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| [FYLDE COAST TRAMS & RAILTOURS TO THE SOUTH] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10109 | |||
| Views of the Mendip Merchantman enthusiast railtour on 1st Jan 1966 from London Waterloo to Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset Bath, and of coal trains in the Sunderland area. The Dorset Belle railtour travels from London Waterloo to Weymouth and back on 27th February 1966. Trams are seen in Blackpool and Fleetwood and a tour by the Roch Valley Railway Society of the National Coal Board railways around Walkden on 26th March 1966 is filmed. | |||
| [NCB COLLIERY LINES IN THE WALKDEN AREA]] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10114 | |||
| Views of the former North Staffordshire Railway and Austerity tank locomotives at work on the NCB colliery railways in the Walkden area. | |||
| [CHESTER ROAD WIDENING AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION] | |||
| Date: 1965-7 Film Number: 11634 | |||
| This film shows the traffic congestion at the Davyhulme and Talbot Road junctions with the trunk road when Chester Road was a single carriageway and the junctions were police controlled. It then shows some of the bridge construction, road works and service diversions. | |||
| [CHILDREN ON BIKES] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 7855 | |||
| A group of children including Stuart and Gary playing with toy guns and riding bicycles in the street then getting ice creams from a van. The boys are seen holding a small baby then playing in a paddling pool in the garden. | |||
| [BEACH CRICKET] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 7856 | |||
| A family game of beach cricket at Southport or North Wales followed by children enjoying donkey rides. More beach cricket, then the children paddling in the sea and building sandcastles. | |||
| [PARISH WALK EMMANUEL] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 7867 | |||
| Groups of walkers gather and prepare to get into line and begin the Whit walk. The walk begins with parents with children, majorettes, church banners and marching brass bands The film ends with the banner of Emmanuel church being untangled on the street | |||
| [A GLIMPSE OF AUSTRALIAN LIFE] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 8217 | |||
| Fragment of a reel, probably filmed in Australia. People are filmed in a back garden, behind which in the distance is a river or lake; a man holds up a large piece of ice for the camera. The reel concludes with general street scenes, with a single-decker bus and a level crossing. | |||
| [NEW HOUSES AND STREET SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 9603 | |||
| We see views of the Wilson family home and garden. There are new houses being constructed nearby and we see a brief glimpse of Mrs Wilson watching from the window. There are scenes of P.H. Haydock's Co. Ltd, a saw millers. We then see cameras and films on display in the window of a shop, and a woman and her children walking along a shopping street. | |||
| [GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 9727 | |||
| Shots of various flowers in the garden. | |||
| [WERMETH GRANGE PARTY] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10051 | |||
| A party is held at Werneth Grange, which was a social club for people with learning difficulties. Everyone is dressed in fancy dress and can be seen dancing together. They play pass the parcel before having some tea and cake. They then play musical chairs and bobbing for apples. | |||
| [HOVERCRAFT EVENT] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10131 | |||
| Scenes from an event at Capesthorne Hall in Cheshire, where visitors watch an assortment of one-man hovercraft being put through their paces on a grassy course, occasionally startling nearby cattle; a couple of craft briefly take to the water. | |||
| [WILD FAMILY WITH A DOG IN THE PARK AND A DONKEY IN A FIELD] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10587 | |||
| We see some children in the park with their dog, who they have trained to shake hands. There is a brief shot of a hen and then we see a boy with a donkey in a field. He is attempting to feed the donkey, who is very timid and runs away. | |||
| [RICHARD'S 21st BIRTHDAY] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10589 | |||
| Scenes from Richard's 21st birthday party. People are seated at tables at Richard's party, and there are shots of his birthday cards, gifts and also of photographs of the event. | |||
| [WALKING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10593 | |||
| The Wild family take a walk in the countryside. We see Mrs Wild and the three boys walking on country lanes, and there are scenes with a Dalmatian dog and a donkey. | |||
| [MORRIS DANCING] | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 10954 | |||
| Morris Dancing scenes. We see a group of Morris Dancers performing traditional dances in a northern town. We see them outside a large brick building, on a terraced street and in the town square. They are accompanied by musicians. | |||
| TRIP TO JAPAN | |||
| Date: c1966 Film Number: 11057 | |||
| Scenes from a Manchester Grammar School staff trip to Japan. The film opens with family scenes at home, and there are brief scenes on the platform of a railway station. We then see scenes shot from the window of an aeroplane during the flight and then taxiing in the airport in Japan. We see various scenes from the trip to Japan, including a picnic in the countryside and playground scenes. There are car drives along country roads and shots of the visitors with their hosts. We see moving scenery shot from the window of a moving train, including a railway station. The Japanese scenes conclude with aerial shots of Japan as the plane takes off. Back home, we see family scenes in the garden. | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS MOSS FOOTAGE] | |||
| Date: 1965-8 Film Number: 2827 | |||
| A reel of varied footage: tulip fields, St Ann's Square, Manchester Airport, Whit Sunday in Hyde, Stamford Park, Ashton-Under-Lyne, whit walks in Dukinfield, a visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, Chester Zoo, cricket in Dukinfield, Coventry cathedral, a flower parade, a holiday in Austria, and a pageant queen. | |||
| [STREET SCENES IN MOSSLEY] | |||
| Date: 1965 - 8 Film Number: 2842 | |||
| Street scenes with shots of buses in Mossley (?). | |||
| [GRANGE PARK BOYS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT] | |||
| Date: c.1966 Film Number: 5026 | |||
| Boys and teachers from Grange Park School, St Helens on a trip staying on the Langdale Estate in the Lake District. We see the boys hiking, taking a boat trip on Lake Windermere and playing golf with their teachers. The boys go for another walk and mess about in front of the camera, then go for a swim in a lake. The film ends with the boys loading their luggage on to a coach ready for travelling home. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [BRIXHAM BOAT TRIP] | |||
| Date: *1965 Film Number: 3709 | |||
| The film opens with the members of the Wintrobe family waiting at the bus stop; we then follow them on their journey on the bus. We cut to scenes of a boat trip to Brixham, including views of the sea, harbour, cliffs and fishing boats. A larger vessel is seen out to sea. At the quay side we see the 'Golden Hind' in dock, with lots of shots of the masts and rigging, and a sign for 'Brixham Bone Cavern'. There are views of people strolling in the streets, seafood stalls including a jellied eel stall, and a woman with a parrot on her shoulder. The family then return on the ferry to Torquay, and get on the bus again - to the Wellswood Hall Hotel. | |||
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