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Record 8937 – 8956 of 11241
| [LOWER HOUSING FARM] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2425 | |||
| Film shot at Lower House Farm. Mr EG Williams (the farmer), Mr Harris of the Australian Trade Commission in Manchester and various other interested parties look around the farm, viewing Murray Grey cattle which which have been imported from Australia (see film No. 2424) and Palamino ponies which Mr Williams exports to Australia. | |||
| [SHOW HOUSE OPENING - ASTLEY PARK] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2426 | |||
| Film showing the opening of a show house built by Ambrose Builders, one of the developers on the Astley Park site. Mr Hemmings of Ambrose and Mr Duke of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships) make speeches watched by a small crowd and the press. Continues with members of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation board at an exhibition held in the first show factory built on the Walton Summit site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation. | |||
| [Astley Park - Building Site] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2427 | |||
| Footage from the Ambrose Site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), which is part of the Astley Park Site. Includes shots of a show house, offices and building activities. Continues with earth moving at the Whittle District Centre of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation and closes with shots of a factory unit on the Corporation's Walton Summit site. | |||
| [CONSTRUCTION WORK AND MOVING INTO NEW HOUSES] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2428 | |||
| Opens with shots of factories. Continues with footage from the Clayton Brook Housing site of the Central Lancashire Development Corporation (now known as English Partnerships), featuring houses under construction. Cuts to views of the green at Moss Side. Continues with footage of the Gibbs family moving into an Ambrose house on the Astley Park site, the first occupants of houses built for the Central Lancashire Development Corporation. Closes with shots of signs at Astley Park. | |||
| CHOICES FOR TOMORROW. WATER WATER | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2526 | |||
| David Bellamy explains the biological importance of water and man's position in the hydrological cycle. He is seen at Thamesmead (in London), on a beach, at a sewage treatment plant and on a farm. He explains how water is cleansed and the treatment and uses of sewage. | |||
| [CHILDREN IN NURSERY GARDEN 1] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 2555 | |||
| Children from Bradley School Nursery, in Nelson, are seen playing on the climbing apparatus in the school playgrounds :- includes shots of the boys and girls playing in the sand pit and on the swings and slide. Also features scenes of some older school boys competing at a sports event ( location unknown). Includes shots of the boys participating in long jump, running, high jump and a tug of war game. Concludes with brief scenes of the prize giving ceremony, where the winners are seen collecting their trophies. | |||
| [CHILDREN IN NURSERY GARDEN 2] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 2556 | |||
| Scenes of the children and staff of Bradley Nursery School, in Nelson, sitting on the school lawn on a hot summers day. Some of the children wave union jack flags and red, white and blue streamers. (Probably celebrating the Queen's Silver Jubilee [?]). Includes close up shots of a couple of children holding their toys up for the camera. Concludes with footage of some mothers picking up their children from school, at the end of the day. | |||
| [CHILDREN IN NURSERY GARDEN 3] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 2557 | |||
| Scenes of the children of Bradley Nursery School, in Nelson, playing in the school garden and playground. Includes footage of the boys and girls having a picnic lunch outdoors on a blanket and playing on the climbing apparatus. Also features shots of a little boy pulling his three friends across the lawn, on the back of a wooden cart. Concludes with scenes of a group of mothers [?] sitting in the nursery garden chatting to each other. Union jack flags and buntings are visible in the background (possibly connected with the Queen's Silver Jubilee Celebrations [?]). | |||
| [BOB'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2706 | |||
| Views of people arriving outside a church in Chester, posing and assembling in groups, followed by the arrival of the bride. After the (unfilmed) ceremony, the wedding party go to the Thornton Hall Hotel for the reception, and the bridesmaids are photographed. There is unrelated footage of children at a swimming pool. | |||
| [SCHOOL GYMNASTICS] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2708 | |||
| Footage of various students doing rolls, cartwheels and somersaults - first on a mat in the middle of a school field, and then using a wooden horse in a school gym. | |||
| EYAM PLAGUE CEREMONY, DERBYSHIRE, AUGUST 1975 | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 2989 | |||
| Shots of ceremonies commemorating the Plague in Eyam, Derbyshire, including an open-air service. | |||
| EASTER IN YORK 1975 | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 3020 | |||
| Ye Olde Worlde scenes in York, followed by pace-egg rolling and the performance of a pace-egg play. | |||
| KORCULA | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 3034 | |||
| Landscapes and everyday scenes from a holiday in Yugoslavia, with a night-time performance of folk dancing. | |||
| [RELOCATE TO SKELMERSDALE - ADVERTISEMENT] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 3052 | |||
| Advertisement for Skelmersdale. TV presenter Fyfe Robertson is seen in idyllic countryside near Skelmersdale. There follows a montage of building work, shops and factories. Mr Robertson is seen at the close of the film addressing the camera from in front of the offices of the Skelmersdale Development Corporation - he urges industrialists to call the Corporation and relocate to Skelmersdale. | |||
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| [MANCHESTER AND SALFORD STREET SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 3324 | |||
| Scenes shot in and around Manchester city centre - Piccadilly Gardens, and shots of Market Street. | |||
| [MANCHESTER AND SALFORD STREETS] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 3389 | |||
| Footage shot around the centres of Manchester and Salford, with scenes at Piccadilly Gardens and Salford Shopping City. | |||
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| [BUTLINS, PWLLHELI; CHILDREN IN GARDEN] | |||
| Date: 1975 Film Number: 3586 | |||
| Family holiday scenes at Butlins Pwllheli. The Edwardsons are seen on a chairlift, walking on a clifftop, on the beach and on a miniature train. Also scenes in their back garden in Cheshire, including the children in fancy dress. | |||
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| BEAUTIFUL HOLLAND | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 3695 | |||
| Scenes shot on a holiday in Holland - windmills, and tulip fields, with scenes in Valendam, Marken, The Hague, and Keukenhof gardens. | |||
| [SCOTTISH SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 3955 | |||
| Footage shot on a Scottish holiday - views include landscapes, streetscenes, the exterior of a hotel and children playing in a garden. | |||
| [HOWARTH SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1975 Film Number: 3956 | |||
| Scenes shot in and around the town of Howarth in West Yorkshire, home of the Brontë sisters. | |||
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