The Story of the Swanage Railway
May 1, 2024
The Story of the Settle-Carlisle
May 1, 2024
Lake District In The Past
£12.95
In stock
Narrated by W.R. Mitchell M.B.E.
A rare look at this wonderful area through colour film from the 1940s and 50s, plus some early 1930s footage of village life. We also view the colourful rushbearing procession in Ambleside in the 1950s and such things as sheep shearing – the hard way.
The colour footage was taken by two film-makers living in Yorkshire who, like many, would go to the Lakes for that annual holiday or for an adventurous walk on the fells. Charles Chislett lived in Rotherham for many years and was well known for his travelogue-style productions. He took very early colour footage of the Lakeland area, during the Second World War in fact. His 16mm cine film is exceptional. We end this DVD production with a seventeen minute colour film from the 1950s shot by Fred Brackenbury of Harrogate. His professional photographic style captures some wonderful scenes on the Lakes and in the hills.
So join us in or nostalgic look around one of England’s most favourite haunts and see life as it used to be.
Duration approximately 55 minutes on DVD
Related products
-
Purbeck In The Past
£12.95Probably more than in any other period in history, our major towns and countryside have undergone considerable change. Fortunately, in the case of Purbeck, much of […]
-
British Pathe Railway Newsreels Part 2
£16.95The second edition in our series relating to the archive films in the British Pathe collection. This volume has another selection of rare films going back […]
-
Railway Round Up No. 16
£9.95Contents
*This edition will include several Christmas lights trains from 2021 including some aerial
footage, plus –
* The launch of No. 4079 Pendennis Castle at Didcot* The Great Central Railway’s superb ‘Working
the Railway’ Gala with re-enactments at Quorn & Woodhouse plus visiting loco No. 80080 and five
other steam plus the Class 45 diesel and DMU.* Mid-Hants Spring 45th anniversary gala with
Nos. 2857 and 48305 visiting.
* S&D 56th anniversary of closure held at the
Mid-Hants Railway with No. 53808.
* Two Class 40s around Bristol * Class 50s to
Okehampton and Kingswear. SVR Diesel Gala.
* Severn Valley Railway Spring Gala with A4 Sir Nigel Gresley and the Saint
with S15 No. 506 and first appearance of Bulleid West Country Pacific as No.
70 Queen Elizabeth II in purple jubliee livery. * Last run of Jubilee No. 45699
Galatea before overhaul. * Feature on the Nene Valley Railway.
* Lynton & Barnstaple visited at Easter with guests Laurel & Hardy and Austin 7 cars!
*Gala time at the West Somerset Railway with the Caley tank 419 and BR Standard 4-6-0 No. 75069.
* No. 34067 Tangmere returns to the main line and many scenes over Shap and the S&C of winter
trains. We see it on its test trains and progressing up to Ais Gill summit and also double-headed
with No. 45690 –
plus a great deal more.105 Minutes duration.
-
’50 Years Gone – But not forgotten’ A celebration of the Somerset & Dorset Railway
£16.95’50 Years Gone – But not forgotten’ – A celebration of the Somerset & Dorset Railway March 2016 will see the 50th anniversary of the closure […]
