Orston Fete and Sports

Summary

Sports events at a fete held in the village of Orston in Nottinghamshire.

Year:

1977

Duration:

0:21:47

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

8mm

Description

A long opening sequence shows a game of rounders underway in a field at Orston. The players are mainly women. We then see several tug-of-war competitions between teams of men. A children's fancy dress follows. Several of the entrants have a royal theme (due to the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II). We also see a fake Arab (holding an oil can) and a child dressed in a Womble costume. Several children's running races follow and subsequently we see adults taking part in races. This is followed by women wellie wanging, three legged races for adults and finally a group of men compete in a cross country and road race.


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