Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette.
Includes footage starting at Lairgate Hall, Guildhall (with Berna Moody), Cross Street, Lairgate, Saturday Market.
Timing. Action on film:
(0:05) The Hall, built in 1710 by the Warton family. Purchased by Sir James Pennyman in around 1750. He remodelled and extended the house. Reg describes the extent of the grounds.
(01:31) The main entrance was built in the 1750s.
(02:15) Looking around the entrance hall, with its cantilevered staircase.
(03:45) The Chinese Room, which is believed to have been restored by the Warton family in 1802. Reg. tells us about the Walker family, particularly Admiral Charles Frances Walker.
(09:54) A gavel presented to the town by Beverley in Western Australia.
(10:35) Appreciation of some architectural details and a table given by the Walton family.
(14:56) The Cupola.
(17:11) The Memorial Hall, originally St John's Chapel.
(17:42) An old photograph of Lairgate, with the great wall to the Hall on the right. Opposite was the local coachbuilders, Stephenson.
(17:51) Old photographs of the Hall, and of St John's Chapel.
(18:19) Photographs of vans built by Stephenson of Lairgate.
(18:46) The site of the Lairgate coachworks today.
(19:46) The Tiger Inn, originally the Black Bull.
(20:58) Some old photographs, including the Beehive Pub and the almshouses in Lairgate.
(22:43) Photographs from the early 1900s of Minster Moorgate, including the almshouses that adjoined the Warton Hospital.
(24:00) A sign describing the history of the Warton Hospital. We can see from the brickwork that this was once a single-story building.
(25:11) The old Infant School built in 1880.
(26:23) Some black and white photographs of the school.
(27:14) Old photographs of houses which once stood on Minster Moorgate. Modern flats occupy the site now.
(28:18) The Monks' Walk Pub in Highgate. This was once the George and Dragon.
(29:24) A building which was once the Bluecoat School.
(29:59) An 1880s photograph of Highgate.
(30:50) Various buildings on Wednesday Market.
(31:19) An old photograph of Beverley Rifle Range which once stood in Lord Roberts Road.
(31:52) An old photograph which gives an aerial view of the junction of Cross Street and Lord Roberts Road.
(33:30) Mrs Berna Moody will show us around the Guildhall. This is an older, medieval building which was re-fronted in the early 1830s.
(35:01) A plaque on the wall describes how an old house on this site was purchased by the Council in 1500. The original entrance is now at Beverley Friary.
(36:46) We go into the entrance hall, where 19th century arches conceal the medieval timbers.
(37:42) There is a re-creation of a Victorian office in a room which was originally the kitchen.
(38:10) A very ancient door. Mrs Moody describes the different functions of that part of the building.
(38:46) View of some original beams and an ancient staircase.
(39:31) Mrs Moody shows us the Magistrates or Jury room, which was built in 1762. She describes some of the portraits, furniture and treasures in the room.
(47:59) View of the wall of the 1320s house which is visible in the Guildhall Courtroom.
(49:29) Mrs Moody describes the rest of the Courtroom, which dates from the Georgian period.
(58:56) At the top of a Georgian staircase, with view of a bust of Fred Elwell and two of his paintings.
(59:41) In the Mayor's Parlour, Mrs Moody shows us the furniture, treasures, charters and the list of Mayors.
(1:13:44) View of old photographs of some of the shops in Register Square and of County Hall.
(1:14:16) Some modern views of County Hall, including the staircase and reception area.
(1:16:59) The Council Chamber.
(1:18:54) We meet John, a caretaker. He points out the panelling and ceiling in Room 1.
(1:20:17) Meeting Room 2, 'The Baltic Room'.
(1:23:13) A close-up of the J. Elwell carving over the fireplace.
(1:25:26) Looking at some plaques and a list of Leaders of the Council.
(1:27:39) Back out in Cross Street, looking at County Hall and some other buildings.
(1:29:06) Old photographs of Well Lane and Cross Street before the present chapel was built in the early 20th century.
(1:29:50) Champney Road at the time of filming still had the Temperance Hall where the Magistrates' Court stands today.
(1:30:52) The Record Office, built by Potts of Beverley for £4000.
(1:31:50) The public library extension was built in 1928. The original library was built in 1906, and was funded by John Champney, on land given by Mrs Spencer of Spencer Street School.
(1:33:30) An old photograph of the main library building.
(1:33:52) Lairgate, on the site of the Lairgate Theatre which was once on this corner. It was demolished in 1844.
(1:34:47) The old Congregational Chapel in an early photograph. This was built in the early 1800s. It was demolished and replaced by another chapel in the 1870s, and this was in turn demolished in the 1960s. There are now townhouses on the site.
(1:35:00) Cromwell House on Lairgate.
(1:35:25) The almshouses on Lairgate.
(1:35:31) Some Georgian houses on Lairgate, built by William Middleton.
(1:36:00) A colour photograph of the new Congregational Church which once stood on Lairgate.
(1:36:34) St Mary's Infants School.
(1:36:55) A building which was once [the back of] Stephenson's Rambla Café.
(1:37:17) The Lairgate Hotel, which was once the Beverley Savings Bank.
(1:38:19) The Windmill Inn, and what was once Arthur Watt's transport business.
(1:38:56) In Saturday Market, view of the former Picture Playhouse.
(1:39:57) The Market Cross, built using money from the Warton and Hotham families.
(1:40:58) Looking down from Burton's first floor across the stalls of Saturday Market.
(1:41:33) Akrill gunmaker's shop, at that time the longest continuously-run shop in Beverley. It was established in 1828. Michael Philips jewellery shop, which used to be the White Swan Inn.
(1:43:01) The Push Inn. Reg explains how the origin of the name.
(1:43:09) The Corn Exchange, which replaced an earlier Corn Exchange. Later it became a cinema, the Picture Playhouse.
(1:43:48) The Green Dragon and adjacent shops.
(1:44:31) The top of the Market Cross.
(1:45:20) We meet some of the Akrill family in their shop. They show us some antique guns and an old poster.
(1:50:05) View of a display board showing how bullets and cartridges are made and Mr Akrill explains about the different bores.
(1:52:44) A group photograph of members of the Gunmakers Association in around 1930, with one of the Akrill family in it.
(1:54:14) An Edwardian photograph of Henry Esau Akrill, and another old advertisement.
(1:55:01) Richard Akrill explains various types of cartridge, using a display on a board.
Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.
