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Record 9950 – 9969 of 11529
| [AIRPORT SCENES AND CHRISTENING] | |||
| Date: *1981 Film Number: 8636 | |||
| A Transamerica 747 airliner is loaded with luggage, then taxis onto the runway to take off. Outside a rural church after a christening, family and friends chat with the vicar, then make their way up a country lane. The reel ends with shots of a couple and their dog in a park. | |||
| [DUTCH ELM TREE REMOVAL] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 9093 | |||
| Scenes from Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. The film opens with scenes of potatoes being harvested. On 12 November 1981 we see lumberjacks cutting down Dutch Elm trees from the front of Mossborough Hall. Mr Heyes states in his commentary that he is sad to see the trees coming down and they are being removed because the trees are diseased. | |||
| [UNCLE GEORGE AND AUNTY MARJORIE'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 9094 | |||
| Family scenes from the Heyes Family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. Aunty Marjorie and Uncle George get married on 1 August 1981. We see the wedding party outside All Saints Church, Rainford and then later outside the reception venue, Willington Hall near Tarporley. | |||
| [HOLLAND SCOUT CAMP 1981] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 9703 | |||
| Scenes from the Glossop and District Scouts camping trip to Holland in 1981. We see the scouts leave on a coach as their families wave goodbye. We then see scenes from their trip to Holland. We see the scouts at their campsite, including having a party to celebrate the wedding of Charles and Diana, and on daytrips around Holland. They visit the beach at Scheveningen. We see them at a model village. They take a sightseeing boat trip in Amsterdam and visit an open air pool in Noordwijk. We also see scenes of Rotterdam shot from the tower. The film ends with brief scenes back at Glossop scout hut. | |||
| [LES AND EILEEN LANGRIDGE'S RUBY WEDDING] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 9806 | |||
| Scenes from Les and Eileen Langridge's Ruby Wedding party. There are shots of a table laden with food. We see Les and Eileen cut the cake and then their guests raise a glass to them and sing. Les and Eileen dance together. The film ends with shots of their anniversary cards. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS 1981; WOOD TOP FARM; SPORTS DAY] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 9999 | |||
| Christmas at Wood Top Farm in Bleasdale. The film begins with snow-covered roads, a tractor removes snow on the farm. On Christmas morning, members of the Kelsall open their Christmas presents. The film cuts to scenes of a Christmas party in a local hall, young and old people chat to one another while drinking tea and eating biscuits. Later, there is music and dancing followed by Santa Claus handing out presents to the children. Back at home, family gather for a Christmas buffet. On Wood Top farm we see shots of various farm animals. At a local field day, people gather and play various games and activities. Following a christening, family pose for photographs in the garden. We see scenes from a local cricket match. | |||
| [CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND ZOO SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10017 | |||
| Christine Elliott helps David to open his Christmas presents, Bobby the dog is very interested in David's new toys. We then see David and Christine at the zoo where they see various animals. | |||
| [DAVID'S 1ST BIRTHDAY AND ZOO SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10018 | |||
| We see David and Christine Elliott at the zoo. Christine feeds David some yoghurt and they see various animals. We see David on his first birthday. He has a cake with a candle on it and we see him pushing a baby walker and playing with Bobby the dog. | |||
| [HOLIDAY IN BOURNEMOUTH] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10019 | |||
| Holiday scenes. We see Gordon, Christine and David Elliott on holiday in Bournemouth. They play on the beach, walk in gardens, visit the swans and ducks at a lake and have a ride on a miniature railway. | |||
| [BOURNEMOUTH PIER AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10034 | |||
| Scenes from a trip to Bournemouth. We see Mrs Elliott and David on the pier where they feed the seagulls. They walk in the grounds of a stately home, there are shots of a squirrel and some pigeons. They have fun on the beach and visit a lake where David feeds the geese. | |||
| [BOURNEMOUTH, LONGLEAT & OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10080 | |||
| Playing tennis in the garden, baby Nicola in a pushchair then walking along the seafront, looking into shop windows and Nicola learning to walk in a park. On the beach, paddling in the sea and on board a boat at sea. Various animals at Longleat Safari Park is followed by views of the seafront at Newquay and walking by the harbours in Looe and Plymouth. The film ends with a baby in a walker in the garden. | |||
| [WESTER ROSS RAIL TOUR - VIEW FROM TRAIN] | |||
| Date: *1981 Film Number: 10251 | |||
| Scenes from rail tour of north-west Scotland, including a train standing in a station, and views of passing scenery from a moving train. | |||
| [WESTER ROSS RAIL TOUR - NORTH TO INVERNESS] | |||
| Date: *1981 Film Number: 10252 | |||
| The rail tour train arrives at a station before heading north. There are views of passing scenery, followed by scenes at Inverness station and a few shots of the town. | |||
| [WESTER ROSS RAIL TOUR - FRAGMENT] | |||
| Date: *1981 Film Number: 10253 | |||
| Scottish scenery shot from a moving train. | |||
| [RIBBLE RAFT RACE] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10325 | |||
| A record of the preparation for, and participation in, a raft race on the River Ribble in Lancashire, by a group of local young men. Their craft is ceremonially launched with a bottle broken on the rear, and the rowers are seen practising. During the race, a variety of rafts, from sophisticated to ramshackle, take part, with the participants often in fancy dress. At the end of the race, quite a few people end up bedragged and in the water. | |||
| [ISLE OF MAN, CANAL BOATS AND OTHER SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10361 | |||
| Compilation reel of family leisure material – holiday scenes on the Isle of Man, including Laxey Wheel, Snaefell Mountain Railway, and the ferry journeys there and back from Heysham; a trip out on the canal in a cabin cruiser, and general views at the coast – harbour and sailing dinghies. | |||
| [FOOTBALL, WINTER GARDEN AND ABERSOCH HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10389 | |||
| Compilation reel of family leisure and holiday scenes, including boys playing football on a muddy pitch, children and their dog playing in a snowy garden, and scenes on a farm during a holiday in Wales. | |||
| [FAMILY SCENES AT HOME AND AWAY] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10390 | |||
| Compilation reel of family leisure and holiday scenes, including children playing and larking around in the garden and boys acting out a short drama which ends with a general mock brawl. | |||
| [FILMING CORONATION STREET] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 10983 | |||
| Filming on the Coronation Street set on 29 April 1981, with scenes involving soap characters Jack and Vera Duckworth [Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn] with Mike Blakeley as the cameraman. | |||
| [MARK, GLEN AND DANIELLE] | |||
| Date: 1981 Film Number: 11005 | |||
| Mark and Glen sat on the sofa eating cereal then helping Mrs Derbyshire with the gardening and digging in the flowerbeds. Mrs Derbyshire enjoys a picnic from the rear of a car and a young couple cutting the grass with garden shears. Baby Danielle sat with a grandparent followed by being bottle fed by a teenage girl then playing with a rattle and music box. Danielle learning to walk and feeding the ducks in a park. Cutting the 1st birthday cake then opening presents at Christmas. | |||
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