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| [AMATEUR DRAMATICS] | |||
| Date: 1928-33 Film Number: 9958 | |||
| An amateur dramatics performance by members of the Blake family at Christmas time. The family perform various short plays and sketches and there are film titles to let us know what is happening. | |||
| [BLAKE FAMILY OUTDOOR SCENES AND BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH] | |||
| Date: 1928-30 Film Number: 9959 | |||
| A compilation of scenes from the Blake family. We see them in the garden and outdoors. They go swimming and have picnics in various places, and there are family get togethers in the garden. There are also scenes from Blackpool Pleasure Beach. | |||
| [LAKE WINDERMERE; FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND DOGS] | |||
| Date: 1928-33 Film Number: 8417 | |||
| Compilation of family and leisure material, all or mostly shot in the Lake District. Family members and friends are seen out and about in the countryside, at the lakeside, or outside a large country house. There are also scenic views, a boat trip on Lake Windermere, and a young child playing with a pedal car and rocking horse. | |||
| BLACKPOOL ON HOLIDAY | |||
| Date: 1928-34 Film Number: 9965 | |||
| Scenes from a holiday to Blackpool. We see people playing on the beach and in the sea. There are scenes from a large swimming pool with waterslides, people have fun in the pool while others relax at the side. There are scenes of donkey rides and of children playing on slides and see-saws. A Punch and Judy show takes place on the seafront with Blackpool Tower in the background. | |||
| [STRETFORD PAGEANT, HOLIDAY AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES] | |||
| Date: c1929-34 Film Number: 9581 | |||
| An assortment of scenes from the Wilson family. The film opens with shots of a Zeppelin flying overhead. We see the family and larger groups of people on holidays and trips out to a variety of places, including Gretna Green where we see a shot of 'The Famous Old Blacksmith Shop and Marriage Room'. We see people in the countryside, on the beach, at seaside resorts and at a very busy open air swimming pool where we see people diving into the pool from a diving board. We see a group of people playing croquet in the garden, while others chat on a bench. There is a tea party held in a garden, a wedding where a large crowd of guests throw confetti on the newlyweds and also ice-skating scenes. We see police directing traffic in a town centre. There are shots of a biplane watched by spectators at an air show. There are scenes from the Stretford Pageant. There is a procession of vintage cars followed by horses and carts. There are floats, a fire engine, mounted police, people in fancy dress, scouts and civic dignitaries included in the procession. | |||
| [FAMILY HOLIDAYS, ROYAL TOUR, BADEN POWELL AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1929-38 Film Number: 9470 | |||
| Compilation reel of family holiday footage, much of it shot on the South coast, and significant NW events, including people in Heywood cheering the passing motor cavalcade during the 1938 Royal tour of Lancashire; a procession of scouts and girl guides, and a camp where Lord Baden Powell is applauded, and addresses the assembled scouts. | |||
| [AT HOME WITH THE HILL FAMILY] | |||
| Date: 1928-40 Film Number: 4117 | |||
| Various members of the Hill family are seen in the garden of their home, 'Ballabeg,' in Bowdon. They are seen swimming in the sea and playing cricket on the beach at Newquay. Joan plays tennis with her mother and is seen on the putting green and at a college at Cambridge. The end of the film shows Margaret Welch (nee Hill) in the garden at Bowdon with her baby son, Michael. | |||
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| [THE PRESTON FAMILY IN BLACKPOOL] | |||
| Date: *1928-31/33-34 Film Number: 1184 | |||
| Members of the Preston family on holiday in Blackpool. Includes scenes of the family walking through a park, enjoying the rides at a fairground, and watching the illuminations at night. Also includes footage of some Ribble coaches parked at a bus station. Holidays makers are seen boarding one of the buses before it departs. The film concludes with scenes of Mr Joshua Preston feeding his chickens at Glengarry and a fancy dress parade through the streets of Stockport [?]. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| [BIRTWISTLE FAMILY - BILLINGE SCAR NO.3] | |||
| Date: *1928/29/31 Film Number: 239 | |||
| Scenes of family and guests in and around the grounds and swimming pool at Billinge Scar. There is a long sequence showing Blackburn Film Society filming in the grounds. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| SOUTHERN RAILWAY VICTORIA STATION | |||
| Date: *1928/30 Film Number: 1910 | |||
| Members of the Preston Family travel to Paris on board the 'Golden Arrow' train. Includes various streetscenes around the city and shots of the family walking along the promenade and relaxing on a beach, in Touville, wearing formal dress. The film concludes with a close up shot of a tame monkey sitting on a step, eating a piece of fruit. | |||
| [A CARNIVAL PARADE IN STOCKPORT] | |||
| Date: *1928/30 Film Number: 1918 | |||
| Fancy dress competitors and carnival floats are seen at the assembly ground before the parade. The procession then makes its way through the streets of Stockport. | |||
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| DEAUVILLE AND TROUVILLE | |||
| Date: *1928/30 Film Number: 1953 | |||
| The Preston family from Stockport on holiday in France. They visit the town, harbour and beaches of Deauville and Trouville. | |||
| DEAUVILLE | |||
| Date: *1928/30 Film Number: 1962 | |||
| The Preston family, from Stockport, on holiday in France. Includes views around the town of Deauville and scenes of the family relaxing on the beach and walking along the seafront. | |||
| FIRST SKELWITH CAMP, SEPTEMBER 1928 [AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1928/30/1/2 Film Number: 7121 | |||
| Scenes showing camping around Skelwith in the Lake District, including members of the party arriving, setting up their tents and having a picnic. Includes shots of a man playing tennis in the garden of a house in Cartref. Footage shows the Randalls posing for the camera outside a hotel during a family holiday in Largs, camping scenes at Redwharf Bay on the Isle of Anglesey and fishing and boating on Coniston lake. Ends with views around Crummock Water. | |||
| [THE OPENING OF ST NICHOLAS BRIDGES, MAYOR'S CIVIC DAY, CHRISTENING AT ST CUTHBERTS] | |||
| Date: 1928/30/36/40 Film Number: 6899 | |||
| Varied compilation which begins with a colour sequence (heavily magenta) friends of the Tassell family cycling, swimming and camping around the Solway Firth area. Scenes in Carlisle show the Tassell family photographic business van and shop exterior on Lowther Street. The opening of St Nicholas Bridges on the 15th March 1928 shows Mayor Joseph Henderson cutting the ribbon and then unveiling a memorial plaque. The filmmaker's father Frederick William Tassell is seen amongst a group of councillors listening to a speech during the opening ceremony. St Nicholas Bridges are shown from a moving tram and from the roadside. Other scenes include a procession around Carlisle cathedral during the Mayor's Civic day in 1930, with a sequence showing the Tassell family (filmmaker's mother wears Mayoresses brooch). In 1940 family members gather around St Cuthbert's church for the christening of Archibald Tassell's daughter Tanis, who is later seen indoors with her mother Margorie. There are scenes showing men playing a bowling match, possibly the Carlisle Subscription Club. Concludes with a short colour shot of a person holding a black cat. | |||
| [AROUND THE CAPITAL] | |||
| Date: *1928/32-35 Film Number: 1914 | |||
| Scenes in and around London. Includes shots of the Embankment, Tower Bridge, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the Strand and Buckingham Palace. The film also includes footage of Southampton [?] docks. A party of sightseers, including members of the Preston family, are given a guided tour around two ocean liners. The 'Queen Mary' is also seen in dry docks. | |||
| [LEARNING TO SWIM IN AN ORNAMENTAL POOL] | |||
| Date: 1928/36 Film Number: 10755 | |||
| Children learning to swim with an adult in the ornamental pool at Tatton Hall. | |||
| AN APPEAL! (THE BOLTON INFIRMARY) | |||
| Date: *1929 Film Number: 11 | |||
| The interior and exterior of the Infirmary are shown and an appeal is made for donations to help provide more of the types of equipment featured, and more nurses. | |||
| THE RADCLIFFE WHIT FRIDAY PROCESSIONS | |||
| Date: *1929 Film Number: 12 | |||
| This is a procession consisting mostly of children, and including brass bands and a queen with attendants. | |||
| [GAUMONT GRAPHIC NORTH WEST NEWSREEL HIGHLIGHTS] | |||
| Date: *1929 Film Number: 38 | |||
| Oldham's May Queen crowned. Holcombe Hunt point-to-point meeting. Motor bike race on Barrow beach. Wigan Carnival. Opening of Wythenshawe Aerodrome. Stockport Carnival. Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury. Commemoration of Bleriot, including footage from 1909 Channel crossing. Submarines for Chile launched at Barrow-in-Furness. Enthronement of Lord Bishop at Manchester Cathedral. Football match - Blackburn v Bolton. A meet of the Cheshire Hunt on Nantwich Square. Sailors visit Manchester. | |||
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