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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

8363

Title

[FRANK AND MU VISIT WALES, LAKE DISTRICT AND DERBYSHIRE]

Producer

Warrington Cine Society

Date

1950s

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

21 mins 28 secs

Description

Compilation reel of Frank and Mu and friends visiting locations in the Lake District, Derbyshire and Wales. In the Lake District, the group take a boat trip out on lake Windermere. They walk around the area, take photographs and have some food in a restaurant. In Windermere, they stay at the Newby Bridge Hotel. They then go for a walk around Yew Tree Tarn. The film cuts to Bakewell, where they visit the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop. In Llangollen, we see shots of Deeside cafe. They stay at the Chainbridge Hotel and later can be seen visiting Valle Crucis Abbey. They drive through Horseshoe Pass before stopping off at a roadside shop. The group stop off at John Brabin's Almshouses in Chipping.

 

 



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