'Historic Beverley Part II' video recording

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'Historic Beverley Part II' video recording

Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette. Timing Action on film (00:00) The Latimer Memorial Church on Grovehill Road. This replaced the 'Tin Mission' or Shepherd Memorial Congregational Church which was further down Grovehill Road. Some old photographs: (00:30) The 'Tin Mission' and of the Reverend Abba, its first minister. (00:43) Albion House on Swinemoor Lane Corner, owned by the man who ran Crathornes Flour Mill. (00:50) The first council houses, built in 1922 and film of how they look now. (01:12) Photographs of a cycle shop which has been in existence for 70 or 80 years. (01:53) Contemporary footage of a detached house built for one of the Elwell family. (02:11) Contemporary footage of Beverley Railway Station, built in 1846 by the Hull and Selby Railway Company. (02:57) Looking down towards Railway Street towards where the Station Master's House once stood. (03:11) Modern view down the railway line, and the interior of the station. (03:48) The clock in Station Square and the Telegraph Hotel. (04:10) Railway Street, built by architects Edgar Page and his brother. It was originally called Albert Street. (04:53) The part of Station Square where the Station Master's House once stood. (05:44) The Telegraph Hotel, which stood on Station Square at the time this film was made. (06:04) The top floor of the next-door building was once Fred Elwell's studio. (07:15) Old photograph of the Railway Station in the late nineteenth century. (08:11) Photograph of Armstrong's Works being demolished. (08:38) Old photograph of the Station Master's Garden. (08:49) Photograph of what was Collinson's Instruments, and is now the Catholic Club. (08:55) Old photograph of the Station Gardens. (09:37) Photograph of the Goods Yard. (09:59) Photograph of the Station with a canopy. (10:13) Photograph of Victorian cabbies standing in front of their lobby at Beverley Railway Station. (10:35) Modern film of in and around Wednesday Market. (11:00) The large white building was once Wells the plumbers. (11:36) Film of the supermarket in Butchers Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema. (11:48) Looking towards the Queen's Head public house (12:04) Old photographs of the Boyes site on Wednesday Market, before Lord Roberts Road was built. (12:33) Another view of Wednesday Market including Witty's shop and the Chapel, which both stood on the site of the present Boyes store. (13:01) The Olde Pork Shoppe which was originally a butchers and a public house. (13:35) Edwardian crowds in Wednesday Market. (14:40) Photograph of the Empire Boot and Shoe Company at No 4 Wednesday Market, in around 1908. (14:53) A photograph of Radio by Wire, with their van parked outside their premises on Wednesday Market. (15:19) The Crystal Garage which was on the site of the Chapel on Wednesday Market. Boyes stands on this site now. (15:40) An old photograph of Well Lane End in Butcher Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema, which was built in 1913. (16:35) A photograph looking down Butchers Row towards where the Marble Arch Cinema was set back from the street. (16:49) A photograph of the Marble Arch Cinema. (17:08) Greswells furniture store, which was next door to the cinema. (17:05) Wednesday Market in the early 1900s, with the tall Crosskill's chimney in the background. The large house on the left is Leconfield House. (18:52) Modern film of the Wesleyan Chapel on Trinity Lane, which became the Masonic Hall, and Oddfellows Public House on the corner. (19:45) Some earlier colour film footage of Armstrong's offices on Eastgate c.1950s-1960s. (21:32) Footage of the Friary Gateway being moved to the other side of Eastgate in 1964. This was filmed by Mr Howard Hunter. (26:01) Some old photographs of Highgate, including the Osgodby coach and carriage works. (27:27) Ernie Teal talks about when he lived at 6 Highgate. (31:59) Ernie describes living in part of Beverley Friary. (36:50) Old colour pictures of Beverley Friary, including some of skeletons found during archaeological excavations, and a well in the garden. (42:09) Film of the sun-dial on the Minster and various views of the Minster. (47:04) Reg explains about the chimes of the Great Clock at Beverley Minster, and discusses the exterior of the building. (57:11) View of the statues on the exterior of the Minster, which Reg identifies for us. These were added between 1881 and 1921. (59:58) Reg names the statues above the west portal. These were all carved by Robert Smith. (1:05:26) We look at the carving on the West Doors inside the Minster. (1:07:38) The statues above the Great West Door. (1:09:25) Looking down the nave and around the Minster, including the altar screen and the font. (1:14:18) The Percy Tomb. (1:16:31) Wood carving by James Holmes, who worked for James Elwell. (1:18:41) The part of the Minster ceiling which opens for the hoist. (1:24:53) Minstrel carvings. (1:25:32) Some old postcards showing views of the Minster from Long Lane, featuring Hall Garth Farm and the Minster with a wall around it. (1:27:08) Postcards of Long Lane before the houses were built there and various other views around the Minster. (1:29:07) The corner of Long Lane and Keldgate in the 1880s. (1:30:02) Ann Routh's hospital on Keldgate. (1:30:19) The cottages next to Keldgate Manor. (1:30:41) At the time of filming, Keldgate Manor was an old people's home. (1:31:20) The coat of arms attached to Anne Routh's hospital, with information about the endowment of the building. (1:32:27) The back garden of Keldgate Manor. (1:33:43) Looking down to where the Beehive pub was on Keldgate. (1:33:55) The house on Keldgate built for the Constable family. It was used as the Grammar School and schoolmaster's house at one time. (1:34:29) Some drawings of the house in an earlier period, drawn by Bonfrey Burton. (1:35:09) Keldgate House, which was built in the 1700s. (1:35:49) The back of a house once owned by the Melrose Tannery. (1:36:26) A group photograph of the Melrose Tannery Staff. (1:36:40) Houses on the site of the Tanners Arms pub. (1:36:46) Old photographs of the Tanners Arms. Through an arch in the building was [Hinds]Yard which contained terraced houses. (1:37:36) Old photographs of Lairgate, including the old Beehive public house. (1:38:09) Modern houses on the site. (1:38:55) When this film was made, there was still an industrial building originally built for Thompson's Dairies at the top of Kitchen Lane. (1:39:16) Old photographs of Kitchen Lane, and also of a chapel which once stood near the end of Lairgate. (1:40:05) Old and modern images of a Keldgate shop with an arch at the side. (1:41:24) Some old cottages on Keldgate, possibly estate cottages belonging to Lairgate Hall at the time when Admiral Walker was the owner. (1:41:58) A photograph of the Reading Room which once stood next to the cottages. (1:43:17) An old picture of the wall around Admiral Walker's house. (1:43:44) A drawing of Keldgate Bar. (1:43:49) An old photograph of Queensgate. (1:43:54) A photograph of Victoria Barracks, where Morrisons now stands. (1:44:32) An aerial photograph of the barracks. (1:43:12) Beverley Grammar School. Reg lists all the sites where the Grammar School has stood. (1:45:28) Looking at the small [Victorian] building on Queensgate which once housed the Grammar School. (1:46:27) View of the interior of the old Grammar School building. (1:46:35) The stone laid in 1936 for the new Grammar School. Some views of the school, including the grounds and the cricket pavilion. (1:48:32) Grosvenor Place and Cartwright Lane. Public access copy available in Audio-Visual Room.