Raising funds for the building of the new Kent and Canterbury Hospital filmed by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker.
TAG: Canterbury
Highland Court
A brief glimpse of Highland Court as it was in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
- November, 18
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- Bridge, Jumbo Gisby
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H.J. Goulden
Short scene of Henry James Goulden, who ran Goulden’s shop in Canterbury from 1870.
- November, 16
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- Canterbury, Leslie Goulden
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Whitehall Swimming Gala
Whitehall Baths in Canterbury was an out door swimming pool on the current site of Toddler’s Cove. it was fed by the River Stour and closed in the 1950s over fears about Polio.
- November, 2
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Mount & Sons Nursery
Rare footage of Mount & Sons Nursery on 40 Acres Road filmed by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker,
- October, 26
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Children’s Carnival 1937
Filmed in the Dane John Garden by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker,
- October, 5
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Police Parade
An inspection of police in Roper Road by the Mayor, Catherine Williamson.
- September, 28
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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King’s School Library
Taken by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.
- December, 3
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Model Aeroplanes at Old Park
Taken by Sydney Bligh in 1938 who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.
- December, 3
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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Duke of Kent at King’s School
Taken in 1938 by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.
- December, 3
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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