Roberts: Weddings, Motorsport, Bishop's Castle Carnival

Summary

Home movie of several weddings, family scenes, a motorsport event and a town carnival at Bishop's Castle in Shropshire. Filmed by Erskine Roberts.

Year:

1957

Duration:

0:14:50

Film type:

B&W/Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Company:

Master format:

9.5mm

Description

This reel begins with guests arriving at St John the Baptist's Church in Bishop's Castle for a wedding. The guests are followed by the bridesmaids and then the bride after which the film jumps to the bride and groom departing with much confetti in evidence (this section is a little dark).
Next is a motor racing hill climb (Shelsley Walsh?); another newly married couple outside a church, a King Charles spaniel with puppies and an older man cleaning out wooden barrels using a hose pipe.
Brief shots of another wedding follows and then a Christening, with a group of women posing with the baby outside the church. Two girls dancing around a bird feeding bowl are next followed by two women gardening.
The remainder of the reel is in colour. This section begins with cows in a field, a woman climbing a hill and a record of another wedding at which we see the bride and bridesmaids arriving by car. This is followed by shots of a carnival in Bishop's Castle including the 'Suez Skiffle Scuttlers', a comic band in which members dress as Arabs and are accompanied by a people in a camel costume. The band joins the local carnival which includes a carnival king on a float as well as the more traditional carnival queen. Rock 'n' roll dancing teenagers on the back of a flatbed truck also feature. After this is a county show where horses, hounds and huntsmen appear alongside a military band and close ups of a 'dressed' shire horse. The film continues with the resurfacing of Church Street at Bishop's Castle and finally a combine harvester at work in a field and building work on what looks like a house extension.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The Suez Crisis occurred in 1956.