Other local interest films

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Timing. Action on film: (00:08) Reg Walker introduces us to the Northern Shire Horse Centre at Newbold. The home of Bill Cammage. (00:27) Bill Cammage and Earnie Teal are going to show us around the faming museum at the Centre. (03:43) A magnificent shire horse. Also at (52:08) (06:49) Inside a stable we see more shire horses and look at harnesses and hayracks. (10:20) Reg and Bill look at various carts, wagons and other farm equipment housed in a barn: (10:57) Tractors. (11:40) A Fen Cart, a Cheshire Cart and a Yorkshire Cart. (13:07) A (horse-drawn) milk float. (13:39) An Irish dual-purpose cart. (14:03) A threshing machine. (15:34) A Wiltshire floater. (16:38) The wagon Bill took to the Walkington Hayride. (17:45) A straw-merchants wagon, originally owned by Anstey of London. (20:51) A wagon whose ironwork was made by monks in Leeds. (21:36) A flat, four-wheeled goods vehicle called a rully, loaded with beer barrels. (23:08) A corrugated iron shepherd's hut which still contained all the shepherd's equipment. (32:26) A fully-equipped blacksmith's shop. Also at (52:43) (37:21) A Victorian corn-grinding mill. Also at (51:41) (38:47) Some vintage farm machinery housed in an open-fronted building. (40:32) A reconstruction of a farm-house parlour. Bill and Earnie point out jam pans, corn dollies, Oxo tins, a mangle, a dolly tub and dolly sticks, a hot water bottle and an early doll's pram amongst the numerous artefacts in the parlour. Also at (53:03) (45:14) A [harness] cleaning room. There are hundreds of rosettes pinned to the ceiling beams. (45:53) An elaborate 100 year old harness decorated with artificial roses. There are photographs on the wall of Tim, a shire horse, wearing the harness. (47:22) An upper room where Bill points out some leather shoes for horses working on grass, i.e. on sports fields, and horse shoes designed for walking on mud. The room also contains small pieces of agricultural machinery such as a potato riddle, a butter churn, a cheese vat, chain measures and pig-killing equipment. Also at (57:30), (58:50) (53:49) A display of iron objects made by Mr John Moore, a blacksmith of Market Weighton, 100 years ago. (54:33) Another 'room' of Victorian farmhouse artefacts. (54:56) Vintage educational equipment. (55:15) A wheelwright's anvil and numerous woodworking tools. (55:49) Modern photographs of a wheelwright putting a steel rim on a wheel. Also at (01:00:14) (56:16) A wheelwright's 'epitaph' in the form of a poem. (58:08) Early photographs of threshing teams and their machinery. (58:21) Photograph of a Foster of Lincoln threshing machine.

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Includes footage of the 'Endeavour' visit and Captain Cook's Heritage Trail.

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Includes footage of these events.

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Contains video of Hornsea and its key attractions. Timing: Action on film. (0:27) South Beach promenade looking to Bridlington with a view of the sea and sand (01:08) Looking from the bowling green to the South Cliff caravan park (01:36) Victoria Avenue with its row of boarding houses built on what would have been farmland up until the 1860's. The railway was then built and people came from Hull to enjoy the fresh air of the seaside (02:36) The drinking fountain built to commemorate the opening of the seawall promenade in 1907 (03:25) The Promenade Bowling Club with the Floral Hall in the background; used for dances and concerts. Hornsea has two bowling greens; there is another one at Attic? Road where there is an indoor club (03:57) Typical seaside views; sea, beach, people paddling, buildings and shops along the front (05:54) The railway station, where trains would arrive packed with holiday makers during the summer, it would cost half a crown from Hull to Hornsea in the 1940's. The railway was closed in the 1960s under Dr Beeching's rail line cuts. It has been sympathetically converted into living accommodation, keeping the imposing entrance that went through to the platforms. The Station Master's house is at the end of the row. The railway was originally built for Hull and Hornsea Railway Company by Joseph Armytage Wade and Company. In addition to the railway he built the brick works and the pier (08:00) The Station Master's house; he was an important member of staff, responsible for passengers and freight. Looking at the station, the platform and railway lines would have been where the cars are driving. (09:09) 'These almshouses were erected and endowed by Mr Christopher Pickering of the Hall…..for the use of the poor…' The Hall was in the market place and Pickering was a local trawler owner and philanthropist. He also built Pickering Park in Hull and endowed some almshouses similar to those in Hornsea (10:01) The Guildhall is now divided into six houses. The original building was given a Georgian frontage in the early 1800's. It was occupied by Mr Bettison in the 1840's, when it was a single house with servant's quarters and acres of land. Mr Bettison built the folly at the back of the house, supposedly to enable his son to see him coming down the road from Hull and ring the bell to warn the servants that the master was nearly home (11:00) Looking down Newbegin to the church at the bottom. This is a shopping area, but also includes, chapels, churches and the Methodist church hall (11:50) The Folk Museum, opened by Dr and Mrs Walker in the 1980's, contains a large collection of memorabilia. The building was the home of the Burns family from about 1630 to 1640. The original building was the small cobble cottage at the end, the rest was added later (12:44) Inside the museum; the farmhouse kitchen with a large inglenook fireplace dating back to the 1700's. There is a single handed grandfather clock (14:30) The Victorian parlour. Elizabeth Hulme, the daughter of a sea captain, married Martin Burn. The room would have been very warm in the summer, with the heat from the fire, the oil lamps and tobacco smoke. Upstairs there is the figure of Rose Carr, an expert horse woman. On the wall there is a short history of Rose (1843-1913) which includes a picture of the house during her time (16:54) An exhibition room full of artefacts found in a Victorian home: toys, a dolls house, stuffed animals, iron bed stead, wash stand with a jug and basin, dressing table and a set of brushes, tall boys and a four poster bed with a canopy (19:20) A display room with a painting, from 1981, showing the Sopwith Baby aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft Company at Brough. It flew on reconnaissance sorties from Hornsea Mere. There is also a painting of Brandesburton Hall, which in the early 1900's was owned by Colonel Harrison. He was an explorer in the Congo and in 1905 he brought back six pygmies, who stayed for two years before returning to their tribe. They performed tribal dances and toured throughout the country, appearing at the Hippodrome in London, the Houses of Parliament and a Buckingham Palace garden party (21:20) Another display room containing fishing equipment, including a life jacket. The Burns family were decorated for saving lives at sea (22:00) A painting of Hornsea House, the home of Joseph Armytage Wade, which he inherited in 1850. It later became the site of Hornsea School. Joseph Wade (1817-1896) became the chairman of Hull and Hornsea Railway Company which opened in 1864.He was an entrepreneur, businessman and inventor. He formed the Hornsea Gaslight and Coke Company in 1864, established the Hornsea Brick and Tile Company and was chairman of the Hornsea Pier Company in 1874. He was not a very popular man (23:11) A painting of William Bettison, the builder of the folly behind the Guildhall (23:33) The dairy where the cream, butter and cheese were made. Nicky Burn ran the dairy in the 1880's (24:00) Workshops with a display of tools used by wheelwrights and carpenters (25:50) The blacksmith's shop including an anvil, hand operated bellows and whetstone. On the wall there is a collection of cart nameplates. A water pump was in use until about the 1940s (29:06) Railway memorabilia, including a railway clock made by Potts of Leeds and several station signs. The Hull to Hornsea Railway ran from 1864 until 1964. A local police display; handcuffs and whistles. Examples of interlocking roof tiles used on a house in Westbourne Road (33:25) The barn has a weather vane on the roof and houses farm tools and machinery. The photos of farm life show how work was done by hand and power provided by horses. Labourers slept in haylofts (38:05) Wagons and a milk float are kept outside, where you can look across to Burns Farm (36:42) The Victorian school room with desks and slates. Present day children dress up in Victorian costume and have a Victorian school experience (41:25) The interior of St Nicholas Church. St Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors. The church is built with cobblestones brought up from the beach by pack mule. A view looking down from the nave to the chancel and the East window. There are steep stairs to the belfry. The church was built around the twelfth century and has been added to and modernised over the years. Some of the St Quintin family are buried in the church. The family ruled over parts of Yorkshire after they came over in 1066. The Manor House is at Harpham where the family still live. There are also two effigies from the Priory at Nunkeeling. William Falkenberg, another Norman, claimed parts of Yorkshire. The stained glass of the East window. Seats are carved into the side of the chancel. The organ was built by Foster and Andrews from Hull, famous organ makers in the East Riding. The alabaster tomb is for the St Quintin family and the fine brass lectern is surmounted by an eagle (51:42) The Old Hall in the Market Place was built in 1687 by Peter Acklam and is commemorated by a plaque. The Methodist Chapel was built in1864. There are cobblestone cottages round the corner on Back Westgate (53:57) A close up of the cobblestone cottages on Back Westgate. This type of cottage is a feature of East Riding coastal villages and towns. Cobblestones were a cheap material at the time, before the brick works was established. The Friends Meeting House (Quakers) is further down the row (55:00) Walking back up New Begin, passed St Nicholas Church you can see the stone cross that used to stand in Market Square. It was removed when traffic began to drive through Hornsea (55:30) The Folly behind the museum was built by Mr Bettison at the back of his house, but much of the land has been built on since then. It was built from reject bricks from the brickworks and is about 140 years old. He was such a mean man that he didn't pay the bricklayer. On open days you can climb the spiral staircase to the top (57:40) Looking down Southgate towards Hull, with more cobblestone cottages. The old town is around this area. Old farmhouses have been swallowed up by extensive building. The road to the town centre can be very busy, especially at weekends and holiday time (59:15) Hornsea Mere is about a mile long and covers about 400 acres. It used to belong to the Constable family. Wassend Hall, the property of the Constables, is at the end of the Mere and is open to the public (1:00:50) As it is sheltered the Mere provides a habitat for many birds. The town centre and St Nicholas's tower can be seen across the Mere (1:01:30) Yachts race in the stiff breeze. Trips can be taken round the Mere by both rowing and motor boat. It is a popular place for recreation, the biggest freshwater lake in Yorkshire, (1:02:50) Visitors take pictures of swimming ducks and geese flying over head (1:04:00) Hornsea Pottery was started by two West Riding brothers, Desmond and Colin Rawson. At the time of the film the pottery was part of a retail and leisure park, including birds of prey and a vintage car museum. Ther is a great deal of noise inside the pottery and someone can be seen decorating pots with transfers. A long inside view shows shelves of fired pots (1:06:30) Old fashioned penny arcade games are kept in the foyer of the pottery (1:07:05) A tour of the model village created to scale and built on old clay pits that were used for brick and tile making. The water was pumped out by a centrifugal pump invented by Armytage Wade and John Cherry. After the success of the pumps in Hornsea, Cherry went on to establish the pump works in Beverley (1:08:28) The model village includes all the features of a coastal village - a church, sea walls, a lighthouse, cottages and the harbour. There is the Castle Hotel, the Folly and a watermill by a bridge and river. A bit further on is the Old Smithy garage, the school, a caravan site, a row of cobblestone cottages and boats on the river (1:16:33) The shrubs have to be maintained and replanted as they grow too large for the miniature landscape (1:23:15) The Birds of Prey Centre houses eagles, owls and various cockerels and chickens (1:27:44) The Motor Museum exhibits a variety of vintage cars - a 1906 Ford, a Mini covered in coins, a Jowett Jupiter Standard Vanguard and a Lamborghini (1:39:57) A final view of Horsea promenade and the sea as the film ends Film and Sound Archive access copy available onsite in the Audio-Visual Room

Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM. Part I. (00:23) Holme on the Wolds. Ernie's family originated here. He shows us where his blacksmith ancestors lived. (01:03) Ernie tells us about his father and grandfather. (02:53) The local churchyard. (03:09) Highgate in Beverley, where Ernie and his mother lived. The site is now occupied by modern houses. (04:23) He talks about the pub now known as the Monk's Walk. (04:39) Ernie reminiscences about his childhood neighbours in Highgate: Mr Cammage, the organist at the Minster, [Potty Pecks], who was related to Pecks the fishmonger, and Fred Osgerby, coach and carriage builder who was also a bell ringer. (05:58) He also mentions the [Dollymain] brothers who were window cleaners and Norfolk Jack, who worked at Jolly's Farm in Long Lane. (07:26) Ernie remembers the Minster Girls School and how he teased Bessie Bailey, a policeman's daughter. (07:56) He recalls the time when his family lived in part of Beverley Friary. He describes how Armstrongs gave archaeologists 48 hours to excavate the Friary garden. He also recalls his neighbours who lived in the other part of the Friary. (13:45) Ernie shows us a well in the Friary garden. (15:43) Langholm, a large house where Ernie started his working life. He describes the duties he performed for 7/6d a week. (17:29) Broadgate Hospital in Walkington. Ernie worked here in 1933. ( The hospital no longer exists. ) Ernie was an apprentice electrician at the time. He recalls some of the inmates. (27:13) A wonderful photograph of Ernie in his Coldstream Guards uniform and a photograph of him as an 18 year old. (27:42) Ernie tells us about his army career. (40:49) He describes courting his wife Doris and their experiences during the Second World War. (53:52) A wedding picture of Ernie and Doris, who were married on 3rd September 1941 at Beverley Minster. (55:18) Ernie and Doris describe their life in the post-war years. (55:56) A photograph of Ernie with his MBE medal. (56:43) Ernie describes how he got his MBE and his experiences at the ceremony. (01:18:39) A plate signed by Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in 'Coronation Street'. Ernie describes her visits to the Walkington Charity Barbeques from 1962 to 1969. Part II. (00:30) Northgate, Walkington. Ernie and Ken Drew show us around the grounds of Walkington Hall. (01:48) Ken Drew explains about [Charter] Fawcett who owned Walkington Hall and about the Fawcett coat of arms. (10:31) The stables at Walkington Hall. (10:39) Inside the clock tower at the stables, winding the clock mechanism. (12:01) We meet Bill Taylor with his adoring dog, and some other friends of Ernie's. (15:10) Ernie tells us about the chalk and alum quarry on the Westwood where he once worked (17:10) A view of Beverley Minster from the Westwood. (17:26) The Black Mill. Earnie describes his memories of the Mill from his childhood. (18:33) Ernie remembers the pond which once stood near Anti Mill. (20:11) Ernie describes meeting the actor Ronald Coleman, who he says was born in Molescroft. (21:06) Burton Bushes. (21:24) Ernie points out the site of a lime quarry and lime kilns, which are no linger there. (22:44) Ernie talks about bullises (sloes). (23:11) Ernie discusses the birds and animals that inhabit the Westwood. (23:54) .Blackberries on the Westwood. (26:18) Ernie explains how some parts of the Westwood were named by soldiers returning from the Crimean War. They named them after their battlefields: Hill Sixty and [Majuba] for instance. (26:49) Cobblers' Well, which he describes as a 'dimple' to the south of the Westwood. He has been told that cobblers used to meet there each summer to agree prices. (30:09) Ernie tells of how metal detectorists have found hundreds of cap badges and military buttons from the times when there were army camps on the Westwood. (31:36) A plaque set in a wheel commemorating the Walkington Hayride. (31:57) Wagons used for the Hayride. (33:04) Ernie chats to Mrs Waterworth and Carol her daughter in law at their house [in Walkington]. (35:19) Back to Bill Taylors. We meet Nick Grantham. (36:24) They look at some stonework set into one of the walls of Bill's house, which may have come from a church. (40:57) Ernie shows us a fishpond created by the Elleker family on the Risby Estate centuries ago. He tells us the pond's more recent history and describes the work of gamekeepers in the past. (46:28) Ernie delves into the pond to shows us some freshwater mussels. (49:09) We look at a nearby folly in the form of a ruined tower. (50:24) Ernie points out the mounds which are all that is left of Risby Hall. He tells us the story of a gipsy's curse which caused the Hall to be burnt to the ground. (52:11) An image of Risby Hall in the late eighteenth century. (52:36) The Old Rectory in Walkington. Ernie tells us about its history. There are roundels with heraldic crests set into some of the front gables. We look at the gardens and at some views of the local church. (55:50) Ernie shows us around All Hallows, which is Walkington's parish church. (56:29) The pews where the church band used to sit (57:14) The memorial to those fallen in the First World War. (57:26) The lectern. (57:4z6) A modern stained glass window circa 1961. (58:00) An earlier stained glass window. (58:26) A memorial to Thomas Staveley Stephenson. His family had electric lights installed in Walkington church. (59:09) The church organ. (59:36) The bishop's chair. (01:00:15) A stained glass window in memory of Helen Lawson, 1896-1936. (01:02:01) The memorial to Robert Albert Plimpton, killed in action in 1971. (01:02:17) The font. (01:02:29) An stone coffin discovered in the floor of the church. The body it once contained has never been identified. (01:03:24) Ernie explains the history of a painting of Walkington Pond. (01:04:18) Reg Walker gives us a brief history of the church as we look at the exterior. (01:05:24) The Ferguson and Fawcett Arms. Ernie tells us some of its history, including stories of the blacksmith's shop which is part of the present building. (01:10:41) A notice about a wooden panel in the pub which was carved by James Elwell. (01:11:22) The panel itself, which has the date 1901 carved on it. (01:12:32) A painting of one of the Ferguson Fawcett family. (01:12:38) Teal Close, named after Ernie. (01:13:40) Walkington House, built in 1910 by the Stephenson family. Ernie tells us about the people associated with it. (01:19:20) The greenhouses at Walkington Hall. (01:19:43) A row of ancient trees in the garden. (01:21:02) The coach house, now converted into a dwelling house. (01:21:28) We meet some of the occupants of Walkington Hall at the time of filming. (01:21:47) Ernie and Doris's golden wedding anniversary.