Taken by Sydney Bligh who was a keen amateur filmmaker, who produced a 90 minute newsreel each year between 1934 and 1939.
CRAF at Manston
Dedication of the standard of the Canterbury Branch of the CRAF (Comrades of the Royal Air Force).
Fordwich in the late 1920s
This short clip shows the Old Fordwich Arms which was to burn down on 16 December 1930.
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 […]
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 […]
South Canterbury
Filmed by Leslie Goulden outside his house in Ethelbert Road in Canterbury in the early 1930s.
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.
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.