This film was made in about 1946 by John McCallum, a schoolboy at St Edmunds at the time.
He set up the CACS Film Unit and went on to have a successful career as a professional cinematographer.
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This film was made in about 1946 by John McCallum, a schoolboy at St Edmunds at the time.
He set up the CACS Film Unit and went on to have a successful career as a professional cinematographer.
I remember it well, the aluminium paddle boats, Toddlers Cove, the donkey rides.Great fun as a 5/6 year old travelling from Margate. The Toddlers Cove pool was closed when Polio was at it’s height,I believe the virus was found in stagnant water there !
Definitively Toddlers Cove.
Boating lake looks like the one at Hampton pier avenue Herne bay
now a children’s play area
Yes, Toddlers Cove, Westgate Gardens, Canterbury
I remember using those paddle boats in the 60s till our hands blistered. Was it visible from the train, & a BT building built nearby?
Def Toddlers cove Canterbury I have a picture of me in one of the boats about 1965 but can’t upload it on here
Hambrook Marsh Viaduct
appears in the background
Westgate Gardens 1960s (re-opened after the polio scare?): donkey rides, sand island surrounded by water for paddling, donkey rides, boating lake, ice-cream and tea stall. Great fun!!