Whitcombe: Brattleby, Lincoln and Dol-y-coed

Summary

Home movie shot by Christopher Whitcombe in Lincolnshire and Wales between 1953 and 1958.

Year:

1957

Duration:

0:28:04

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

8mm

Description

The film begins with various shots of a family playing in the garden at home in Brattleby, Lincolnshire. Next we see shots of a family in a back garden in Reigate. Then we see shots taken from a train in an unidentified location. In the next section we see shots of a man, a woman and two small children on a beach and outside a guest house in West Runton, Norfolk.

Following this there are shots of a girl and a boy visiting their mother after the birth of their sister at Reynard Hospital at Willingham-by-Stow. We see shots of the family at home with the new baby at bath time.

We see more shots of the family at home in Brattleby, playing high jump, with stilts, in a paddling pool and a man in fancy dress space suit. Next we see shots of a visit to Lincoln, outside Lincoln Cathedral, Brayford Pool, High Street, Lincoln Guildhall and Stonebow Arch.
Finally we see shots of a guest house in Mid Wales and a man and woman on a walk.


Credits

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