Southwold Holiday

Home movie of a family holiday at the beach in Southwold and sailing on Fritton Lake.

Various shots of waves crashing onto the beach at Southwold. Camera pans across the street in Southwold, showing the Swan Hotel and people walking along the street. A car drives past the camera. Someone bikes past the Swan Hotel. More shots of the busy street in Southwold. A woman rides a horse through the street whilst talking to a woman walking alongside her. The woman moves the horse out of the way of a car whilst continuing her conversation with the other woman. The woman on foot sees a lady she recognises walking across the street and so waves and runs over to her. She brings her over to the woman on the horse and they shake hands. She signals to the person behind the camera and the two women look around the horse towards the camera. Shot of a woman riding a horse along the beach. They run towards the camera. Shot of the Neale family gathered on the beach. A little girl jumps down from a wall and a man catches her. Two children, John and Susan, paddle in the sea with rubber rings. A woman with a towel wrapped around her and a boy walk down the wooden slope to the beach. Both families’ children are swimming in the sea. A woman and a child walk down the beach and into the sea. Children playing with sand on the beach. John and Susan are sitting in boats on Fritton Lake. The scenes that follow were filmed in Dufaycolor. Shot of a sailing boat on the water followed by a shot of the sea waves. John and Susan row the boats on Fritton Lake followed by a shot of them riding horses. More shots of the sea. Camera pans along the red flowers in the walled gardens of Fritton Lake. Shot of a woman and a little girl walking down the garden towards the lake where a rowing boat is tethered. Camera pans across the lake and the plants in the garden. Shot of Sammy and Kath sitting by a wall on Southwold beach followed by a shot of Mrs Lewis paddling in the sea. Sammy, Kath and a little girl are all sitting by the wall. Mrs Lewis and another lady are talking on the beach.

Featured Buildings

Walled Gardens at Fritton Lake.

Keywords

Beach; Boats; Children; Family; Gardens; Horses; Lake; Sand; Sea; Southwold; Dufaycolor

Intertitles

The Southwold Holiday. August 1934 Southwold Kath And Peachy Still Gossiping On The Beach With The Neales John And Susan Bathing. The Polite Lady Both Families In The Water 2nd. Colour Film. John And Susan On The Lake Harrington's "Harkaway" The Sea John And Susan In The Boats Riding More Sea Fritton Decoy Sammy And Kath Mrs Lewis

Other Places

Fritton Lake.

Background Information

Family films of John Harrison of Stambourne, Essex. John Harrison was the son of Victor B. Harrison, a famed model train enthusiast from Bishop Stortford. John Harrison's family also owned Harrison and Sons Limited, a print works in High Wycombe, that has since become De La Rue.