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Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Contains video about Emmanuel Church, Bridlington. Timing Action on Film (00:12) View of the original Emmanuel Church and Maxwell Fargus, the narrator, gives a brief history of the church which dated from 1902. (00:59) TV news programmes about the fire on 29 Aug 1995, which destroyed the original church. (Some of this footage is of poor quality.) (01:39) The Reverend Malcolm Exley commented on the fire at his church. (02:34) Fire crews had to make safe the burnt-out ruins of the church. (03:12) Some comments from shocked parishioners. (05:29) The site of the old church was empty, waiting for the new building to start. (06:15) The building of the new church had begun. The builders were Roberts of Leeds. (07:03) We see some landmarks in the construction of the new church. (11:48) 29 Mar 1998, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone. Malcolm and Mrs Exley laid the stone. There were speeches from Canon John [Meke], Malcolm Exley and one of the churchwardens. One of those who made a bible reading was Roy Hague, the site foreman for Roberts. (38:48) A close-up view of the foundation stone. (39:09) Various shots of the building site, including one of the signs stating that the architects were Law and Dunbar-Nasmith. (41:56) Malcolm Exley showed groups of visitors around the half-built church. (45:04) Exterior views of the newly-built church. The first service was on Saturday 28 Nov 1998. The service of dedication was conducted by the Archbishop of York. (46:23) The interior of the church. (There is some sound distortion on this part of the recording.) (47:19) The wedding service of Sylvia Smith and Derek Clarkson. The new vicar was Linda Munt. (50:07) Malcolm Exley visited them for the celebration of the second anniversary of the church. (51:33) An address from Michael [Kavanagh], the chaplain to the Archbishop of York. (51:57) A sketch was performed by the young people of the parish. (1:00:00) View of some of the community activities; a class teaching computer skills, the mother and toddler group, Weight Watchers and the weekly coffee club. (1:03:32) Maxwell Fargus speaks to Linda Munt about her work and the new church building. (1:16:12) Some more exterior views of the new church.