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[HOLIDAY ON THE NORFOLK BROADS]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1622
 
Members of the Hardman family are seen enjoying a holiday on the Oulton Broads in Norfolk. Includes scenes taken along the canal of a boat hire building and boat yard.
 
 
 
[BOWLING AND GOLFING]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1624
 
Hardman family compilation reel - includes brief shots of a bowling match; golf course and their house and garden in Bury.
 
 
 
[BOWLING AND MILL TRIP]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1625
 
The majority of the film focuses on a bowling tournament at a bowling green in Summerseat Bury. Groups of men are seen sitting around the green talking, drinking and smoking, while they watch the game. Concluding footage includes interior and exterior shots of Fernhill Mill in Bury. Includes scenes of a new felt roller being delivered by lorry.
 
 
 
[HARDMAN FAMILY ON HOLIDAY IN NORTH WALES]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1629
 
The Hardman family enjoy a holiday in North Wales. Two young girls are seen having a game of tennis on the lawns of the Oakwood Park Hotel [?]. They are also seen riding horses in the country.
 
 
 
SEVEN DAYS AFLOAT
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1632
 
Members of the Hardman family enjoying a holiday on the Norfolk Broads. Includes scenic views of the surrounding landscape taken from the moving boat.
 
 
 
[TOWER CIRCUS PROCESSION]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1773
 
Film of a procession of Tower Circus members down Blackpool promenade. Clowns, elaborately dressed men on horseback, cars, hand-drawn carriages, floats and George Formby all feature. Blackpool Tower is evident in the background.
 
 
 
[FAMILY ACTIVITIES; BLACKPOOL STREETSCENES AND WOMEN EXERCISING]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1819
 
A compilation reel of family footage. A group of children are seen having a picnic in the back garden of their house in Longhill, Rochdale. Holiday footage includes shots of suburban streets and boarding houses taken from an open-top balcony tramcar in Blackpool. Also includes a shot of Central Station, scenes inside Stanley Park and trams travelling along the promenade. Further footage includes a family's visit to Hollingworth Lake and various shots of aeroplanes taking off and landing in a field. The film concludes with three women doing an exercise routine and some folk dancing in their back garden.
 
 
 
[BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1822
 
A compilation reel of family footage. The film begins with holiday scenes shot at Blackpool - includes the Pleasure Beach, fairground rides, amusement arcades, various side shows and refreshment stalls. Further footage features some children playing in a garden at 32, Worcester Street, Hartley. Three boys are seen playing with a model railway while a couple of young girls have a pretend 'washday'. Film concludes with a couple walking along a road pushing a pram and some children playing on a beach on a cold winters day.
 
 
 
[EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN ROCHDALE ON WHIT FRIDAY]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1823
 
Film featuring a large whit walk through the streets of Rochdale. Includes shots of the procession walking past the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society building, on Eastfield Road. After the procession people are seen chatting and relaxing in a field. Band members sit on the grass next to their instruments, eating sandwiches and drinking; a vicar talks to a group of elderly people and some children participate in running races. The film concludes with brief shots of a bowling match.
 
 
 
[FAMILY HOLIDAYS, HAYMAKING AND CARNIVAL PROCESSION]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1824
 
A compilation reel of family holidays and events taking place in Rochdale. The film starts with a group of children and adults building sand castles on the beach. Further scenes include two labourers harvesting a crop. One man uses a scythe while the other guides a horse-drawn plough across the field. Also features a street procession with horse-drawn floats and people wearing fancy dress costumes. Concludes with travelling shots of the surrounding Welsh countryside.
 
 
 
[WOMEN BATHING AND CHILDREN EXERCISING]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1826
 
A family holiday by the sea. The film opens on a 360× pan of the surrounding coastline, taken from the end of a pier. A group of children are seen doing stretching exercises and star jumps, outside in front of a large audience. Concludes with two women putting on their bathing caps before going into the sea for a swim.
 
 
 
[ST. LUKES BAPTIST CHURCH AND BOWLING MATCH]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1827
 
A line of choristers are waiting to enter St. Luke's Baptist Church, in Rochdale, for a christening service. Concludes with brief footage of a bowls match.
 
 
 
[SEASIDE VIEWS - LLANFAIRFECHAN]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1830
 
Family footage taken on holiday in Llanfairfechan. Includes scenes of a country village street where a policeman is seen directing the traffic and shots of two women standing on a wall next to the sea.
 
 
 
[A WALK IN THE COUNTRY]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1831
 
Brief shots of people walking in the countryside. Two children are seen paddling in a stream.
 
 
 
[MOTORCYCLE, HORSES AND MILITARY DISPLAYS]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1858
 
Compilation reel of various activities and events attended by the Grime Family in Lancashire during the 1930s. Includes scenes of the family larking about in their back garden; visiting the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool; swimming in a lido pool and watching a cross country race through suburban streets. Concludes with shots of the Royal Lancashire Show. Large crowds watch performances and displays put on by the Royal Marines gunteam, band and a motorcycle club.
 
 
 
BOURNEMOUTH AND DISTRICT
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1905
 
Members of the Preston Family visit Bournemouth and its surrounding area. Includes shots of the town centre, seafront and parks. The family sit in front of their beach hut having tea. Other holiday makers are seen sun bathing, making sand castles and swimming in the sea.
 
 
 
[OXFORD, YORKSHIRE AND MANCHESTER]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 1934
 
Miscellaneous scenes of the Preston family on holiday in Scarborough and at home in Stockport. They are seen walking through the grounds of a park; punting on the river Cherwell in Oxford and standing on a beach with a donkey. Also features traffic flow at Manchester Exchange and Lower Mosley Street bus station.
 
 
 
[MISCELLANY: INCLUDING BLACKPOOL SCENES]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 2030
 
Miscellaneous footage, including seaside locations (Blackpool and Morecambe(?)), countryside scenes, a coastline, steam trains and an open air swimming pool.
 
 
 
[OPEN AIR SWIMMING POOL]
Date: c1930s Film Number: 2031
 
Footage from an open air swimming pool, which is probably in Morecambe.
 
 
 
TESS - HER LIFE
Date: c1930s Film Number: 2034
 
Film about the life of Tess, a dog, from seven weeks to two years old. Tess is seen in a variety of locations: a garden; fields; Blackpool beach; on a hill and in a house. She is seen receiving obedience training; being walked; with a variety of other dogs; playing with family members; swimming; playing in snow and chasing a cat. Various captions punctuate the film, providing information on the action.
 
 
 
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