Taken by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.
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CRAF at Manston
Dedication of the standard of the Canterbury Branch of the CRAF (Comrades of the Royal Air Force).
- October, 14
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- Manston, Sydney Bligh
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Fordwich in the late 1920s
This short clip shows the Old Fordwich Arms which was to burn down on 16 December 1930.
- October, 14
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- Fordwich, Sydney Bligh
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Chilham
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 1939.
- April, 9
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- Chilham, Sydney Bligh
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Grove Ferry
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 1939.
- April, 9
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- Grove Ferry, Sydney Bligh
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South Canterbury
Filmed by Leslie Goulden outside his house in Ethelbert Road in Canterbury in the early 1930s.
- February, 13
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- Canterbury, Leslie Goulden
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Canterbury High Street
This scene was shot through a car window in approximately 1926 as it drove along Canterbury High Street and to Oaten Hill.
- February, 12
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- Canterbury, Leslie Goulden
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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.
- February, 12
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- Canterbury, Sydney Bligh
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