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Record 9284 – 9303 of 11096
| [MILL INTERIOR SCENES WITH WORKING MACHINERY] | |||
| Date: 1977-9 Film Number: 9269 | |||
| Scenes from various mills, including Grane Mill in Haslingden. We see mill machinery in operation, and we catch occasional glimpse of the workers who operate the machinery, as well as spectators watching the machinery in operation. | |||
| [PONY RIDING] | |||
| Date: c1978 Film Number: 5740 | |||
| Shots of various marching bands and floats, all part of The Great Fair. Footage of stables and girls riding ponies. In a paddock; pony races are held. The film finishes with shots of a single horse-rider, riding on country lanes and in a field. | |||
| [LONDON SIGHTS] | |||
| Date: *1977-80 Film Number: 4103 | |||
| General views of tourist attractions and London landmarks. Includes Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Picadilly Circus and Tower Bridge. There is also footage of the exteriors of many of the theatres in London's West End and views from a river cruise. | |||
| [MOTORCROSS EVENTS] | |||
| Date: 1977-80 Film Number: 8377 | |||
| Steven practices his motorcycle riding skills with the help of his father, John. Steven rides his motorbike through shrubland, John performs a few tricks on his bike. On April 1st 1979, John takes part in a race at Hawstone Park Motocross Circuit near Market Drayton. The film cuts to June 1980, Steven rides his motorbike down the road, his L plate can be seen in the front of his bike. The film ends with Steven having his own car (complete with L plates) and driving his parents and brothers home from his grandparents. | |||
| [FARM; HOLIDAY TO MAURITIUS; FAMILY] | |||
| Date: 1977-80 Film Number: 9088 | |||
| Farming and family scenes from the Heyes family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. The film opens in 1977 with shots of a fire in Simonswood Moss, the lady filming the fire talks about the efforts to extinguish it. We then see a business meeting. Mr Heyes shows a distributor examples of his packaged vegetables, and they discuss where demand for these goods would be. James Heyes lands back in the UK. He is filmed arriving at Manchester Airport and then back home he discusses his trip to Melbourne and Bangkok for the camera. In 1978 a man sits by 'The White Man' in Knowsley Park, he talks about the weather and points out the cars in the distance queueing to get into Knowsley Safari Park, and the 'Great Lake'. William Heyes is then filmed in Knowsley Deer Park with his cattle which are grazing there. This is followed by scenes of potato harvesting. We then see a family holiday to Mauritius. We see the family on the beach and attempting to catch fish. Local children sing for the camera and they film a local man descaling a fish. The family go to see giant tortoises. Back home they show their holiday photos to other family members. On 12 May 1980 we see Bill Langton and Tony Watkins harvesting vegetables, and on 15 May 1980 we see the fields being watered due to the recent spell of dry weather. On 8 June 1980 we see a lorry packed with Knowsley Salads which are ready to by transported to Covent Gardens by Transfleet Wagons. The film ends with scenes from 31 August 1980 of a family picnic in the back garden, two of the children present introduce themselves as Nicholas Preston and Victoria Hudson. | |||
| [SILVER JUBILEE YEAR ON FYLDE COAST AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1977-81 Film Number: 7224 | |||
| Assorted footage featuring Dorothy and Thomas Hodkinson outside their bungalow, in different locations on the Fylde Coast and beyond. A Silver Jubilee tram is seen at Cleveleys and there are shots of Blackpool featuring the sea front, views of Stanley Park and rides at the Pleasure Beach. A royal visitor (believed to be Princess Anne) arrives by helicopter for an event at Rossall School in Fleetwood which features various displays and activities. The Hodkinsons visit Steamtown Carnforth and Hornsea Pottery in Lancaster before the film ends with shots of the Thornton Cleveleys Relief Road under construction. Also includes brief footage of Ambleside and Bolton Abbey. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| [ELLIS FAMILY HOLIDAY AND LEISURE SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1977-81 Film Number: 5769 | |||
| Compilation of Ellis family events including a number of holidays to Scotland, Barmouth, St Ives and the Norfolk Broads. There is footage from two different Christmases at home in Failsworth, and the boys are seen playing in the garden on several occasions. The family are seen with visitors from Australia at Blackpool, at Southport, canoeing with the scouts at Brabyn Park, Marple and at the artificial ski slope at Counthill, Oldham. | |||
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| [WEST COUNTRY HOLIDAY, CANALS AND WINTER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1977-1983 Film Number: 11234 | |||
| Compilation of family leisure and holiday footage, including a camping holiday in the West Country; two canal holidays on the narrowboats ‘Trident’ and ‘Polaris’; winter scenes, and family members out in the countryside. | |||
| [LEISURE TIME WITH THE ASHTON CHILDREN] | |||
| Date: 1977/80/84 Film Number: 6607 | |||
| Scenes of the Ashton children playing with their grandparents at Manor Park in Glossop, followed by their learning to swim at a pool with their mum Diane. Adults and children are seen enjoying themselves at a party for a Royal Wedding and wandering around at a carnival. The family take a trip to the zoo and then build sandcastles at the beach together. There are views of a seaside holiday camp and of a Whit Walk procession through a town centre, before the kids try out the rides at a fairground. Concludes with them practicing their swimming again at a public baths. | |||
| [BOLTON CARNIVAL; IT'S A KNOCKOUT; LIVERPOOL GARDEN FESTIVAL] | |||
| Date: 1977-84 Film Number: 6819 | |||
| Scenes from Bolton Carnival of 1977 celebrating the Silver Jubilee featuring a parade of floats followed by a series of races from the official 'It's A Knockout' television series. A convoy of taxis are seen driving along Manchester Road in Westhoughton, with Jimmy Savile stood in a Rolls Royce at their head and then the start of a balloon race is shown. A further parade of floats and vehicles, including Fred Dibnah's steam engine. Ends with views from the Liverpool International Garden Festival in 1984 and sightseeing in the ruins of Mardale village, which lies at the bottom of Haweswater dam in the Lake District, re-appearing only during times of drought. | |||
| [FAIRHAVEN LAKE AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1977-85 Film Number: 10886 | |||
| Compilation reel of leisure and local material, including scenes at Fairhaven Lake in Lytham St Annes; winter in the suburbs; scenes at a caravan site, and in North Wales and Anglesey, visiting Conway and Beaumaris. Compilation reel of family and other material, including people feeding wildfowl at a lake; a family get-together; a woman grooming a corgi dog in the garden, and a trip to see Concorde in its hangar. The reel ends with scenes in Blackpool: streets, seafront and beach. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1704 | |||
| Film showing prototype coach bodies being tilted and rolled off stands to assess their durability in a roll over accident. A crash damaged coach is seen in the yard of Duple International Coachbuilders in Blackpool as are partially built coaches. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 1] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1705 | |||
| Trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 2] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1706 | |||
| Further trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 3] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1707 | |||
| Further trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 4] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1708 | |||
| Further trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing as well as some previously unseen testing material. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - EDITED HIGHLIGHTS] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1709 | |||
| An edited 'showreel' of Prototype Body Testing at the Duple International Coachbuilders of Blackpool. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 5] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1711 | |||
| Further trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing. | |||
| [PROTOTYPE BODY TESTING - TRIMS 6] | |||
| Date: *1977-79 Film Number: 1712 | |||
| Further trims from film number 1704; Prototype Body Testing. | |||
| LOOK AND LISTEN WITH LES - LET'S GO FOR A RUN | |||
| Date: *1977/9 Film Number: 4308 | |||
| Sybil and Leslie Bletcher leave their caravan at Beetham and go on a trip around the Lake District - crossing Lake Windermere by ferry, and visiting Hawkshead, Grange over Sands, Witherslack Hall and finally Bowland Bridge for a pint of shandy. They then return to the caravan for tea. They also visit Brockhole, a Beatrix Potter display, Conishead Priory and Jenny Brown Point to look at the boats. They go walking at Stickle Ghyll and on a tour of the Hornsea Pottery factory. Finally, the Bletchers go to Morecambe, where they see a bed race on the sea front, and watch a 'Mr Muscle' competition at a swimming pool. | |||
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