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Record 8277 – 8296 of 11241
| [FLOWER & VEG COMPETITION; SANTA AT THE UNITED CLUB] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11016 | |||
| Two judges in the United Club judge flower and vegetable growing competitions before the public and competitors are allowed into the room to examine the exhibits. Trophies are awarded for the best in show for growing chrysanthemums. Various children sing on the stage at the United Working Men's club as a large crowd of children await the arrival of Santa. On his arrival he exchanges presents for tickets that the children are holding. | |||
| [MANCHESTER REGISTRY OFFICE WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 11071 | |||
| Wedding guests arrive at Manchester Registry Office. There are brief scenes from the ceremony, then the couple, dressed in the fashions of the day, exit for photographs as friends and family throw confetti. The happy couple are then seen departing in a VW Beetle. The reel ends with an elderly lady and teenage girl walking along the city walls in Chester. | |||
| [SCENIC CANAL VIEWS AND LANDSLIDE] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11075 | |||
| Scenic views from the canal - wildfowl and the passing landscape; a man smokes his pipe on deck. A woman inspects a disused stretch of canal overgrown with foliage, and others climb around an area of ground where there has been a landslide | |||
| [21ST BIRTHDAY AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11076 | |||
| A young woman cuts her birthday cake, and a girl takes photographs in the garden; a group of canal boats is moored on the canal for an event; shots from a football match with one team playing in drag. The reel ends with scenes in a boatyard where a narrow boat is being rebuilt, with new plates being welded onto the hull. | |||
| [CONKERS SNOW AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 11137 | |||
| The films opens with a group of small boys throwing fallen branches at horse chestnut trees to bring down the conkers which they collect in bags. A boy climbs the tree. We then see children playing in the snow while a man clears the drive with a shovel. We see views of the countryside and a transmission tower from a moving car. A family play with a skipping rope in a garden. There follow scenes from Macclesfield Carnival. there are floats and dance troupes. Some of the signs on the floats can be clearly seen, 'Silk Queen 1971', Marple Carnival Queen Christine', 'Silk Princesses 1971' and 'Droylsden Carnival Queen'. | |||
| [MACCLESFIELD CARNIVAL 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 11153 | |||
| Scenes from the 1971 Macclesfield Carnival. There are floats, dance troupes, a steam traction engine and people in fancy dress. There are then shots of the carnival field where people wander around looking at stalls and parked floats. | |||
| [LOADING THE MINIBUS] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11448 | |||
| Bolton School boys waiting at the harbour with all their camping equipment then camping scenes on a Scottish Island. At the scout hut the boys push start and then load the minibus before the next expedition begins. | |||
| [BOLTON SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RELAY RACE] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11449 | |||
| The start line and beginning of the Bolton School boys cross country relay race. The teachers stand around chatting and smoking their pipes before the batons change hands and the runners start the second leg of the relay. | |||
| [BOLTON SCHOOL CLASSROOM SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11450 | |||
| Various Bolton School classroom scenes starting with metal and woodwork classes with older pupils working on their projects. A music lesson with pupils playing the recorder and xylophone as the teacher plays the cello. In another classroom a young teacher asks questions and the pupils raise their hands to answer. The film ends with a boy playing the school organ. | |||
| [CHEMISTRY LESSON AT BOLTON SCHOOL] | |||
| Date: *1971 Film Number: 11451 | |||
| Scenes from the Bolton School chemistry laboratory with pupils doing experiments before writing up their findings. We also see the pupils weighing chemicals to be used in their experiments. | |||
| [RADCLIFFE WHIT WALK 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 9821 | |||
| The start of the Radcliffe Whit Walk with church banners, brownies, girl guides and mothers and prams. Denise pushing a pram on Blackpool promenade then on the beach with a young boy and grandmother before enjoying a ride on a donkey. | |||
| FIRST STRETFORD FATHER AND SON CAMP 1971 | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10040 | |||
| The fathers and sons of the 1st Stretford scout troop cook beans and tomatoes over open fires. Later the group goes canoeing along a river. Back at the campsite they take part in a pioneering project, using ropes and wood to create a structure. One group create a catapult that fires wooden stakes. | |||
| 1ST STRETFORD SCOUT GROUP RIBBLE TOUR 1971 | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10041 | |||
| Members of the 1st Stretford Scout Group in single and two men canoes go down the River Ribble and over a weir. The scouts drag their canoes back onto land, get changed and enjoy a warm drink. | |||
| [YOUTH CLUB 1971; HALLOWEEN; CHESTER] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10055 | |||
| A Halloween party is held at Werneth Grange, which was a social club for people with learning difficulties. Everyone is dressed in fancy dress costumes and there is dancing and games such as bobbing for apples and pass the parcel. In the next scene the group go on a day trip to Chester where they go on a boat ride and later visit Chester Zoo. | |||
| [FAMILY FUN IN THE LOUNGE] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10057 | |||
| Members of the Topley family spend time together in the family lounge. | |||
| [MARK AS A BABY] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10412 | |||
| Nappies on the washing line then a Christening plate with 'Mark, born 14th January 1971'. Mark in his pram, being held by his mum then in the garden with dad. Trying to crawl on a blanket then Mark bouncing in a harness in the garden followed by trying to rid himself of a woollen hat. After being in his cot we see Mark crawling, being fed in his high chair then pushing a pram in the garden. The film ends with Mark in the garden playing with a ball and in a harness held by his grandmother. | |||
| SADDLEWORTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10682 | |||
| Filmed on the opening day of the Saddleworth Arts Festival, Saturday 22nd May 1971. It begins with a brass band playing in Uppermill followed by a Rush cart being pulled through the streets on a two mile journey to the King George V playing fields with a man sat atop the tower of rushes. Manchester's Lord Mayor, Lord and Lady Rose and the Duke and Duchess of Westminster arrive and officially open the festival at the Civic Hall. At the playing fields we see the Rush cart arrive then we take a brief tour of the 'Saddleworth at work' exhibition. Finally we see children's funfair rides, a tug-o-war between rival pubs and dancing from the Manchester Morris Men. | |||
| [RUSH CART AT SADDLEWORTH FESTIVAL 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10683 | |||
| Cutting and collecting rushes from the banks of a reservoir and canal, being bundled and carried away. The cart, named Beryl, has a metal frame on which the bundles of rushes are placed to build a tower like structure. We see the various stages of construction, which takes over six months to complete until the cart is being pulled through the streets of Uppermill by a group of army volunteers. The cart, with a man sat on top of the rushes drinking, ends its journey at King George V playing fields with a brass band and dancing from the Manchester Morris Men. | |||
| SADDLEWORTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 10688 | |||
| Filmed on the opening day of the Saddleworth Arts Festival, Saturday 22nd May 1971. It begins with a brass band playing in Uppermill followed by a Rush cart being pulled through the streets on a two mile journey to the King George V playing fields with a man sat atop the tower of rushes. Manchester's Lord Mayor, Lord and Lady Rose and the Duke and Duchess of Westminster arrive and officially open the festival at the Civic Hall. At the playing fields we see the Rush cart arrive then we take a brief tour of the 'Saddleworth at Work' exhibition. Finally we see children's funfair rides, a tug of war between rival pubs and dancing from the Manchester Morris Men. | |||
| [MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL TREK IN THE ALPS 1971] | |||
| Date: 1971 Film Number: 11064 | |||
| Scenes from the 1971 Manchester Grammar School trekking holiday in Switzerland and Italy. The film opens with shots of the students disembarking from a boat. We then see them trekking in all weather conditions and there are scenes from their campsites. We see them eating and cleaning their boots. There are many views of the alpine scenery, including views of the Matterhorn, and we also see a shot a cable car. | |||
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