Film Number

10101

Title

[CORONATION TREE PLANTING CEREMONY IN BOLLINGTON AND GREGORY FAMILY OUTINGS]

Producer

Harry Gregory

Date

c1952-3

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

25 mins 25 secs

Description

A compilation of scenes from the Gregory family. We see the family in a variety of locations. Boarding a train, sledging, building a snowman and an igloo. They visit Gawsworth in Cheshire where they visit Gawsworth Church and Maggotty Wood. They visit the beach and we see them on fairground rides on the seafront. They visit Chester Zoo on 2nd June 1952, we see the family visiting various animals and going on a motor boat trip. We also see them at home. The children play outside and then are called in by their mother, we then see the family sat round their dining table eating a meal. This film also contains scenes from a ceremony in Bollington where a tree is planted to commemorate the 1953 Coronation. The ceremony takes place in Coronation Gardens on Palmerston Street, and we see the tree being planted by various members of the local council and children from each of the schools in Bollington.