competition. The team is taken on an outing to New Brighton, with scenes on the boating pool and in the amusement arcade. Class 1 are seen on a day trip to Chester - visiting the museums, cathedral and city walls. The film ends with pupils giving a demonstration of country dancing during Civic Week in July 1958. | |||
| [HEATON PARK AND MISCELLANEOUS] | |||
| Date: *1952/59/61 Film Number: 2258 | |||
| Miscellaneous footage, with a young girl featuring prominently, from various locations. Includes footage shot in Heaton park, Chessington Zoo, Chester, a boat on a river and a village. The film also features coastal scenes. Domestic animals feature in many shots. The girl is seen playing alone, with other children and in a playground. | |||
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