Knole Park
Standard 8mm film Colour Mute 1961 4:36
Summary: London children have a picnic and then hand-feed deer during a trip to Knole House park, a National Trust property in Sevenoaks.
Title number: 19597
LSA ID: LSA/25984
Description: A a very young boy in a light blue cardigan runs across a grassy park with trees in the distance. A man in a green jumper walks behind the child. A young girl in a grey jumper, eating a bun, points to something in the distance. The boy in the blue cardigan drinks from a yellow cup. Mother and the two children are sitting around a picnic. The young girl picks out a multi-coloured ball from one of the bags and throws it to her brother in the blue cardigan. The two children play catch. A man comes over and joins in the game of catch. A women then also joins in.
The young girl runs around in a large man's tweed jacket that completely swaps her. She laughs and runs away when a grown-up tries and takes it off her. A sign for KNOLE is seen, displaying price and seasonal opening times. A woman and a young girl in a red coat walk up to a fence, behind which there is a field of sheep. The sheep and some lambs run about the field. The girl in the red coat hangs on the fence and appears to be calling out. A herd of deer can be seen between the trees.The young girl walks towards the deer and they run off. The mother and girl walk away. A deer runs out in front of them. A child sits in a pram. More deer can be seen in the distance. A buck walks towards the screen. A woman holds out a piece of food and a buck walks up and eats it from her hand. The girl in the red coat feeds a young buck a small bit of food too. The woman now attempts to feed a doe but it runs away. The girl in the red coat pulls something white out of the pram.
Credits: Victor A Ashlee; filmmaker
Further information: Mr Victor Ashlee was a local resident and keen filmmaker.
He lived at Eversley Avenue, Barnehurst and later at Caithness Gardens, Sidcup. His four children named Christine, Peter, Diane and Andrew were born between 1957 and 1969 and feature in many of the films in this collection.
Keywords: Family; Children; picnic; Ball sports; Sheep; Park; deer
Locations: United Kingdom; England; Kent; Knole Park
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