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[GRAN CANARIA FOLK DANCE] | |||
Date: c1980s Film Number: 3675 | |||
Scenes of folk dancing in Gran Canaria, shot on Mr Taylor's holiday to the Canary Islands. | |||
[FOLK DANCING AT VILLA RAMOS] | |||
Date: 1980-92 Film Number: 3679 | |||
Scenes of Spanish Folkdancers at Villa Ramos shot on a foreign holiday | |||
[APPLEBY CASTLE, CUMBRIA & WARCOP RUSHBEARING] | |||
Date: 1980s Film Number: 2948 | |||
Scenes shot around Appleby Castle, a Norman castle in Cumbria, plus shots of various rare animal breeds. There is also footage of the traditional Rushbearing festival in Warcop, Cumbria. | |||
[PENDLE AND HAWORTH SCENES] | |||
Date: 1980-9 Film Number: 3503 | |||
Footage of various days out in Lancashire and Yorkshire. There are scenes at Queen Street Mill in Oldham, with people working on old looms and shots of old shuttles. There are also rural scenes of sheep and lambs on a road, shots of deer in a park, and men flyfishing. People are seen relaxing by a river, and there are scenes in Pendle (complete with witchcraft paraphenalia). Two caravan sites are featured, along with scenes in towns, and sequences shot on a canal. The film ends in Haworth, home of the Brontë sisters, with views of buildings associated with the family. | |||
MORNING ROUTINE | |||
Date: c1980-85 Film Number: 2017 | |||
Film of a young woman's morning routine. She is seen waking before going into the bathroom where she brushes her teeth and weighs herself. She checks her post and the film continues with her in the kitchen, making toast and tea. After eating her breakfast she dresses, packs her bag and leaves. The film ends with a shot of the woman walking along the walkway of a block of flats. | |||
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IRISH DANCING | |||
Date: c1983 Film Number: 3036 | |||
Footage shot in a school hall full of children doing Irish Dancing. There are brief shots of Kendals and St Annes Square. | |||
[STILLS AND TITLES] | |||
Date: c1983 Film Number: 3676 | |||
Stills and titles for various films, plus 'The End' credits. | |||
[BERRY AVENUE, NEW ZEALAND AND DISNEYLAND] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 7285 | |||
Detailed interior shots of a house and trips to New Zealand and America. Opens with scenes of every room inside a house, believed to be in Australia, and of a family gathering at Christmas. After a flight to New Zealand there is footage of mountains and rivers, and shots from a boat of a city seafront and harbour. The film ends with scenes from Disneyland in Florida. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[BOLLINGTON AND SHINTO TROPHY] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 7369 | |||
Two brief shots showing members of the Stalybridge Motorcycle Club erecting a marquee and a biker receiving a trophy next to a motorcycle. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
[PRESTATYN SEAFRONT AND SOUTHPORT DISPLAY] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11162 | |||
Scenes from Prestatyn. Waves crash on to the beach as men walk along the sea front, they then sit and enjoy a pint overlooking the sea. We see shots of the sea front in the rain. There follow scenes from a display of what appear to be theatre costumes in a shopping centre in Southport. | |||
[ELIZA'S CHRISTENING] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 9092 | |||
Family scenes from the Heyes Family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. We see brief scenes of the family leaving church after the Christening, the family then sit in the garden talking and drinking. | |||
[DRAINING THE FIELD] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 9095 | |||
Farming scenes from Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. This short film shows men draining the field to protect the potato crop. | |||
[BUXTON AND BLACKPOOL] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11170 | |||
The film opens with scenes of a man using an ATM in Buxton. We then see scenes from Blackpool, there is a display of military planes on the seafront, shots of the beach and of the pier. We then see a woman with two children in the garden, they visit the hen coop. We also see Helen and John sitting in the sun, and a child in a playpen in the garden. | |||
[MISCELLANEOUS SUMMER SCENES] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11171 | |||
The film opens with scenes of sheep and lambs in a field. A woman and a little girl pick daisies in a field and two men practice teeing off with golf clubs. The film ends with a man and a child flying a kite. | |||
[IN THE PUB AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11177 | |||
The film opens with scenes from the pub. Men play pool and a family sit at table with their drinks. We then see four elderly people on a bench chatting and watching a game of bowls. Groups of people sit in a park eating picnics and watching a game of cricket, one of the spectators plays a harmonica. We then see two girls riding a tandem bicycle. The film ends with shots of little girl at the front door of a house. | |||
[FAMILY, BUTTERFLIES AND BEES IN THE GARDEN] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11178 | |||
We see children playing in the garden while an elderly lady reads a newspaper. There are then close up shots of flowers, bees and butterflies, and then we see a man standing in front of the house. | |||
[VISIT TO JODRELL BANK AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 11180 | |||
The film opens with shots of people wading around in a river and there are close up shots of ducks. We then see a family visit to Jodrell Bank. The family approach the visitor centre and we then see them in the grounds, they have lunch at a picnic bench and then visit the small telescopes and photograph the Lovell Telescope. We then see shots of a man mowing the lawn and a woman cleaning the front step and pavement. | |||
[MISCELLANEOUS BOATS AND FIELD EXERCISES] | |||
Date: 1980-5 Film Number: 12083 | |||
We see two men steering a small boat onto a river, and then we see them out on the river. We then see men climbing down ropes from a helicopter into a field. This is followed by shots of Territorial Army soldiers out on field exercises and then shots of soldiers in an army building. | |||
[CLIFF SOMERS' MODEL RAILWAY] | |||
Date: 1980s Film Number: 10319 | |||
At his home in Devon, Cliff Somers goes up to the attic and attends to his extensive model railway. The film includes close-up shots of signals, rolling stock and other features. | |||
A MIRACLE ON TAP. WHAT YOU GET...WHAT YOU PAY | |||
Date: c1980s Film Number: 2513 | |||
Film showing the path of water from the sea to customers and then back to the sea. Looks at the costs of water services and investments made by North West Water. Narrated by Brian Redhead. | |||
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