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| PEACE CELEBRATIONS AT HASLINGDEN JULY 19th 1919 | |||
| Date: 1919 Film Number: 577 | |||
| Shows various shots of the Peace Celebrations in Haslingden after World War 1 - there are scenes of the crowds and a procession of children; children can also be seen in a variety of National Costume and are maypole dancing. People are dancing in the open air and enjoying themselves; it ends with a procession of war veterans, bands and civilians through the town streets. | |||
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| ALTRINCHAM AND DUNHAM MASSEY WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY | |||
| Date: 1920 Film Number: 46 | |||
| A procession of war veterans and other uniformed groups. The crowds assembled at the Memorial. Mrs. Bradbury unveils it; the Lord Bishop of Chester dedicates it. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| MACCLESFIELD WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILING CEREMONY | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 1 | |||
| A procession of civic dignitaries, soldiers, veterans, civilians, bands etc. passes through the town. The memorial is unveiled by Alderman JCT Frost. | |||
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| THE OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE DARWEN WAR MEMORIAL SEPTEMBER 24TH 1921 | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 133 | |||
| A large procession files through a gateway and assembles around the Darwen war memorial which is then unveiled. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| ST. PETER'S DAY CATHOLIC SERVICE AT THE WAR MEMORIAL | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 151 | |||
| A procession of war veterans headed by a band walks down Trinity Street Stalybridge and divides into two columns. Cut to a crowd gathered at the war memorial; camera pans around as they lay wreaths. Close-ups of the names of battles inscribed on the memorial. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO BURY | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 241 | |||
| Scenes in various parts of Bury showing cheering crowds greeting the Prince of Wales. He meets VIP's, inspects a guard of honour, and talks to war veterans, soldiers and civilians before driving through Bury. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| MANCHESTER ADOPTION OF MÉZIÈRES THE LORD MAYOR'S PAGEANT PARADE | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 2638 | |||
| Film of the Lord Mayor's Pageant Parade on 2 July 1921, to mark Manchester's adoption of Mézières on 10 June 1920. Soldiers, marching bands and civilians parade along crowd-lined streets intermingled with a variety of floats - some advertise companies or products, a float mocked up as a train is seen, others represent events in history or countries - the UK, France and the USA are all represented. | |||
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| 1921 SOME OF THE LADS WHO CAME BACK. REMNANTS OF THE 1ST 7TH BATT. | |||
| Date: 1921 Film Number: 2788 | |||
| A group of soldiers are seen standing in the street prior to a procession through the streets of Macclesfield on 21st September 1921. The procession ends at the War Memorial, which is unveiled by the Mayor and dedicated by the Bishop of Chester. | |||
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| EGREMONT WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED 8th OCT. 1922 | |||
| Date: 1922 Film Number: 309 | |||
| Col. R.J. Woulf-Flanagan unveils the war memorial watched by large crowds. | |||
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| THE UNVEILING OF THE BLACKBURN WAR MEMORIAL | |||
| Date: 1924 Film Number: 125 | |||
| A procession of military bands, soldiers, civilians, nurses, boy scouts and girl guides. Further on is a group of clergymen and a church choir, followed by the Mayor; all assemble by the war memorial. Mrs. Brown unveils the memorial - a statue. People come and place wreaths at the foot of it. | |||
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| UNVEILING CEREMONY OF THE CARNFORTH WAR MEMORIAL, SUNDAY NOV 9TH 1924 | |||
| Date: 1924 Film Number: 1008 | |||
| Scenes from the unveiling of the Carnforth War Memorial, produced by the owner of the local cinema. Views of the procession passing through the streets are followed by scenes of crowds gathering at the war memorial, the unveiling, speeches and a gun salute. | |||
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| KIRKHAM, NOVEMBER 1926 | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 98 | |||
| Unveiling of Kirkham war memorial. Procession to the war memorial, including a brass band, policemen, veterans, ambulancemen, boy scouts and girl guides, postmen or railway workers, and war widows. At the churchyard, arrival of Mayor and civic dignitaries, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler and Reverend Cresswell Strange. Memorial unveiled, last post sounded. Shots of spectators. Shot of Wesham war memorial. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| UNVEILING OF WAR MEMORIAL BY EARL JELLICOE | |||
| Date: 1926 Film Number: 278 | |||
| Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Jellicoe of Scapa GCB, OM, GCVO, inspects troops, unveils Preston war memorial, and lays a wreath, in front of large crowds of spectators. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
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| ARMISTICE DAY 1927 | |||
| Date: 1927 Film Number: 8 | |||
| A procession and wreath laying ceremony are held at the Cenotaph in Liverpool. Similar scenes show crowds in Hyde Park singing, and the Prince of Wales leading a torchlight procession to the Cenotaph in London. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| NOVEMBER 9TH 1928 JOSHUA PRESTON ELECTED MAYOR | |||
| Date: 1928 Film Number: 3552 | |||
| Scenes shot on Armistice Day in Stockport in 1928. A brass band plays on a gloomy day, followed in the procession by a troop of soldiers. Escorted by police, two officers carry a wreath. Joshua Preston, the mayor of Stockport, is seen climbing the town hall steps in full ceremonial dress, accompanied by other civic dignitaries. Another scene shows 'Mayor's Sunday' with a shot of a company of well-dressed men exiting the town hall. | |||
| [THE OPENING OF ST NICHOLAS BRIDGES, MAYOR'S CIVIC DAY, CHRISTENING AT ST CUTHBERTS] | |||
| Date: 1928/30/36/40 Film Number: 6899 | |||
| Varied compilation which begins with a colour sequence (heavily magenta) friends of the Tassell family cycling, swimming and camping around the Solway Firth area. Scenes in Carlisle show the Tassell family photographic business van and shop exterior on Lowther Street. The opening of St Nicholas Bridges on the 15th March 1928 shows Mayor Joseph Henderson cutting the ribbon and then unveiling a memorial plaque. The filmmaker's father Frederick William Tassell is seen amongst a group of councillors listening to a speech during the opening ceremony. St Nicholas Bridges are shown from a moving tram and from the roadside. Other scenes include a procession around Carlisle cathedral during the Mayor's Civic day in 1930, with a sequence showing the Tassell family (filmmaker's mother wears Mayoresses brooch). In 1940 family members gather around St Cuthbert's church for the christening of Archibald Tassell's daughter Tanis, who is later seen indoors with her mother Margorie. There are scenes showing men playing a bowling match, possibly the Carlisle Subscription Club. Concludes with a short colour shot of a person holding a black cat. | |||
| THE FAREWELL PARADE OCTOBER 8th 1929 | |||
| Date: 1929 Film Number: 809 | |||
| The farewell parade to Lt. Col. JR Heelis MC Commander of the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, at Alexandra Barracks, Maymyo, Burma - large assembly of soldiers, in tropical uniform, lined up at attention; flags are paraded and two mounted officers take the salute. | |||
| AT WESTHOUGHTON - JOINT FRIENDLY SOCIETIES GALA AND CROWNING OF ROSE QUEEN | |||
| Date: 1929/30 Film Number: 51 | |||
| The Westhoughton Rose Queens of 1929 and 1930 are crowned in two separate sequences which also show the processions and ceremonies involved, including the laying of wreaths at a war memorial. [The preservation of this film was funded by a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.] | |||
| LANCASHIRE CINEMATOGRAPH TRADE "OLD BOYS" PAY HOMAGE TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN COMRADES | |||
| Date: c1930 Film Number: 304 | |||
| The "Old Boys" march along Whitehall and lay a wreath at the Cenotaph before boarding buses to leave. | |||
| ARMISTICE DAY | |||
| Date: *1930 Film Number: 1033 | |||
| An Armistice Day procession and wreath laying ceremony, attended by the mayor and other civic dignitaries. | |||
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