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ROYAL VISIT 1955
Date: 1955 Film Number: 9518
 
School children arrive on buses then spectators line the road with Union Jack flags . The royal motorcade drives slowly down the main road with the Queen and Prince Phillip waving from the royal car, once the cars have passed the crowd disperses and heads towards the waiting buses
 
 
 
IN SEARCH OF SCOTLAND - WESTWARD TO ARGYLL
Date: 1955 Film Number: 9572
 
Scenes from a touring holiday of western Scotland. Locations visited include Benmore Botanic Garden, Inveraray Castle and Glencoe. There are scenic landscape views; children play at a boating pool; we see a man living in a homemade hut by the roadside; a group of young women visiting from South Africa sit and chat in the rain, and there is a boat trip around the Inner Hebrides which includes a visit to Fingal’s Cave.
 
 
 
[LYMM CANAL CLUB OUTING AND ABERSOCH]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 10471
 
On board a Lymm canal club boat and on the towpath watching other boats pass by. Cows in the fields and rowing boats on the canal. Seaside scenes at Abersoch with beach, boats at sea and general family holiday scenes. The film ends with out of focus close ups of flowers.
 
 
 
WILD BOY OF THE WOODS
Date: 1955 Film Number: 10924
 
An amateur film produced by Altrincham Grammar School. The fiction film tells the story of a wild boy living in the woods who the local people are afraid of. A Professor, his wife and son, Tony, trap the boy and teach him to speak and wear clothes. When the mother's necklace goes missing, the family immediately blame and punish the wild boy. Distraught, the wild boy returns to the woods. Once the Professor and his wife realise Tony was the culprit all along, they return to the woods to find the wild boy. Tony gets into an accident and is rescued by the wild boy. The boy is a hero and the family apologise to him.
 
 
 
[COUNTRYSIDE SCENES & FILM LOCATION]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 11091
 
A car on a steep and winding countryside road followed by the driver and passengers examining a road map. A man holding a small child then two women and a man climbing a hill. Views of a snowy hillsides, lakes and mountains with a group of sheep in a snowy field. Scenic views of the lakes then people sat by a car, hill walking, enjoying a picnic and walking on a beach. The film ends with shots of a film production involving a police car on a country road.
 
 
 
[HOLIDAY IN SWITZERLAND]
Date: *1955 Film Number: 928
 
A holiday in Switzerland - a coach party prepare to depart; street scenes; a football match - Swiss flags and a band in national costume; general views - waterfall, harbour, lakes and mountains; a cable car station.
 
 
 
[LADY BARNETT ODD BITS 1955]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 7806
 
Footage of the Brickhill family and BBC celebrity, Lady Barnett pageant visit. This film begins with the family on deck chairs; Mrs Brickhill is shown being pulled along sat in a wheeled chaise lounge. We see members of the Brickhill family sunbathing and enjoying tea on the lawn. This is followed by a lakeside children Rose Queen pageant with Lady Barnett receiving flowers and being photographed with the children. This film ends with more tea on the lawn scenes.
 
 
 
[MR E. HEMPSALL VISITS THE USA]
Date: *1955 Film Number: 8579
 
Mr E. Hempsall of Renold Chains visits America. As well as visiting US chain making companies, he looks around New York and goes to Niagara Falls, where the sights include a wedding party.
 
 
 
[DUTCH T.T., ASSEN 1955]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 8594
 
Compilation of footage from the 1955 Dutch TT races, mostly going behind the scenes with the Renold van in the British camp. Also preparations at the track for the race, brief shots of the race itself, and Dutch street scenes.
 
 
 
[MISCELLANEOUS HOLIDAY SCENES]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 8748
 
Footage from family holidays, including beach scenes of paddling and sandcastle building.
 
 
 
SOUTHPORT FLOWER SHOW 1955
Date: 1955 Film Number: 8693
 
Variety of scenes from the 1955 event, including indoor and outdoor floral and garden-related displays, showjumping and horse races, and various facilities, e.g. mobile banks and rest pavilions, available to the crowds of visitors looking around the show ground.
 
 
 
[TWO LYTHAM WEDDINGS]
Date: *1955 Film Number: 8904
 
Scenes from two weddings in Lytham St Annes. Guests arrive at St Cuthbert's church on the seafront; the bride and groom are then seen leaving the church after the wedding. The second wedding is on a wintry day at Church Road Methodist Church, with the wedding party making their way past piles of snow.
 
 
 
A CRUISING HOLIDAY 1955
Date: 1955 Film Number: 8907
 
Scenes from a cruise holiday around the Mediterranean. The locations visited include Gibraltar, La Spezia, Majorca, Lisbon and Corunna.
 
 
 
[GOLFING SCENES AND DINNER]
Date: *1955 Film Number: 8909
 
Golfing and social scenes at the Old Links Golf Club in St Annes: golfers out on the course, then a celebratory event with dinner, where smartly dressed men enjoy a meal, speeches are made, and women chat while running the raffle and other stalls. The reel ends with shots of the sign for 'The Lamb' pub.
 
 
 
[GOLF TOURNAMENT IN LYTHAM ST ANNES]
Date: 1955 Film Number: 8915
 
Scenes from a golf tournament on the Fylde Coast - people gather outside the club house and sit on the sand dunes to watch the action. Various players are then seen on the course, including the American golfer Don Bisplinghoff.
 
 
 
[THE HARDMAN FAMILY PETS]
Date: *1955-56 Film Number: 1640
 
Domestic scenes of the Hardman family playing with a puppy in their back garden and riding donkeys along the beach at St Annes. Includes interior shots of the living room decorated for Christmas and a young girl playing with a toy washing machine.
 
 
 
BOWLACRE HOME FOR AGED MEN [AND POLE BANK HALL GARDEN FETE 1956]
Date: *1955-6 Film Number: 7131
 
Scenes showing the official opening of Bowlacre Home for Aged Men, including civic dignitaries giving speeches, presenting bouquets and prize giving. Continues with general views of the building, grounds and a group of musicians playing in the open air. Further footage shows Pole Bank Hall Garden Fete, with people sat listening to speeches, the Adamson Brass band playing and people at refreshment and flower stalls. Includes shots of a children's entertainer drawing cartoons, a troupe of young girls dancing (the Daisyfield Dancing Troupe?) and a female singer performing.
 
 
 
SCRAPBOOK 1955-6
Date: 1955/6 Film Number: 6478
 
David Waller's 4th birthday party and of a fireworks display on bonfire night are followed by Christmas celebrations in 1955. The re-marriage of Fred Hodgert in February 1956 is seen, and the film closes with Keith Waller's 3rd birthday party, church walks and views from a family holiday in Conway.
 
 
 
[CHRISTOPHER - THE EARLY YEARS]
Date: 1955/6 Film Number: 8603
 
Scenes from the early life of baby Christopher Watson – in his pram, in his christening gown in his mother’s arms, with his grandparents in the garden, sitting in his playpen and learning to walk. There are also winter scenes in the garden and a trip to the seaside.
 
 
 
[ROSE QUEENS AND CHURCH BLESSING]
Date: *1955/6 Film Number: 10119
 
Scenes from two Rose Queen festivals, including processions through suburban streets with floats, brass bands, scouts and cheerleaders. On the festival field, after the Rose Queen’s crowning and speeches to the assembled onlookers, there are refreshment stalls and activities including children’s races, a fancy dress competition, an informal game of football, a tombola, skittles, and donkey rides. The reel ends with the blessing of a foundation stone on the site for a new Roman Catholic church.
 
 
 
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