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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

10987

Title

[BABY; ALLOTMENT; AVENHAM PARK]

Producer

Gerald Derbyshire

Date

c1950

Gauge

9.5mm

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

6 mins 44 secs

Description

Mrs Derbyshire dressing then feeding a baby then a little boy playing on a terraced street followed by Mrs Derbyshire reading the football results in the newspaper. Two young boys play and watch an elderly man gardening on his allotment. The boy plays with some cotton reels while a man reads the newspaper. After a brief boat trip children roll eggs and then themselves down a hill in Avenham Park. A group of men sit and drink in a pub then Mrs Derbyshire pushing a pram through a park with the family dog beside her.

 

 



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