Spring in Hackney
16mm film Colour Silent 1956 2:27
Summary: Amateur views of Hackney in Springtime.
Title number: 226
LSA ID: LSA/294
Description: St John's Churchyard with springtime crocuses. Two black nurses in uniform walking through churchyard (presumably from nearby Homerton Hospital). Moreshots of crocuses and a sheltered area with daffodils in the foreground. Men sat on benches talking, children (one in a push chair) with their mother. A view towards St Augustine's Tower and Mare Street beyond. An old man wearing a flat cap sat in a (motorised?) wheelchair, smoking a cigarette, other men in the background sit on benches talking. A woman trimming the edges of the lawn. A magnolia tree in bloom outside front of a white building.
Keywords: Parks; Open spaces
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Hackney
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