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| [N. IRELAND HOLIDAY PART 1] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 8976 | |||
| Scenes from a family caravan holiday in Northern Ireland, including a boy feeding seagulls from the boat, people sitting outside at the caravan site, and fishing boats in the local harbour. | |||
| [GIRL GUIDE CAMPING] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 9389 | |||
| Girl guides camping scenes, including making a fire, cooking, eating and a blindfold trail through the woods. | |||
| [LIVERPOOL SALVAGE CORPS RESPONDING TO A CALL] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 9440 | |||
| The film opens with road traffic scenes shot from the front window of a moving Liverpool Salvage Corps truck as they respond to a call. They arrive at a warehouse and get to work removing fire damaged items. Back at the Liverpool Salvage Corps base we see the workers removing cleaning equipment from their truck. | |||
| [WHIT WALK, CORNWALL HOLIDAY & LONGLEAT SAFARI PARK] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 7872 | |||
| A Whit walk with cub scouts marching behind a flag bearer [Gary or Stuart Thompson ?], Rose Queens and religious banners. The Thompson family onboard a car ferry followed by yachts racing into a Cornish harbour. The Thompson children and their father play in the sea and build sandcastles. A car journey over Dartmouth moor, a picnic and various animals at Longleat Safari Park. | |||
| [CHARNLEY FAMILY FILM; ZOO; HOLIDAYS] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 8943 | |||
| Mrs. Charnley hangs clothes in the garden while her husband cleans the chimney. On a trip to Vienna, the family visit various tourist attractions including St. Stephen's cathedral. In the next scene, we see people skiing down a snow covered mountain. A young boy plays with a dog in a caravan park. On a family holiday to Ireland, they visit Glendalough and the Cliffs of Moher. Back in the family garden, the family tortoise wanders through the grass. In the Isle of Man, the family go for walks in the countryside, visit the Laxey Wheel and hire rowing boats. We see a horse-drawn tram along the promenade. One of the boys feeds some sheep outside their holiday home. Indoors, he holds and feeds his pet gerbil. | |||
| THE SIMON STORY | |||
| Date: 1968-70 Film Number: 9792 | |||
| A look at the early life of Simon, we see all of his early landmarks which are clearly titled. We see him as a new born in October 1968. He is bathed and dried by his mother, and then fed by an elderly relative. There are scenes from Christmas in 1968 and 1969, from his Christening party, his first birthday and with his first haircut. We see him in his pram and high chair, in the garden, with his relatives and at the seaside. There is a visit from another toddler, Jane. The family also visit a park where they feed a herd of deer. In April 1970 his sister Emma arrives. We see her being bathed and she appears in some of the later scenes with Simon. | |||
| [FAMILY AT HOME; PONTINS SOUTHPORT] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 9988 | |||
| As mother does the gardening, the children play in a tent in the garden. Indoors the children brush each other's hair. On a family holiday to Pontins in Southport, the family visit Ainsdale beach, the model village, and the children play in the resort's playground. Back at home, the children play in the garden and later ride their tricycles around the kitchen. | |||
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO HEATHROW AIRPORT] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 10333 | |||
| Staff and students of Carr Mill Primary school travel to Heathrow airport where they record the different planes they see landing and taking off. The group head back to St Helens where family and friends are waiting for them at the school gates. | |||
| [FLEETWOOD; SAFARI PARK; FARMYARD] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 10586 | |||
| We see children on fairground rides in Fleetwood, followed by scenes from a safari park where we see various animals in their enclosures and monkeys surrounding the visitors' cars. The film ends with scenes in the farmyard, the boys play football and the dog joins in. | |||
| [NORTH CHESHIRE MOTORWAY (M56) WEAVER VIADUCT - CONSTRUCTION SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1969 Film Number: 11051 | |||
| Scenes from the construction of the M56 motorway. We see construction work taking place on the new motorway and scenes from the transportation of enormous concrete bridge beams by road. | |||
| WALKING IN CALDERDALE | |||
| Date: *1968/9 Film Number: 8485 | |||
| Harold Brindle walks the route of the river Calder to the Ribble Valley visiting various stately homes, museums, churches, villages and towns. | |||
| GO GO GO | |||
| Date: *1968-70 Film Number: 8491 | |||
| Motor Go-Kart racing - preparation in the pits, race scenes, crashes and the lap of honour by the eventual winner. Various go-karts are pushed from the track and onto trailers to leave the circuit along with the crowds. | |||
| [CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OPENING CEREMONY 3] | |||
| Date: *1968-71 Film Number: 3387 | |||
| Footage of the opening of the new Civil Engineering Department at Salford University. Dr J.H. Jellett, president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, is seen unveiling a plaque. Various university VIPs and civic dignitaries give speeches. | |||
| M61 MOTORWAY | |||
| Date: 1969-71 Film Number: 6812 | |||
| Scenes featuring the construction of the M61 motorway's Worsley to Horwich link filmed over the period 1968-1971, including the demolition of Watergate Farm, the building of carriageways and bridges, the official opening of the M61 on 17 December 1970 and a brief visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Bolton West Anderton Services. | |||
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| [THREE MAYORS OF BURY] | |||
| Date: 1968-71 Film Number: 6048 | |||
| Mayoral events during the office of three different mayors of Bury; Councillor John Lord (1968-70), and his successors, Councillor Cockayne and Councillor Jackson. The Mayor Making ceremony and Mayoral Sunday processions are seen for each. Councillor Lord is also seen opening a sports festival at Clarence Park, opening Chesham School and attending the Armisitce Day ceremony and a whit walk. Councillor Jackson is also seen attending both the Catholic and Church of England's whit walk processions. | |||
| [DARTMOUTH; FARM AUCTION; BONFIRE NIGHT] | |||
| Date: *1968-71 Film Number: 6801 | |||
| Scenes from the Boardman family holiday to Dartmouth in 1971, featuring Gillian Boardman playing on the beach, views of the harbour, vehicles disembarking from the Higher Ferry and a painter selling art on the seafront. Ends with a sale by auction at Watergate Farm in 1968, an extended fireworks display and a bonfire. | |||
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| [CANARY ISLANDS 1] | |||
| Date: *1968-72 Film Number: 3835 | |||
| Shots of the Liver building and the departure by boat from Liverpool. Also scenes on board ship, including deck games and people relaxing in deckchairs. Views of the Canary Islands, including landscape scenes and villages and then further scenes on board ship. | |||
| [GREENWOOD FAMILY; FLOODED STREETS; VINTAGE CARS] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 4263 | |||
| Greenwood family members are seen in the countryside, the garden and outside the house. There are brief scenes of flooded streets in Todmorden and views of an Alvis Owners' Club Rally with people looking at the vintage cars. | |||
| [GOLDEN WEDDING; GARDEN; WALES COACH TOUR] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 6003 | |||
| An elderly couple are seen both inside and outside their home surrounded by flowers and cards on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. They have a celebratory tea with friends. They are seen in the garden with the dog and mowing the lawn, and the film ends with scenes from a coach tour of Wales. | |||
| [HATHERLOW ROSE QUEENS] | |||
| Date: 1968-72 Film Number: 7213 | |||
| A series of Rose Queen crowning ceremonies, held inside Hatherlow Sunday School, and subsequent processions through the local streets. Reel ends with the Hodkinson girls dancing in their living room. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
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