Filmed in about 1927 by Sydney Bligh. He would later go on to become a really keen amateur filmmaker, producing an annual 90 minute newsreel of Canterbury between 1934 and […]
Canterbury Newsreel 1937
Highlights from Ave Mater Angliae 1937 produced by Sydney Bligh. This was a newsreel of the Canterbury area.
Canterbury Newsreel 1936
Highlights from Ave Mater Angliae 1936 produced by Sydney Bligh.
Canterbury Newsreel 1935
Highlights from Sydney Bligh’s ‘Ave Mater Angliae 1935,’ a newsreel of interesting events in and around Canterbury.
Canterbury Flood 1927
Film of the 1927 flood by Sydney Bligh in the streets near his shop in Canterbury. He owned S.W. Bligh, a radio shop on North Lane.
St Stephens and Hales Place
Film shot in approximately 1927 showing the entrance to Hale’s Place in Canterbury and a tantalising glimpse of the mansion in the distance through the trees.