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[BOBBY, LUCKY AND TRACEY]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10013
 
Various members of the Elliott family take their dogs for walks and play with them in the garden.
 
 
 
[DAVID COMES HOME]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10014
 
We see David outside the hospital with a nurse and his mother, Christine. We then see David and Christine at home in the living room.
 
 
 
[DAVID AND BOBBY IN THE GARDEN]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10015
 
Scenes from the Elliott family garden. We see David in his bouncer chair and Bobby the dog relaxes nearby. We also see Gordon Elliott doing some gardening.
 
 
 
[DAVID IN COT AND BEING BATHED]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10016
 
David at home. We see him in his cot, on his changing mat, being bathed and then wrapped in a towel.
 
 
 
[VISIT TO ZOO AND OTHER SCENES]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10033
 
Mr and Mrs Elliott take baby David on a trip to the zoo where they see various animals. There are also shots of David at home.
 
 
 
[WELSH HOLIDAY SCENES]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10074
 
Mr and Mrs Shaw enjoy a holiday in Wales we see them on the beach, exploring a ruined castle then a journey on a narrow gauge railway to Llechwedd Slate Caverns and a visit to the village of Port Merion
 
 
 
[HOLIDAY AND DOMESTIC SCENES]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10077
 
Holiday scenes with beaches, views from a boat and a fishing village [Cornwall?]. Mrs and Mrs Shaw walking on a promenade followed by grossly underexposed interior shots of a baby and women washing up and making sandwiches on Christmas Day. The film ends with a man holding the baby in the garden while the family dog scampers about.
 
 
 
[CHRISTMAS SCENES & SILVERDALE]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10081
 
Underexposed Christmas scenes at the Shaw home followed by the family sat on benches enjoying the view at Silverdale overlooking Morecambe Bay.
 
 
 
MAKING LIFE EASIER
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10129
 
Amateur filmmaker Fred Birkinshaw sets about constructing a trailer to attach to a cultivator for some heavy work in his garden. His skills and resourcefulness prove useful both practically and economically, as he demonstrates in this short film, shot at his Anglesey home.
 
 
 
[POLICE DISPLAY, PIER AND BONFIRE NIGHT]
Date: *1980 Film Number: 10171
 
Compilation reel of leisure footage – crowds watch a police dog training team and a motorcycle display at an outdoor show; a train runs along the pier in Southport. The reel ends with fireworks and a large bonfire at a public event.
 
 
 
[ROCKET 150]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10234
 
Railway scenes in St Helens from the150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials. Beginning with the view from a moving train coming into Rainhill station, the film, shot from a fixed viewpoint, records passing locomotives, including ‘Lion’, ‘Leander’, ‘Evening Star’, ‘Golden Arrow’, ‘Green Arrow’, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, ‘Drysllwyn Castle’, ‘Princess Elizabeth’, ‘Flying Scotsman’, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’, ‘Western Courier’, an Inter-City 125 and APT.
 
 
 
[150TH CELEBRATIONS OF THE LIVERPOOL TO MANCHESTER RAILWAY]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10235
 
Shot from two different fixed points, the film features a parade of locomotives including ‘Leander’, ‘Evening Star’, ‘Golden Arrow’, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, ‘Drysllwyn Castle’, ‘Princess Elizabeth’, ‘Flying Scotsman’, and ‘Western Courier’. Crowds of rail enthusiasts turn out for this historic event, people in historic costume are photographed in front of the ‘Duchess of Hamilton’, and there is footage shot from a train making the journey from Liverpool to Manchester.
 
 
 
[TRAINS OLD AND NEW]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10236
 
Shot from a fixed point, the film records a succession of passing steam locomotives and rolling stock. The engines featured include ‘Leander’, ‘Green Arrow’, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, ‘Clan Line’, ‘Princess Elizabeth’, ‘Flying Scotsman’, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’, and the LMR 600 locomotive ‘Gordon’.
 
 
 
[ROCKET 150 EXHIBITION AT BOLD POWER STATION]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10237
 
Railway scenes in St Helens from the150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials. Visitors young and old wander around the site to see locomotives including ‘Lion’, ‘Sans Pareil’, Hardwicke’, ‘Leander’, ‘Sir Nigel Gresley’, ‘Princess Elizabeth’, ‘Flying Scotsman’, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’, and ‘Western Courier’.
 
 
 
[TRAINS LEAVING BOLD COLLIERY SIDINGS]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10241
 
Shot from a footbridge, the film features a variety of rolling stock with an Intercity train and steam locomotives passing below.
 
 
 
[LANDSCAPE AND BOLD POWER STATION]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10243
 
Shots of landscape with pylons and Bold power station; also miscellaneous shots of trains.
 
 
 
[IN THE GARDEN, SUMMER 1980]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10447
 
A teenage boy mows the lawn then the O'Connors sat in deckchairs drinking wine as the sun sets on a summers day. The O'Connors play golf in the garden followed by a puppy playing with a ball.
 
 
 
[SADDLEWORTH MUSICAL SOCIETY - THE MIKADO]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10695
 
The Saddleworth Musical Society production of Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado' with dress rehearsal scenes of the operetta.
 
 
 
[HEATON PARK TRAM AND IRELAND]
Date: 1980 Film Number: 10978
 
Nice shots of the No. 53 tram in Heaton Park followed by views of a beach and dunes, possibly Formby. Brief shots of an unknown airport then views from a ferry and scenic views of the countryside in Ireland including Spelga Dam. In the grounds of a country house we have an ornamental garden with close ups of the flowers and exotic birds. A fleet of fishing boats in a harbour followed by children in a playing on swings and a slide. The film ends with close ups of various different types of labelled rose bushes.
 
 
 
[BROWNIES MARCHING & CAMPSITE SCENES]
Date: *1980 Film Number: 11099
 
Groups of brownies and girl guides march behind a flag in a park then on the street girl guides march with drums followed by groups of brownies. On a campsite a small girl plays in front of a tent then the Paisley family sat on deckchairs followed by shots of the little girl and a goat.
 
 
 
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