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| [BELLE VUE AND DEBDALE PARK SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1954 Film Number: 7874 | |||
| People enjoying a carousel ride with Belle Vue's Aces Speedway stadium in the background. Views of various funfair rides and zoo animals in their caged enclosures. A young boy and his father on a boating lake then on various children's funfair rides. Debdale park, a women walks her dog, sail boats and school boy football. | |||
| [GORTON STREET SCENES, MIDLAND HOTEL AND A WHIT WALK] | |||
| Date: c1954 Film Number: 7877 | |||
| Underexposed shots of a butchers shop interior, nice street scenes in Gorton and a couple of dogs playing in the garden. After shots of the Midland Hotel, we see a royal drive past, through cheering and flag waving crowds lining Glencastle Road in Gorton. A Whit Walk with a Rose Queen and groups carrying religious banners. The film ends with a foreign holiday [Spain?] with views of the beach, gardens and locals. | |||
| [BOAT RALLY] | |||
| Date: c1954 Film Number: 12171 | |||
| The film begins with scenes from a boat rally along Lancaster Canal. Later the Dempsey family travel down the canal on their own boat. There are scenes inside the boat and of the passing scenery. They family stop to feed the swans and go fishing. We also see them eating their meals on the boat. The family arrive at Hest Bank where they take a walk around the village. | |||
| [LAKE DISTRICT SCENERY] | |||
| Date: *1953-5 Film Number: 8767 | |||
| Scenes in the Lake District shot over several years, mainly landscape views, though people occasionally feature, walking and picnicking on the hills, and a man is seen feeding a sheep. | |||
| [WELSH HOLIDAY AND NEWSHAM PARK SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1953-56 Film Number: 7353 | |||
| A countryside holiday in Wales and scenes in the Newsham Park area of Liverpool. Members of the Jones family are seen in the countryside and beside the coast, including at Bangor Pier. The children play on slides and roundabouts in a playground before there are snow scenes from Christmas 1953, with children sledging on Haverstock Road in Liverpool. Ends with the Jones children visiting Newsham Park and feeding the birds, interspersed with shots of the children with their grandparents on Haverstock Road and the girls scrubbing their front path clean. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [SAILING SCENES, ENGAGEMENT PARTY AND FAMILY DOGS] | |||
| Date: early-mid 1950s Film Number: 8867 | |||
| Sailing scenes in and around Poole Harbour, and an engagement party at the Dorning family home, where guests mingle and chat in the garden. The reel concludes with more garden scenes of a young Alsatian puppy, and Norma Dorning playing with an older dog. | |||
| [STOCKPORT POLICE EVENTS 1953/4] | |||
| Date: c1953-57 Film Number: 3506 | |||
| A series of police events in Stockport 1953/54. An inspection and presentation by the Mayor and Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Leverhulme; Stockport celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 2nd 1953; the Royal salute at a Heaton Norris recreation ground; the Mayor's procession with a guard of honour, Sun 31st May 1953; the passing out parade of the No1 District Police Training centre, Bruche, 4th March 1954; an inspection of Stockport County Borough Police by HM Inspector of Constabulary, 19 May 1953 and final colour footage of some Canadian Mounties. | |||
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| [QUEEN ELIZABETH; CHRISTMAS; GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 6284 | |||
| Views of the Queen Elizabeth liner in dock at Southampton are followed by Christmas scenes at the Connor family home in New Moston. The Connor family are also seen in the garden in summer - playing cricket and fooling around. | |||
| [PEMBROKESHIRE CASTLES AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: mid 1950s Film Number: 8747 | |||
| Compilation of Aspin family holiday footage in Wales and other locations, including caravan sites, boat trips, and historic sites in Pembrokeshire. | |||
| [CATTERICK; DORA BRYAN; LONDON; HONG KONG] | |||
| Date: c1955 Film Number: 4552 | |||
| A passing out parade is seen at Catterick, as well as Graham Collin in military uniform. Scenes at actress Dora Bryan's wedding at St Thomas' Church in Werneth and the Collin family are seen on a trip to London. Graham Collin is seen in army uniform in Hong Kong, and a family boat trip and holiday in Southport is followed by further Hong Kong views. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| [CORONATION, CARNIVAL, WALKING DAY] | |||
| Date: 1953-77 Film Number: 8979 | |||
| Baby Susan enjoys her first Christmas playing with her toys in front of the fireplace. In 1953, Hindley Green Coronation celebrations take place with a procession through the streets. The procession features bands, children and adults in fancy dress, the Procession Queen and children representing their churches. Later, we see the crowning of the Procession Queen. In 1977, during the celebration for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, crowds gather on the streets of Hindley to catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as they are driven through in the state car. | |||
| [VARIOUS EVENTS IN BURY] | |||
| Date: *1953-5/8 Film Number: 6035 | |||
| Scenes from a fashion parade held by the British Man-Made Fibres Association to promote Kirksyl Viscose - a Lancashire product. An Armistice Day parade and ceremony is held at the Town Hall and Cenotaph, and a Whit Walk is seen passing through the town. The film ends with views of a Royal Naval Association Parade marching through the streets and placing a wreath on the war memorial. This film, along with thousands of others from across the country, can also be viewed online as part of BFI: Britain on Film - player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-film/ | |||
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| [75TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY, HELSBY AND WEST KIRBY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1953/4/6/8 Film Number: 6840 | |||
| Varied footage relating to Mount Tabor Methodist Church - members are seen having tea outside Adlington Hall, at a Sunday School procession in Parkgate and on a trip to Helsby. The compilation also includes a poster advertising church's reopening for the 75th Anniversary, activities and sports on West Kirby beach, scenes from an amateur stage production and a Rose Queen coronation. | |||
| [EACHUS GARDEN AND WEST COUNTRY HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1953/5/6 Film Number: 4199 | |||
| Various garden scenes - mostly featuring Vicky and Judith Eachus playing in the garden, on the swing and in their school uniforms. Also featured is footage from family holidays in the West Country [exact location unknown], playing on the beach and at Land's End. There are brief views from a boat on the River Dee at Ironbridge in Aldford. | |||
| [AUSTRALIA: MORWELL, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY] | |||
| Date: 1953/6/7 Film Number: 7277 | |||
| Compilation of scenes in Australia shot by the Gribbon family, recent immigrants from Liverpool. There are carnivals and processions in the town of Morwell, Victoria, including one on June 2nd 1953 marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a military demonstration and flypast, and various beach scenes. There follows footage of Melbourne's buildings, decorated for the 1956 Olympics, including an exterior shot of the stadium. The family pose for the camera in their garden before they visit Sydney harbour, bridge and zoo. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [FLEMING FAMILY HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: 1953/60/1 Film Number: 4222 | |||
| Film of several holidays taken by James and Mary Fleming - in Devon in 1953, with trips to Torquay, Plymouth, Dartmouth and with the Dartmoor ponies. On holiday on the Isle of Man, visiting Peel, Ramsey and Douglas. Brief shots of planes at Ronaldsway airport then the Flemings at Bournemouth in 1960, and in Morecambe in 1961, at the zoo and on the beach with son John, daughter-in-law Dorothy and grandson Stephen. | |||
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| [NORTHERN IRELAND; IN THE GARDEN; CADETS; MANCHESTER CORONATION] | |||
| Date: 1953 / 73-4 Film Number: 3898 | |||
| Scenes shot in Northern Ireland with shots of Spelga Dam, a wedding in Bangor and footage in a garden. There are also scenes of young lads (possibly Ardwick cadets) playing in a stream in the countryside. In a garden, an old man plays football with a small boy, and children play with dogs. There are views of Manchester (Deansgate and Piccadilly Gardens) decorated to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's coronation. | |||
| [PARTY; STOCK CAR RACING] | |||
| Date: 1953/4 Film Number: 10993 | |||
| Various inebriated partygoers, some in hats and masks, sing, drink, smoke and dance. Stock car racing at Belle Vue speedway stadium in front of a large crowd of spectators. Sailing with views of mountains and lakes, a fishing boat called the White Rose then views from a sail boat followed by dancing at the Tranmere Sailing clubhouse. | |||
| [DANCING; SINGING IN THE BAR] | |||
| Date: *1953/5 Film Number: 10996 | |||
| Couples dancing then underexposed partygoers playing dressing up games and then singing in the bar. | |||
| [EDINBURGH & GARDEN SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1950-55 Film Number: 7095 | |||
| Scenes showing a family visit to Edinburgh, including shots of trees in a park and people feeding pigeons in the city centre. A young girl is seen blowing a dandelion clock, then later with her older sister running and playing around the family garden at Willowdale Road [?]. | |||
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