Film Number

6462

Title

[PRESCOT PARISH CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNUAL FIELD DAY; 'PERRYING']

Producer

Unknown

Date

1927

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

18 mins 02 secs

Description

Scenes from Sunday School Processions - both Protestant and Catholic - in Prescot, with various schools, groups and bands passing in front of the camera on route to Knowsley Park. There are scenes of Prescot Court Leet passing through the streets and of the tradition of "perrying" where heated coins were thrown from the Town Hall to the crowds of people assembled outside. The film ends with Court officials tasting the ale at the Deane's House Hotel.