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[Cookham Scenes: The Grange, Horse Racing, Boat Trip]
| Date | [ca. 1933] | ID | 4457 |
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Home movie scenes filmed at the family house in Cookham, races at Reading, and during a boat trip along the Thames to Henley in 1933, by an unknown amateur photographer.
![[Wrexham; Oxford; Welsh Coast] (ca.1937)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10026/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Wrexham; Oxford; Welsh Coast] (ca.1937)")
[Wrexham; Oxford; Welsh Coast]
| Date | [ca. 1937] | ID | 10026 |
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This multi-reel colour film (with some magenta and green cast) shows a family trip through the towns of Wrexham in Wales; the university town of Oxford; and enjoying a seaside family holiday to the Welsh coast.
![A still from [Lanrick; Christmas; Farm] (1939-1941)](/wp-content/uploads/films/10045/image_a_thumb.jpg "[Lanrick; Christmas; Farm] (1939-1941)")
[Lanrick; Christmas; Farm]
| Date | 1939 - 1941 | ID | 10045 |
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This film, with both colour and black and white sections, shows the family at home and in their garden. The family go on several outings and trips around the South Coast, with friends and family visiting Birling Gap, Bodiam Castle and on holiday in St Ives in Cornwall. There is also a brief trip to Trinity College, Oxford.
Tonbridge; Skinners Day
| Date | July 1957; August 1957 | ID | 1696 |
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A short film of the Gowlland family on an outing to Tonbridge boys' school where they visit the town, watch a cricket match, and attend the school's 'Skinners' Day' marking the end of Summer term. The intertitle 'With the O'Farells on the Thames' precedes scenes of the Gowlland family boating at Moulsford-On-Thames in Oxfordshire.
Afloat on the Thames
| Date | [ca. 1959] | ID | 2397 |
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Two couples enjoy a motor boating holiday along the River Thames, passing through several locks, stopping at riverside pubs and towns, fishing off the side of the boat, cooking and cleaning, and observing the serene river lifestyle. The film's main cameraman was a member of Haywards Heath & District Amateur Cine Society.
Sunnymede 1961
| Date | 1960; 1961 | ID | 9123 |
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This family film opens with shots from the London to Brighton vintage Motorcycle event, followed by several vintage car and motorcycle displays. A May Queen style carnival is held in the village of Builth Wells in Powys, Wales. The family take a holiday in Wales and Warwickshire and visit a livestock farm.
[Family Holidays and Outings; Child Cleaning Fireplace]
| Date | February 1966-1967 | ID | 9398 |
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This film shows several outings and holidays that include: Craig Goch Dam in the Elan Valley; Broadway Tower in the Cotswolds; Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire; an outing to Windsor Great Park; and the family at their home in Laleham.
[Out & About: Day Trip Across the Channel]
| Date | 1967 | ID | 6985 |
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Scenes filmed while 'out and about', on Channel hops to France and the Isle of Wight, and to Hastings, Battle, Portsmouth and Blenheim Palace, filmed by Michael Gillings in 1967.
Holiday in Spain
| Date | 1969 | ID | 2778 |
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Scenes of a cruise ship and a family holiday to Guernica and Bilbao, in the Basque Country, followed by views of Oxford and a castle in the UK.
Audrey Blackman 1974 - Rolled Pottery Figures
| Date | 1974 | ID | 9486 |
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Potter, Audrey Blackman, is seen removing some of her porcelain figures from a glass display cabinet. She then demonstrates making a figure by rolling out slabs of porcelain as a base, then making coils to form the legs and body and thin textured slabs for the clothing. She puts a piece in the kiln and displays one in the daylight to show the translucency.
Rickmansworth and Other Stately Homes
| Date | [ca. 1977] | ID | 5848 |
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An edited and titled film showing visits to various locations around England, including London, Maidstone, Rickmansworth, Oxford and Rochester. There are views of historical sites and locations including Allington Castle, Leeds Castle, Cardinal Cap Alley, the Alternative (Communist) "People's Jubilee" festival in The Great Hall at Alexandra Palace; interior views of Hatfield House; Hever Castle; and views over Rochester.
Return to Castle Bemrose
| Date | 1982 [?] | ID | 5903 |
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An edited and titled film of scenes from various days out in the Home Counties, including Ivinghoe Beacons (Chiltern Hills), Mentmore Towers, Stonor Park (Henley-on-Thames) and Whipsnade Zoo (Dunstable), including tea in the car park.
Traveller’s Joy
| Date | 26-27 August 1984; 1984 | ID | 5908 |
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This film shows a series of visits to notable landmarks and historic buildings in the home counties including Uffington castle and the 'Horse and Vintage Vehicle Show', Oxfordshire; The Mill at Sonning; Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Northampton); Tower Bridge and Pool of London at St Katharine's Dock; Windsor Great Park with Leptis Magna monuments and Memorials, Berkshire; and the Charles Dickens Centre and Chalet in Rochester.
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