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| HERE AND THERE | |||
| Date: 1969-71 Film Number: 6809 | |||
| Scenes from a Boardman family trip to Aysgarth Falls in Wensleydale, followed by an army parade in Leverhulme Park and various RAF displays at Heaton Park. There are views of Blackpool taken from the top of Blackpool Tower and the illuminations are seen from the funfair at night. Ends with a parade at the Westhoughton Carnival 1970 and fun with a ducking stool at the Westhoughton Summer Fair 1969. | |||
| [WEDDING SCENES AND A HOLIDAY] | |||
| Date: c1971 Film Number: 7835 | |||
| Photographs are taken of a wedding party. There are scenes at the reception, then footage from a family holiday at the coast. | |||
| [MODEL PLANES AND BIPLANE DISPLAY] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 7946 | |||
| Scenes from Barton Airfield. We see model planes, small planes and vintage aircraft. There is also an aerobatic display of biplanes. | |||
| [OUR HOUSE] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 7947 | |||
| The film opens with shots of signs that tell us we are looking at new homes being built by Kelly Bros. of Audenshaw on the Bardsley Gate Farm Estate. There are scenes of builders doing varying construction jobs and playing cards on their break. The houses, which are still under construction, are covered in snow. We also see shots of the incomplete interiors. | |||
| [SUE AND ROD'S WEDDING] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 10956 | |||
| Sue and Rod Pashley's wedding 13th of June 1970. Wedding guests, bridesmaids, bride and father arrive at the church. During the wedding reception, the newly married couple cut the wedding cake. Later the wedding party pose for photographs outside. The Bride and Groom depart in a decorated car. Later in the film the family have a picnic followed by a visit to Chester Zoo where they see various animals and visit a fairground. | |||
| [PASHLEY FAMILY FILM] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 10957 | |||
| Various family material includes shots of a baby in a pram, family in garden, children playing in the garden, riding a tricycle. Later on the entire family and friends are smartly dressed in the garden, Sue and Rod Pashley cut a cake (Christening perhaps?). Panning shot of commercial greenhouses followed by two men constructing the roof of a timber building. Close ups of the tomatoes in the greenhouse. The film ends with some men unloading a motorcycle from a trailer that is attached to the car. A quick shot of an aeroplane flying overhead. | |||
| [ROSE QUEENS & WHIT WALK] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 7873 | |||
| Rose Queens and their retinues exit a church then line up for the Whit walk. The procession begins with religious banners, brass bands, girl guides, brownies and cub scouts. | |||
| [HEYES FAMILY AT HOME AND FARM, RAINFORD CARNIVAL] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 9080 | |||
| Farming and family scenes from the Heyes Family of Mossborough Hall Farm in Rainford, St. Helens. We see scenes from the farm, tractors and other farm machinery, vegetable harvesting and farm animals. We see a horse giving birth to her foal. The family wave Mr and Mrs Heyes off on a train and we then see Mrs Heyes outside Buckingham Palace and laughing and chatting with the policemen outside 10 Downing Street as she poses for the camera. We then see her again on a boat leaving Dover, and then arriving on the continent. We see scenes of Cologne from a moving vehicle. Mr and Mrs Heyes go sightseeing in the city and then they visit a farm and inspect the cattle. They take a trip down the Rhine and we see them in a small town, Mrs Heyes points out the bullet holes in the walls of a building. We see family events, a wedding, a Golden Wedding Anniversary party and an 80th Birthday party. We see the family pulling crackers, carving the turkey and eating their Christmas dinner. There are family scenes, they go camping and have picnics and visit the Rainford Carnival 29th August 1970. We see a piano smashing competition at a county fair, and Mr Heyes fishing with his sons, and there are scenes of horse riding. A lady poses with a hunting rifle and mounted stags head. | |||
| [ALDERLEY CHURCH AND SURROUNDINGS] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 9694 | |||
| A look at Alderley Edge church in its rural setting; also shots of the churchyard and surrounding buildings and the plaque on the old school. The reel ends with shots of family members in a garden. | |||
| [GARDEN RACES] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 9696 | |||
| A group of people enjoy a suburban garden on a summer day. Several couples then have races on the lawn, including one where the men carry the women over their shoulder. The family pets – a dog and a tortoise – are briefly seen. The reel ends with shots of a group of people standing by a car outside a hotel. | |||
| [MISCELLANEOUS ALTRINCHAM SCENES] | |||
| Date: c1970 Film Number: 10169 | |||
| Outtakes from an amateur film, including cars and shops in Altrincham, a man taking money out of a cash register, and another man opening a box to find a slab of McVities Ginger Cake. | |||
| [NEW LONGTON FIELD DAYS] | |||
| Date: 1969-71 Film Number: 10324 | |||
| Compilation reel of community field day events and processions, with decorated floats, banners, and children in fancy dress making their way through local streets. Participants are also seen waiting in the school playground before their procession begins. | |||
| [ZOO ANIMALS AND A WEDDING] | |||
| Date: *1969-71 Film Number: 10964 | |||
| A little girl with her mother on a street shopping then in front of their home. Various zoo animal in their enclosures possibly Blackpool includes nice shots of the Elephant house. A couple walk the walls and enjoy a sight seeing trip of York. A family pose in the front garden of their home with a tortoise then play cricket in the back garden. Views of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and its various rides. A wedding with shots of the church, the guests mingling, the bride arriving, confetti being thrown then scenes from the reception. | |||
| [WEDDINGS, CHRISTENINGS AND FAMILY HOLIDAY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-72 Film Number: 9490 | |||
| Compilation reel of family occasions and leisure material, including several weddings, a Christening, holiday scenes in Abersoch, and miscellaneous footage of Healey family members and friends. | |||
| [SCHOOL TRIP TO LONDON] | |||
| Date: 1969-72 Film Number: 10328 | |||
| Parents wave goodbye to staff and children of Carr Mill primary school as they board the coach for a school trip to London. On the way the group stop for a picnic, they play games and have ice cream. During their trip they visit London zoo, Westminster Abbey and feed the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. The children go swimming in Serpentine Lido. The next morning the children brush their teeth and have breakfast in the hotel dining room. They do more sightseeing including a boat ride along the Thames. The group board the coach and head back to St Helens. | |||
| ONE WEEKEND IN AUGUST | |||
| Date: *1969-72 Film Number: 8486 | |||
| A film showing the many and varied activities and hobbies to be enjoyed in Burnley in the early 1970s including early morning post and bread deliveries, market traders and supermarket interiors. Amongst the activities are park football, cricket and golf as well as board games, cards, stamp collecting and model railways. | |||
| [CANARY ISLANDS 2] | |||
| Date: *1969-73 Film Number: 3836 | |||
| Canary Islands holiday scenes. Includes views of the beach, the hotels along the sea front, tourist sights, streetscenes and palm trees. Commercial print section of tourist sights and beaches cut into middle of reel. Ends with people boarding a ship. | |||
| [OULTON PARK AND WINTER GARDEN] | |||
| Date: c1971 Film Number: 5712 | |||
| Shots from Oulton Park beginning with autumn scenes of wildfowl on a lake, long-shots and close-ups of trees in autumn colours. Two women walk in the park and a member of the park staff clearing leaves away from the walkway. The reels finishes with a garden in snow and birds feeding from a garden feature. | |||
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| VERONICA AND STUART 5TH MAY 1969 [AND FAMILY SCENES] | |||
| Date: 1969-73 Film Number: 10138 | |||
| The wedding of Veronica and Stuart takes place at the Parish Church of St Margaret in Dunham Massey. The wedding party and guests arrive, and after the ceremony, the bridal couple are seen outside the church, being showered with confetti, and departing on honeymoon. The reel continues with family scenes – a woman and two young children in a living room, playing with toys - and ends with the children’s bathtime. | |||
| [SEE-SAW] | |||
| Date: 1969-73 Film Number: 5734 | |||
| A deer appears in shot with the Greenwood grandparents and boy in a park. The Greenwood children continue to play on the climbing apparatus and seesaw in the Manor house garden. Shots of the dogs playing in the garden, brief footage of a fair. Footage of Mr Greenwood training the black labrador. Seagulls at a picnic site and views taken from a cable car. | |||
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