1968 Isle of Sheppey, Kent - Children's Outing Sheerness
Standard 8mm film Colour Silent 1968 8:52
Summary: Amateur film of an outing to Sheerness, Kent, by the residents of the Brandon Estate, Southwark.
Title number: 1086
LSA ID: LSA/1504
Description: Title: B.E.C.C. Presents '1968 Isle of Sheppey, Kent - Children's Outing Sheerness - Dodgems, go-carts, big wheel, big dipper, bingo, etc. New self drive water boats on the boating pool'. Shot of the entrance to Brandon Estate in the early morning, then at the eight coaches standing outside. The coaches set off loaded with residents. Interior shots of the coach. Children stroke a horse in a small paddock. People drinking outside out of paper cups. A man rushes up to the camera. A black family walks along the seafront in the rain. Children on the rides at the fun fair, including go-carts, the big wheel and a miniature train. In a boxing ring, two boys box. A puddle shows how hard it is raining. Women in the bingo hall. Title: 'The End'.
Credits: director: Richard Morgan
Further information: The Brandon Estate was built in 1958 and housed people from Bermondsey whose houses had been demolished in slum clearance. The residents formed several clubs, and the cine club filmed events run by the social club, which met above the library.
Keywords: Kent; Trip; Outing; Sheerness
Locations: United Kingdom; England; Kent; Sheerness
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The whole character of the seafront was obliterated after a flood (one of many over the decades) necessitated more robust sea defences, so where there were once shelters, kiosks and beach huts is now mainly a high concrete wall.
Oh yes, and then there’s the sunken Liberty Ship a couple of miles offshore, packed with high explosives, but that’s another story…