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| [MISCELLANEOUS SALFORD FOOTAGE] | |||
| Date: *1967-8 Film Number: 3369 | |||
| Shots in and around the Salford area during redevelopment in the late Sixties. Workmen are seen stripping roofs, and there are scenes in heavy rain. Various bedroom and kitchen interiors are shown, and members of the planning department are observed at work. There is footage of removal men in action, and general views of decaying buildings and demolition. | |||
| [SOAP BOX DERBY; CHORLEY CARNIVAL; OLD CROCKS 1968; BLACKPOOL COACH RALLY] | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 3578 | |||
| Scenes at a go-kart racing event in Chorley, with participants being hauled up a steep grassy hill and the racing back down again on momentum alone. There is footage of Chorley Round Table Charity Carnival street procession in 1967, with floats, a marching band, and the Carnival Queen. Numerous veteran cars are seen travelling along the A6 in Chorley, and the film ends in Blackpool; shots of the Tower, the illuminations and the beginning of a coach race on the Promenade. | |||
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| [CHRISTMAS 1967, EASTER 1968 AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 5089 | |||
| The Garners visit Gawsworth Hall in Cheshire and then York, where they walk along the Shambles and Stonegate and visit Clifford's Tower and York Minster. Rough seas at Blackpool in October are followed by a Christmas Eve 1967 visit to a family grave at All Saints Church in Church Lawton and trip to see Lily Ray in Kidsgrove. On Christmas Day Mr Garner makes breakfast and the couple exchange presents and have dinner. In February 1968 they get a new car and at Easter they watch steam trains pass on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway and visit the Crich Tramway Museum near Matlock. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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| [3RD SCOUT GROUP IN THE LAKE DISTRICT & SCOTLAND 1967-8] | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 5401 | |||
| Activities of the 3rd Barrow-in-Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop - youth hostelling and camping trips in Cumbria and Scotland including a trip to the Cairngorms at Easter 1968. Scenes inside the youth hostel, including mealtimes, washing up, larking around and going to bed. There is a visit to Hardknott Roman Fort and scenes from various hiking trips and of life on the campsite. | |||
| WEEKENDS IN THE LAKES | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 7268 | |||
| Record of weekend visits to the Lake District taken by the Lloyd family. Opens with a trip on the car ferry to Windermere before family members explore the hills, streams and lakes on foot. Shots of the scenery and wildlife feature throughout. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| WORK BEGAN ON THE NEW SCHOOL SEPT. 25TH 1967 | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 7763 | |||
| The building of a new junior school in the village of Grimsargh, Lancashire. After scenes of the muddy site and building work there are exterior shots of the old school, built in 1809. Pupils and staff watch the last freight train go past the school on 3rd November 1967. The new school nears completion with shots of roofers at work. Scenes from a schoolboy football match in Spring 1968 are followed by footage of the newly-furnished school interior. Children play in the old school yard in its last days before the new school is formally opened on 29th September 1968 with a procession from the local church and a ceremony at the new building. | |||
| THE YORKSHIRE DALES (WITH SNOW SCENES, ARNSIDE & LONDON) | |||
| Date: 1967/8 Film Number: 6817 | |||
| Scenes from the Boardman family driving holiday around the Yorkshire Dales including visits to Countersett, Leyburn and Malham Cove, followed by views of a snowy landscape and Gillian Boardman building a snowman. Ends with day trips to Silverdale and Arnside and a sightseeing visit to London. | |||
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| VISIT TO THE BESLEYS EASTER 1967 | |||
| Date: 1967/8 Film Number: 8602 | |||
| A compilation reel of family leisure footage including children playing in a garden, Mrs Watson mowing the lawn, and holidays in Devon and Northern Ireland, with a visit to the Giant’s Causeway. The reel ends with Christopher Watson jumping around on a pogo stick. | |||
| [FILMING THE RAILWAY CHILDREN & KWVR SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1967/8 Film Number: 10106 | |||
| Activities at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway during its early days of operation including views taken during the filming by the BBC of an adaptation of the children's story The Railway Children. | |||
| [GOODBYE TO THE OLD SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SCHOOL IN GRIMSNARGH] | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 10575 | |||
| This film documents the closing of the old school and the construction and opening of the new school, St. Michael's Church School, in Grimsargh. The opening title tells us that work began on the new school on 25th September 1967 and we see views of the building site. We also see views of the old school constructed in 1809. The film records the last time the students will see a train pass by their school, on November 3rd 1967. The students watch the freight train as it passes, and there are close up shots of the train as it hooks up to trucks filled with coal in the sidings. There are scenes from a school football match that took place in Spring 1968. We see inside the new school, and then we see the students leaving the old school for the last time. The new school opened on St Michael's Day (29th September) 1968. We see views of St. Michael's church in Grimsargh and then a parade which includes members of the choir and clergymen walking to the church. A ceremony lead by the clergymen takes place outside the school and then it is officially open and everybody is allowed to go in. The film ends with scenes of children playing in the new school playground. | |||
| ELECTROSTATICS: A FILM FOR SCHOOLS | |||
| Date: 1967 1968 Film Number: 3243 | |||
| A film for schools about electrostatics - the generation of static electricity is demonstrated by various lab experiments involving a Van der Graaf generator and the static in clothes, and radioactive material is created in a particle accelerator. Scenes from a Hovis factory and an oil refinery show the efforts made to avoid potentially explosive sparks where combustible flour particles and flammable vapour in the atmosphere. | |||
| [WEDDING RECEPTIONS AT SAMLESBURY HALL] | |||
| Date: 1967/8 Film Number: 8752 | |||
| Two weddings are celebrated, including scenes outdoors at the receptions at Samlesbury Hall in Preston, where guests mill around in the gardens and photographs are taken. Finally, one of the happy couples departs in a decorated sports car. | |||
| [IN AND AROUND SALFORD] | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 3372 | |||
| Footage shot in the Salford area; scenes in the docks, shots of chimneys, factories and decaying homes. There is domestic footage of Mr and Mrs Prince in their home, window cleaners, fairground scenes , local shops and a man mending his car. The Prince children are seen eating, and there are views of a fish and chip shop, old women's faces and domestic delapidation. | |||
| [SALFORD DERELICTION AND REDEVELOPMENT 3] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 9 Film Number: 3281 | |||
| Scenes shot in Ordsall, Salford, with children playing and shots of derelict and occupied terraced houses on the same street. Other footage includes land cleared for construction of tower blocks, passersby on a terraced street, boys fighting and playing amongst abandoned furniture and scenes of pets. The docks are glimpsed, and later there are scenes of bales of cotton being unloaded, the trailers from container lorries stacked on the deck, and a car being lowered by crane into the hold. Other shots show crates from the Middle East. The final section shows scenes in a Salford Park and shots of a Salford University hall of residence. | |||
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| [SALFORD DERELICTION AND REDEVELOPMENT 5] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 9 Film Number: 3283 | |||
| Scenes shot around the Ordsall area of Salford, with shots of terraced houses, residents, children playing, police cars and scenes of demolition. Other footage includes various activities and shops in the locality - road sweeping, a horse-drawn ice cream van a clog-makers, a betting shop, a barbers and a pub. There are scenes in various local homes, shots of chimneys and gasometers, small children playing in an abandoned car, a church parade and a football game played in the street. There are also scenes shot on various building sites and around the demolition of the terraces. | |||
| [ORDSALL ROOFTOPS] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 9 Film Number: 3291 | |||
| Shots of rooftops in the Ordsall area of Salford through a haze of mist or smog. There are also views across Ordsall towards the docks and footage of local elderly people and children on the streets. | |||
| [UNLOADING TIMBER AND ELLOR STREET CONSTRUCTION] | |||
| Date: 1967-9 Film Number: 3292 | |||
| Dockers at Salford docks unload large bales of timber from the hold of a cargo ship, and there are scenes of tower blocks being constructed in the Ellor Street area. It is a cold day - puddles are frozen, and builders warm themselves on a small brazier. | |||
| [DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION / ORDSALL SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 9 Film Number: 3293 | |||
| Scenes around construction and demolition sites in Ordsall. A tower block is being built, while there are shots of cleared land. Men work on the foundations of new buildings and slot together the pre-fabricated wall sections. Terraces are demolished, and in the remaining streets, women are seen scrubbing the pavements in front of their houses. There is a shot of an off-licence, and the film ends with a parade. | |||
| [EVENING IN SALFORD] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 9 Film Number: 3305 | |||
| After shots of a gasometer reflected in a puddle, the gasometer itself is seen at sunset, followed by street scenes, kids playing and shots of chimneys. 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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| [ROSIE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: *1967-9 Film Number: 3338 | |||
| Footage of Rosie walking the countryside. | |||
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