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| [SCOUTS GO-KARTING AND AT CAMP] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 9384 | |||
| The film opens with scenes from pedal powered go-kart race on Skegness promenade followed by a parade of scouts and a prize giving for the winners. We see the scouts playing on a pebbly beach, having a water fight and travelling on a train. We also see them rock climbing and playing football. We see them at camp eating and in their sleeping bags in a large tent. We see them travelling in cars, with views from the moving vehicles. We then see them climbing Mount Snowden. | |||
| [PLAYGROUND & SPORTS SCENES] | |||
| Date: *1966 Film Number: 10272 | |||
| After brief shots of a seagull on a dry stone wall, we see the children of Broadbottom primary school at play in the school's playground with the girls doing handstands and skipping while the boys play cricket and then football. | |||
| [FOOTBALL IN THE STREET] | |||
| Date: 1966 Film Number: 5727 | |||
| The Greenwood boys and puppy play with toys in the Greenwood garden then on the climbing frame and slide. The boys then play football with their Grandfather in the street. | |||
| [SCENES OF THE BEACH, CASTLE AND COUNTRYSIDE] | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 1301 | |||
| The Thorley Family on holiday at the seaside. Includes scenes of the family paddling in the sea and relaxing on the beach . Also has travelling shots of the surrounding countryside and a castle. | |||
| [VISIT TO CHINA] | |||
| Date: *1966-67 Film Number: 1609 | |||
| Film shot in China at the time of the Cultural Revolution. Features farming scenes, shots from a steel mill and around the Great Wall of China. Also includes a procession involving uniformed men and citizens brandishing placards and the Little Red Book. The staging of politically themed plays is featured, the film finishes with footage from Beijing including Tianamen Square. | |||
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| [GARDEN SCENES; BONFIRE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS] | |||
| Date: 1966-8 Film Number: 2245 | |||
| A variety of activities at West Leigh Childrens Home, Heaton Moor, Stockport including a game of football, the high jump, water fights with a hosepipe, snowball fights, and building a bonfire and guy. Also three years (1966-68) of Christmas scenes with Father Christmas arriving and handing out presents to the boys and staff. | |||
| BUSBY BABES ARE BORN LIKE THIS | |||
| Date: 1966-8 Film Number: 4300 | |||
| A group of lads and two adults are seen playing football on Beech Avenue Field in Timperley. The Rice family take a trip to Chester Zoo - views of the different animals and birds, including a gorilla playing with its keeper. Another day trip to Alton Towers is also seen - with David and Nigel enjoying a donkey ride, and views of the gardens. | |||
| LIVING IN STYAL | |||
| Date: *1966-69 Film Number: 2033 | |||
| Film about life in Styal. Opens with footage from Manchester, ten miles from Styal, showing heavy traffic and busy shopping areas. Continues with shots of the countryside around Styal, the village and farmland. Places of worship, businesses, a school, the police station and Styal railway station are all seen as is the interior and exterior of The Old Ship Inn. On 12th May 1970, Ethel Gee (one of the Portland Spy Ring) is seen leaving Styal Women's Prison, pursued by camera crews and journalists. She gives a brief interview to the media. Various activities are featured including farming, a cricket match, a football match, a play and an artist at work. A brass band, majorettes and children in fancy dress are seen at a fete and Rose Queen celebrations are featured. There is footage from a jumble sale, Bonfire Night and Remembrance Sunday as well as a Christmas dinner. The film progresses from one summer to the next spring with shots of the area illustrating the seasons, a snowbound Styal is seen prior to shots of recently hatched birds. The film closes with footage of Manchester Airport. | |||
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| [THE FLEMINGS] | |||
| Date: *1966/8/70/2 Film Number: 4245 | |||
| Film of John Fleming's family, taken over a period of several years. Andrew Fleming is seen with his grandparents, James and Mary, outside the church at his Christening, and the other three Fleming children are seen playing in the garden and in the street. They are seen with their mother, Dororthy, at Morecambe, at a funfair and on the beach. The family watch the last British Rail steam train pass their house on 11 August 1968, and then are seen enjoying a camping trip and watching the paddle steamer Waverley leave shore. The film ends with the family and their pets outside their house. | |||
| MICHAEL AND HAZEL AT HARDHORN | |||
| Date: 1966/9 Film Number: 5041 | |||
| Smith family camping holiday at Highbank Farm, Hardhorn - playing on the farm and feeding the chickens. They rent a beach hut at Cleveleys and the kids play on the beach before visiting a playground. A visit to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and the kids go on some small rides. The family are then seen boarding a plane at Manchester Airport, and the take-off is filmed through the window. In America, Michael goes sledging with relatives and the Christmas tree is collected, before the adults dance at a party. They go sightseeing in Washington, Gettysburg and Annapolis. [Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011] | |||
| LAST DAYS AT WITHENS LANE | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 347 | |||
| Boys of Wallasey Grammar School - rowing; the Eccleston Ferry; painting scenery for a play; sports events and presentation of cups; soccer; school fete; and a judo display. | |||
| OUR HOLIDAY AT FRESHWATER BAY | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 4310 | |||
| Leslie and Sybil Bletcher and the Rice family on holiday on the Isle of Wight. En route, they stop at Ross-on-Wye and Tintern Abbey. The family stay at a Countryside Holiday Association hostel in Freshwater Bay. The family visit many places on the island, including Carisbrook Castle, Osborne House and the village of Godshill, where they watch thatchers at work. They family go to the swimming pool, and play cricket with a football on a [dirty] beach. | |||
| [TRIP TO PRESTATYN] | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 6193 | |||
| Scenes from a Levenshulme Congregational Church outing to Prestatyn. Adults and children are seen relaxing on the beach, building sand castles, playing rounders and larking around. Film also includes footage of a little girl in the garden at home, and of a wedding at the church. | |||
| [LEVENSHULME WHIT WALK 1967; TRIP TO HEATON PARK] | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 6194 | |||
| Scenes of a small girl playing in a back garden are followed by footage of the 1967 Whit Walk through Levenshulme, with members from Levenshulme Congregational Church taking part. On 24 June 1967, the Sunday School children go on a trip to Heaton Park. They are seen setting off from Levenshulme by bus, as well as running races and playing games in the park. | |||
| [VICKERS CENTENARY GALA 10TH JUNE 1967] | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 11011 | |||
| The Vickers Centenary Gala on 10th June 1967, held at Vickers Sports Club in Hawcoat Park in Barrow begins with two men sat on a pole pillow fighting above a pool of water. A gymnastic team tumbling and trampolining in front of a large crowd of spectators. Chefs basting and cutting an ox roast as people queue to be fed. Match action from a ladies' football match between the engineers and shipbuilders. Majorettes dance with pom-poms followed by a tug-of-war, then underexposed footage of couples dancing to a band. After a firework display we have a procession led by Highland pipers through the streets of Barrow to and from a large church. The film ends with a parachute display team landing onto the sports ground. | |||
| FACES AND PLACES | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 11087 | |||
| A compilation of films taken in and around Frizington in Cumbria and a trip to Scotland. Lakeland scenes are followed by a snowy bungalow and countryside. A crane lifting and moving a stone column then men tarmacking the bungalows driveway and laying ornamental bricks in the garden. 'Frizzington Tigers versus ?' a men v women football match on a very muddy pitch! A journey on the Eskdale and Ravenglass miniature railway is followed by a carnival parade with decorated floats, marching bands and fancy dress. A man on a scooter and a tractor ploughing a field are followed by a handful of baby mice The film ends with a visit to Feugh Bridge and Crathie Parish Church in Scotland with distant views of Balmoral. | |||
| FUN DAY 1967 | |||
| Date: 1967 Film Number: 10506 | |||
| A little girl falls in the mud and cries, so begins the preparations for the very wet and muddy Burnley Fun Day Carnival. We see stalls and floats being decorated on the morning of the carnival. On a very wet day the carnival parade through the centre of Burnley begins with floats, marching bands and children in fancy dress collecting money for charity. Various groups are involved in the parade such as the Boys and Girls Brigade, Cub Scouts and Sea cadets. At the very muddy carnival show ground people help to move cars that have got stuck and despite the conditions attempt to enjoy themselves with various activities such as football, archery and rope slides. The film ends with the Mayor presenting trophies. | |||
| [SALFORD DERELICTION AND REDEVELOPMENT 1] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 8 Film Number: 3279 | |||
| Scenes of dereliction and building of new flats in the Ordsall and Pendleton areas of Salford. There is footage of derelict homes, local people walking the streets, slum conditions inside the terraced houses, and shots of local shops (e.g. the 'Clip Shop'). A horse-drawn ice-cream van is featured, as well as a game of football and a church walking day. | |||
| [SALFORD DERELICTION AND REDEVELOPMENT 2] | |||
| Date: 1967 - 8 Film Number: 3280 | |||
| Scenes from the redevelopment sites in Salford, views of dilapidated houses, subsidence and collapsing drainpipes. There are shots of mill buildings, land cleared for redevelopment and the construction underway. Children are seen playing, building sites shown, and there are scenes of various streets and pubs in the area. | |||
| WORK BEGAN ON THE NEW SCHOOL SEPT. 25TH 1967 | |||
| Date: 1967-8 Film Number: 7763 | |||
| The building of a new junior school in the village of Grimsargh, Lancashire. After scenes of the muddy site and building work there are exterior shots of the old school, built in 1809. Pupils and staff watch the last freight train go past the school on 3rd November 1967. The new school nears completion with shots of roofers at work. Scenes from a schoolboy football match in Spring 1968 are followed by footage of the newly-furnished school interior. Children play in the old school yard in its last days before the new school is formally opened on 29th September 1968 with a procession from the local church and a ceremony at the new building. | |||
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