School Journey 1965
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 1965 13:55
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Summary: Amateur film of a school trip by pupils of Risley Avenue Primary School, Tottenham, to the Isle of Wight.
Title number: 300
LSA ID: LSA/393
Description: Boys and girls begin their journey by boarding a 'Champion' coach with their teachers, and later boarding a boat to the island (this section of the film is double-exposed with other images bleeding through). On the trip they visit St Catherine's lighthouse, a moorhen pond, Carisbrooke Castle, Goshill model village, and the leafy gorge and waterfalls at Shanklin Chine. They also go to the beach and swim in the sea, walk a hedge labyrinth, walk about the coast and see the Needles, paddle in two person canoes on boating lake, and collect coloured sand at Alum Bay.
Credits: Director: Mr Powley
Further information: The filmmaker Mr Powley was head teacher at Risley Avenue Primary School in Tottenham.
Keywords: Holidays; Schools
Locations: Isle of Wight; United Kingdom; England; London; Haringey; Tottenham
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(I used to live in Gospatrick Road).