'Historic Beverley Part I' video recording

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'Historic Beverley Part I' video recording

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Contains amateur documentary footage relating to the history of Beverley. Duration: 1hr 57 mins Timing Action on Film (00:06) We are looking at the Medieval gateway to Beverley, the Beck. (00:14) There were two dry docks here, the last one was built in 1858. Shipbuilding was carried on by Joseph and Henry Scarr, Hunt and Sons, and Thomas Henry Harrison from the early 1800s. (00:44) Looking down the Deck at the dry dock built in 1858 and used by the Harrisons. After this Hodgsons used it to repair their fleet of barges, and it is now run by Arne Gilliam. (01:20) The Corporation had a lock built in the early 1800s so that the water level could be maintained for more adventurous shipbuilding. (01:41) Commercial use of the Beck had ceased by 1997. (01:51) The barge 'Comrade' built in New Holland in about 1930 and sailed by Captain Fred Schofield of Beverley. (02:24) Looking across to where Hunters and Sons yard was. They built and repaired mostly wooden barges. We can see their dry dock. The Hunter Family moved from Lincolnshire in 1889 and took over Thompsons's Shipyard here. (03:06) Old black and white stills from the time of Hunter's Yard, including a picture of William Hunter with Harry and Jack his sons. (03:23) Looking at the Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society barge 'Comrade' at the Beck end with Harrison's yard and the dry dock. (03:46) The aqueduct which carries the Beck above the Barmston Drain. This was carried out in conjunction with land drainage. (04:26) The "comrade" is the last of the Humber keels. (06:16) Pleasure boats are now built and repaired in the dry dock. (06:32) Headed stationery for Edwin and Thomas Harrison. Edwin lived in Holmechurch Lane in Beverley. (06:36) An old photograph of some Harrison employees, including the father. Another picture includes John Henry Harrison. The men in this picture are holding tools for making wooden ships. (07:00) Two old photographs of the Mariners' Sports which were held just outside the Beck on the River Hull. (07:26) Three photographs: the last launch into the Beck from Hunter's Yard, barges waiting to get out into the River Hull and the Falcon being built at Hunters. (08:07) A painting of a barge by Edwin Harrison, and a photograph of him working on a boat. (08:32) We can see the Engine House Shed for the Beck. (08:41) The Lock walkway and the Lock Man's House. (09:52) The overflow which keeps the Beck at a certain level. (09:11) The dry dock as it is now. (09:55) The lock plate which prevents flooding. (10:22) Looking towards Beverley Shipyard, with the River Hull in the background. (10:56) The peaceful western end of the Back. (11:25) Hodgson's warehouses, which were built in the 1930s for storing tanning materials. (11:46) Looking towards the Scarr Shipyards which were soon to be demolished. (12:13) This is Craig Wharf. (12:58) Here is the original part of Brigham Mill and Barkers. (14:23) The horse trough on Beckside, the Sloop public house and at the end the lodging house run for years by Nobby Clark and his sister. (14:51) The Beck's Head has been bricked out. We can also see the restored houses. (15:10) Beyond this is the Navigation Ironworks where the Scarrs built the first iron ship in Beverely in 1883. (15:30) Some black and white stills, including a picture of Cherry's pump works which they took over from Scarrs in 1884. (16:11) Some pictures taken in about the 1930s before Hodgson's warehouse was built. (16:29) We see some of the original advertising literature for Cherry's Pumps. (17:13) We see a picture of John Cherry who returned to Beverley in 1884 to set up a business as a pump manufacturer. We look at more advertising literature for pumps. (18:26) A picture of John Cherry's in 1977. (18:39) An advertisement for the Navigation Iron Works of Henry and Joseph Scarr. (19:10) The now-defunct BOCM (British Oil and Cake Mills) Paul's Mill. (20:13) Some colour photographs taken by Mr Harrison of Hodgson's gantries, warehouses and redundant boilers. (21:00) Barker's or Pauls Mill. (21:26) An old drawing of Beckside and still photographs of: (21:39) An old steam crane. (21:54) The crane being dismantled. (22:15) A crane lifting a boiler. (22:28) Dredging the Beck. (22:39) The old jail entrance gates which stood in Walkergate at the junction with Toll Gavel. (23:04) The Gas House, built in 1840s (moving film). (23:21) Thompson's Dairies building. (24:15) More Black and white photographs including: the Gas House Entrance, men carrying out maintenance work and piles of coke. (26:02) More photographs of horse-drawn tip carts. (27:23) Photograph of the Beck with it's banks being strengthened in 1985. (27:56) 1977 photograph of the boat 'Comerade'. (28:06) The Forresters Arms public house. (Moving film) (28:40) The Buck Inn. (29:00) The Sloop. (29:23) The Mariner's Arms. (29:38) The crossroads where Flemingate Bar used to stand. It was demolished in the 1770s. (29:48) The Time and Motion Shop, Owned by Peter Lancaster. This is on the site where Mr Floyd's butchers shop used to be. (30:26) New flats built by the Beverley builder Bob Stone. (30:51) A drawing of the same row of houses pre 1960s. (31:10) A 1950/60s photo of Potter Hill before the houses were demolished to widen the road. (32:17) We go into the Time and Motion shop, which sells clocks. [Sarah Herd] shows us around. (37:40) Looking at old photographs of [Buggs] the shoemakers, a lodging house and the blacksmiths. (38:19) An old photograph looking down West Terrace. (38:28) A drawing of Flemingate Bar in the 1770s. (38:41) Moving film - the Mariner's Arms and Flemingate Methodist Church. (39:12) Looking down Spark Mill Terrace we can see the windmill. (39:53) The Old St Nicholas School. Then we see an old picture of the interior of the school with all the pupils in 1910. (40:06) The Reading Room on Flemingate, one of two given by Admiral Walker. (40:14) The brickwork of an old house on Flemingate, dating from about 1500. (41:01) Old Denton house built in the 1700s. (42:58) The war memorial for Richard Hodgson and Sons employees. This has since been moved to Hengate. (44:48) Looking down Flemingate to where Greens and Sons used to have their haulage business. (45:06) The Museum of Army Transport. In the background we can see the Blackburn Beverley heavy transport aircraft, which was built at Brough. (46:09) Richard Hodgson's house, which pre-dates Denton House. (46:37) At the top of Flemingate is the Sun Inn. (46:55) The flats on the opposite corner are on the site of a medieval house. (46:56) A photograph of the older building. (47:17) Two other views of the medieval house. (48:26) Moving film of the Flemingate Level Crossing with two gateman's cottages which were soon to be demolished. (48:53) Beverley Friary. (49:40) Covered stairs across the line at Beverley Station, and the level crossing. (49:51) Chantry Lane. (50:09) Hodgson's Chemical Works. (51:38) Hodgson's ballroom (exterior view). (52:34) The glue works on St Nicholas Road. (53:53) Photo of glue works in about 1984. (53:15) The 'new' St Nicholas school, which moved from Beckside in 1914. (53:46) St Nicholas Church, built in the 1870s. (59:19) Inside the church. (58:58) The font, which came from an earlier St Nicholas Church. (59:45) The Grovehill Hotel in Holmchruch Lane. (1:00:04) The Halls Barton Ropery Company which is now Bridon Fishing Limited. (1:00:39) Donnington Cottage. (1:00:55) We meet Mike Cansfield at the ropery. He shows us around. (1:23:22) Old photographs of the ropery taken by Tommy Hollingsworth in the 1960s. (1:25:00) Some colour film of the ropery, taken by Les Hendy, the former manager. (1:37:42) Joseph Scarr's house in Swinemoor Lane. (1:38:21) Old photographs of the Shepherd Memorial Congregational Church, built in 1906, which once stood on Grovehill Road. Also a picture of Rev. Abba. (1:38:46) Old photographs of two houses built about 1820, with the entrance to Dean's Light Alloys between them. (1:39:15) Old photograph of the farmhouse originally on the Dean's site. (1:39:46) A photograph of Craythorne's Flour Mill, Grovehill Road. (1:40:20) An old picture of the mill, possibly during the fire there. (1:40:47) Cook Welton and Gemmell's new offices. (1:41:20) On the site of the large building in the centre of the picture is where Thompson's wheelwrights and joiners was located. (1:41:43) Canteen built during the war for Dean's and the shipyard workers. (1:42:37) Scarr's cottages. (1:43:17) New business on the old shipyard site. (1:43:54) At one end Keith Marin still runs a small shipyard. (1:44:55) The Weel Bridge. (1:46:06) Some houseboats on the river. (1:47:21) A drawing of the old Joseph Scarr Swing Bridge. (1:48:46) An old picture of the bridge with a broken back. (1:48:55) Old photographs of ship launches. (1:49:01) Old picture of temporary ferry used to cross the river until the new bridge was built. (1:49:13) Photograph of the 'Yorkshire Belle' in for alterations in 1949-50. (1:49:18) Old photograph of Scarr's shipyard. (1:49:32) The last days of the shipyard, with Phoenix shipbuilders. (1:49:40) Photograph of the 'Novena' the only stern fishing boat built at Cook Welton and Gemmell. (1:50:56) Photograph of the floating pontoon used for painting a ship after it had been launched. (1:51;25) More photographs of the 'Novena'. (1:52:25) An old picture of the Weel Bridge with a sailing boat behind it. (1:52:31) A Cook, Welton and Gemmell advertisement. (1:52:51) Photographs of trawlers being launched, and of Weel Bridge. (1:53:28) Photograph of the last launch into Beverley Back. (1:54:00) Old photograph of boat built in 1903 at Cook Welton and Gemmell. (1:54:11) Some film taken in 1963 of the launch of the Lady Elsie, the last launch at Cook Welton and Gemell. (1:56:39) Old photographs of the shipyard in the 1880s. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.