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| THE FLOWERPOT MEN | |||
| Date: 1974-75 Film Number: 1406 | |||
| Shows the production of flowerpots at Bradley's Flowerpot Works in Mobberley, from digging the clay, through the various production stages to the storage of the finished article. | |||
| [INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DOG SHOWS] | |||
| Date: *1974/5 Film Number: 4075 | |||
| Footage of Afghan Hounds being shown at an indoor [probably Belle Vue, Manchester] and an outdoor dog show [probably Blackpool]. The dogs are groomed, presented and examined by the judges. The winners are seen receiving prizes and the outdoor show winner is seen in the final. | |||
| [CONGLETON & MACCLESFIELD CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 5371 | |||
| Scenes from the 1974 Congleton Carnival parade including views of various marching bands, accompanied by army vehicles and Carnival Princesses riding on the bonnets of cars. Vintage cars, morris dancers and themed floats are followed by scenes at the carnival site, including a navy helicopter and police motorbikes and horses display. A variety of floats from local businesses and community groups are seen taking part in the Macclesfield Carnival the following year. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [SARAH JAYNE, BIRTH TO YEAR ONE] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 5372 | |||
| Scenes from the first year of Sarah Jayne Pownall's life. The baby is shown to the camera when just a few days old by mother and father, strapped into a baby swing chair, lying on a cushion indoors, and outside in a baby walker. The family are seen at the beach [probably Nevin (Nefyn)], playing mini golf and the younger members on slides. Sarah is seen learning to walk, sitting by the Christmas tree surrounded by toys and at her first birthday. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [3RD BARROW IN FURNESS SCOUT TROOP - TROOP ACTIVITIES 1974-1975] | |||
| Date: 1974 -1975 Film Number: 5409 | |||
| Activities of the 3rd Barrow in Furness (Grammar School) Scout Troop. Youth hostelling in the Lake District at October half term and at New Year. The 1st year scouts spend a weekend at Great Tower, practising map reading, campfire building and putting up tents. The Spring Bank Holiday camp is at White Moss Common - the boys enjoy swimming and snorkelling in the lake. The longest trip is summer camp on the Isle of Arran, where the scouts experience record breaking temperatures. They swim in the sea, and walk up a number of mountains. The film ends with a montage of photographs from the Arran trip. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [BLACKPOOL ZOO PARK ADVERT] | |||
| Date: *1974/75 Film Number: 7338 | |||
| Animated advertisement for Blackpool Zoo Park. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [IRELAND FAMILY NEW YEAR PARTY 1974/5] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 5467 | |||
| The Ireland family taking part in New Year celebrations at home with plenty of drinking and dancing being filmed. 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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| [BROWN FAMILY SCENES 2] | |||
| Date: 1974-75 Film Number: 6948 | |||
| Scenes showing the Brown family in the garden of their home riding on bicycles, splashing around in a paddling pool and playing with the family dog. They take a walk in the park as the boys are seen playfighting and exploring a woodland area. A sequence shows a group of children taking a school sponsored walk. Footage includes the family taking a motor boat trip on a lake, children riding on ponies, playing on a unknown beach with friends and operating remote control model boats. One of the Brown family children is seen dressed as a matador pretending to fight with a toy bull. Ends with children playing on tanks at a military show and riding a horse on a residential street. | |||
| [BELLE VUE AND MORECAMBE CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 8806 | |||
| Scenes of animals and birds at Belle Vue Zoo and of the fairground and car racing. We also see brief shots of horse racing. There is film shot from the window of a moving vehicle and we see the traffic and urban scenery pass by. We see Morecambe Pier, and a person water-skiing, followed by scenes from Morecambe Carnival. There are dance troupes, marching bands, fancy dress and floats. | |||
| [DIRT BIKE RACE] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 8807 | |||
| This film opens with a quick shot of a kitten playing and then we see scenes of a dirt bike race at Quay Meadow. This is followed by more shots of the kitten playing. | |||
| A MATTER OF CONSERVATION | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 9223 | |||
| A film showing the work done by the Conservation Corps as part of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. We see the volunteers working on a variety of different projects in the Beacon Fell area. They dig out stones to be used in a drystone wall around the ruins of a building. They repair footpaths and the roof of a folly. They also clear out a muddy pool and fix a wooden walkway through some wetland before digging a trench. There are lots of shots of the local scenery, including Roddlesworth Nature Trail. | |||
| [GIRL GUIDE CAMP AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1974/5 Film Number: 11230 | |||
| Compilation of family leisure and holiday footage, including a camping holiday; a visit to Elgar’s birthplace; children sailing model boats and paddling in a river; scenes in Chester, and a girl guide camp. | |||
| CLEVELEYS PARISH CHURCH ST. ANDREW'S THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1974-75 | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 9624 | |||
| The bride and groom (Judith and Richard) stand outside St Andrews Parish Church in Cleveleys and have photographs taken. In December 1974 the Lord Bishop of Lancaster came to dedicate the Whiteside memorial window in St Andrews Church. Crowds of people arrive at the church for the special service. This was the last visit of the Lord bishop before his retirement at the end of the year. He agrees to have his photograph taken with Vicar Morgan for the church records. Members of the congregation attend the consecration of the new Bishop of Lancaster Dennis Page. The service took place at Blackburn Cathedral on March 1st 1975. Back at St Andrews Parish Church, members of youth organisations and children of the Sunday school attend the Mothering Sunday service with their mothers. A christening also takes place at the church that day. In the next scene we see young members of the church join the clergy for breakfast after the Easter communion service. In May, members of the Ladies Guild can be seen waiting for the coach to arrive for their day trip to Harrowgate and Harewood House. The film ends with members of the Venture scouts washing cars to raise money for charity. | |||
| [ABERSOCH 1974-75] | |||
| Date: 1974-5 Film Number: 10405 | |||
| Scenic views of Wales with swans and cygnets on a lake then views of Abersoch and its boats followed by a visit to a ruined castle. Mrs Samuels painting a seascape from a clifftop then Mark rock climbing and pooling. Golfers at the Neyfn golf club then Mark running up and down a footpath. The Samuels enjoy a beach picnic and Mark eats a ice cream sundae. Village scenes in Llangian followed by a group of boys playing in the garden. The film ends with a Royal Airforce helicopter rescue on the beach. | |||
| [FISHING FLEET OFF PENZANCE] | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 4446 | |||
| A large catch is hauled aboard a trawler, followed by views of the other boats in the fleet in Penzance Bay. | |||
| THE ARCHERS; THE HARES AND HOUNDS | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 5882 | |||
| Two short films featuring a large group of children practising archery, then playing and fighting in the park; a school sports day with a hula-hoop competition, welly throwing, sack race, a bouncy castle and other events. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [CHRISTMAS AND BABY SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 6173 | |||
| Brief Laycock family Christmas scenes are followed by views of a baby in a baby bouncer, playing with toys with a little girl and in the bath in front of the fire in the sitting room. | |||
| [BOMBAY & RICHMOND PARK] | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 6746 | |||
| Views in Bombay of a harbour, temple gardens and hawkers trading on a beach. Ends with the Kapur children climbing a tree in Richmond Park and the family relaxing in a friend's back garden. | |||
| [ROYAL LANCASHIRE SHOW; MILK RACE; SCOTLAND & WESTHOUGHTON] | |||
| Date: 1974-6 Film Number: 6813 | |||
| Scenes of show jumping at the Royal Lancashire Show followed by views of a stormy seafront at Weston-Super-Mare and of Morecambe Bay at Arnside. The Milk Race is seen passing through Westhoughton along Church Street and then the Boardman family are shown enjoying a Scottish Holiday in 1975. Ends with a brief look at family pets in the back garden and a traffic jam on the M6 motorway. | |||
| [MALLARD DUCKS/ MOORHEN/ GREAT CRESTED GREBE] | |||
| Date: c1975 Film Number: 8143 | |||
| Various scenes of birds. We see male and female mallard ducks dabbling in water and walking over a frozen pond, and a duck sitting on a nest hidden in the undergrowth. A family of ducks swim on the water. There are shots of a moorhen on a nest with her chicks. A great crested grebe and a swan are also filmed. | |||
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