[Pageant Play]

A film by Joseph Emberton of his teenage daughter Gillian performing in a girl's school play. The play is staged outdoors at Langford Grove school (?), Barcombe Mills, Sussex. The film includes scenes of the mothers and daughters chatting and drinking tea on the lawns wearing long floral tea dresses and hats followed by scenes from the play, featuring Gillian's performances.

Outing to Kent and family scenes

A film from the Ellis family collection. Mr Phil Ellis captures scenes from outings and other events in the life of the Ellis family between 1948 and 1950. The film includes a trip to Rye and Tenterden in Kent, boating on the River Ouse at Barcombe Mills, East Sussex and a seaside outing to Brighton, as well as various other scenes of family activities in the countryside.

A Garden of Beautiful Roses

This film shows girls playing outside at Barcombe Place, East Sussex, which was a Barnardo's Home for girls in the late 1940s and 1950s, before becoming a mixed home until the early 1970s. This film has been edited for online.