Film Number

6899

Title

[THE OPENING OF ST NICHOLAS BRIDGES, MAYOR'S CIVIC DAY, CHRISTENING AT ST CUTHBERTS]

Producer

Mr Archibald Ronald Tassell Mr Fredrick William Tassell

Date

1928/30/36/40

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

27 mins 11 secs

Description

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.