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| [GRIME FAMILY EVENTS, 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 4792 | |||
| Geoffrey Grime is seen having a horse riding lesson, and there is footage of the family playing in the snow - sledging, skiing and ice skating. Geoffrey is seen roller skating with friends along the sea front and the family take a walk along Hadrian's Wall. Brief yachting scenes are followed by footage of the family having a picnic and playing cricket. There are views of the garden at home, and the family are seen swimming at Norbreck Hydro. | |||
| SETTING OFF FOR HAWKSHEAD | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5024 | |||
| The girls of Grange Park School enjoy a holiday staying at the Langdale Estate, Great Langdale in the Lake District. The girls are assembled and depart on a hiking trip to Hawkshead, passing through Elterwater and Skelwith Bridge and stopping for a picnic at the northern edge of Windermere. In Hawkshead, they watch a May Queen procession which includes a brass band. They visit Waterhead and board a boat at Ambleside Pier, feeding the seagulls as they travel across Lake Windermere to Bowness. The films ends wih the girls and teachers relaxing back on the Langdale Estate. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [OPENING OF NOTRE DAME SECONDARY SCHOOL, ECCLESTON AND PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION AT ST MARY'S LOWE HOUSE] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5541 | |||
| Archbishop of Liverpool, William Godfrey, blesses Notre Dame secondary school in a procession of clergymen around the building's exterior. The procession enters the school's Assembly hall, where the students were assembled. Students and nuns are seen leaving the school after this. A flying Union Jack is followed by a brief street scene, then clergymen wait to enter St Mary's Lowe House for a Palm Sunday procession. There are close up shots of the church and grotto. | |||
| [HOCKEY MATCH AT NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5553 | |||
| Students and teachers play hockey whilst the school watches. During a break, they talk in groups. At the end of the match the students and teachers walk together across the field and around the school's exterior. Students play netball together. | |||
| MAIN STREET - MERSEY | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5595 | |||
| Narrator Deryck Guyler tours Liverpool with his nephew and speaks to experts from the Corporation to satisfy the questions of his inquisitive companion. After initial scenes on a Mersey ferry and the city streets, Guyler visits the Silver Room at the Town Hall, the Parks Department and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Shots of industrial work at Speke (distilled water and tyre production) precede footage of motor racing at Aintree, and the ventilation system for the Mersey Tunnel. Guyler views plans for the rebuilding of the city centre, stonemasons work on the Anglican Cathedral and there are scenes inside the Liver Building clock. The film ends with a performance by the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and a montage of the city at work and play. | |||
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| MAGNETIC BLACKPOOL | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5969 | |||
| Amateur documentary film about the leisure attractions of Blackpool. Following a home made advertisement for liver salts, visitors are seen arriving at the resort's bus and railway stations. There is footage of the crowded beach, views of the seafront from a motor boat and shots of the Pleasure Beach. Scenes of Stanley Park are followed by a lift journey to the top of Blackpool Tower which provides views of the promenade. The film ends with shots of the Illuminations. | |||
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| THE L.A.N. NEWS MARCH 1955 | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 5975 | |||
| This short film shows stock car racing at Belle Vue stadium in Manchester. Also contains brief shots of a child playing outside. | |||
| [EUROPEAN ROAD TOUR] | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 6144 | |||
| Scenes from a European coach holiday. Leaving from Dover, there are scenes on board the ferry and from the journey through southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Includes views of passing scenery, villages and towns, as well as a trip to Innsbruck and up a mountain in a cable car. | |||
| [ROYAL VISIT TO PRESTON, APRIL 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6208 | |||
| Crowds outside the Harris Museum greet Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives in Preston as part of a tour of Lancashire in April 1955. A small girl is seen playing in the back yard of a house and the Miller family are seen fishing from a rowing boat on Lake Windermere. | |||
| [QUEEN'S VISIT TO PRESTON] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6209 | |||
| Views of the Queen and Prince Philip outside the Harris Museum, Preston - probably during their April 1955 tour of Lancashire. The Miller family are seen on the beach and swimming in the sea off the North Wales coast. | |||
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| [THE QUEEN IN PRESTON 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6229 | |||
| Scenes from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's visit to Preston in April 1955 with the Royal party arriving and receiving assorted civic dignitaries and guests. June Miller and some sheep in the countryside are followed by the Miller family paddling and swimming in the sea. | |||
| [EGERTON YOUTH CLUB FOOTBALL NOVEMBER 1955] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 7159 | |||
| Action from a boys football match at playing fields in Knutsford in November 1955. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [1955 MANCHESTER IN MARCH AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 7203 | |||
| Scenes around central Manchester, holidays to the South Coast, a visit to Blackpool Illuminations and Christmas at home, all featuring members of the Hodkinson family. Manchester scenes include shots of the cathedral and Piccadilly. Holiday footage takes in London Airport, Windsor Castle, Brighton, Arundel and the Torquay area. Also features a Rose Queen procession through the streets of Hatherlow near Stockport and a children's picnic with games at Lyme Park. Concludes with a Christmas get-together for family and friends. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [CIRCUS PARADE, CHILDREN IN GARDEN, SCHOOL SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6856 | |||
| A circus parade of clowns, acrobats, animals and a Scottish band are seen walking along Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester. A young Vanessa Moss and her older sister Judith play with sticks, on tricycles and on swings in the family garden with friends. The two sisters visit Heaton Park taking a boat trip and participating in various races at the King David Junior School sports day. The compilation concludes with shots of the family home 'Amulree' from the garden. | |||
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| BACK TO SCHOOL | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6468 | |||
| Documentary film featuring school activities at Delamere Road Primary School in Flixton, with scenes in the playground and in the classroom. Also includes an excursion to Manchester Docks and along the Ship Canal, a school visit to an old people's home and children taking their cycling proficiency test. | |||
| NEVIN | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6475 | |||
| Scenes from the Waller family holiday to Nevin in 1955, featuring views of the bay, playing on the beach and fun in rowing boats. | |||
| [WITH THE RAF IN GIBRALTAR] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6588 | |||
| Scenes of officers relaxing on the RAF base in Gibraltar featuring a day at the beach, a boat trip and watching a bullfight. The men enjoy a sightseeing tour around a town in North Africa and the squadron's planes are seen taking off and landing. Concludes with the group back at home base in Manchester drinking tea with some ladies, followed by a fly past by planes practising for an event to commemorate The Battle of Britain. | |||
| [AT THE CHAPEL: OPENING CEREMONY & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6672 | |||
| Scenes from the opening ceremony of the new Stand Unitarian Chapel in 1955, featuring unlocking of the doors and members of the congregation arrriving for various services. Members of the chapel are seen assembling for a Whit Walk, followed by their procession into town and views of the Rose Queen and party in a garden. Concludes with a wedding service. | |||
| [TENBY & STAND UNITARIAN CHURCH LIFE] | |||
| Date: *1955 Film Number: 6694 | |||
| Brief views of swimming and sightseeing in Tenby, followed by scenes from local events at Stand Unitarian Chapel including a visit from the mayor and mayoress, parades by girl guides and brownies and an audience with the Rose Queen. | |||
| [PAGEANT OF STORIES] | |||
| Date: 1955 Film Number: 6796 | |||
| Scenes from a pageant at Golborne County Infants School in 1955 celebrating fairy tales and fables, including abridged performances of Cinderella, Snow White, Peter Pan and Hiawatha. Pupils are seen acting throughout in costume and relaxing together afterwards for the camera. | |||
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