Hair Thatching 1958

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Long Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).

Man measures proportions of a dilapidated cottage - its windows are broken. Mr Roye England makes scale models of traditional English cottages that are ready for demolition or just falling to pieces. He is creating a model village.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
1350
Sort Number:
CP 205
Time in/Out:
01:17:27:00 / 01:20:34:00
Canister:
CP 205
Film ID:
83.04
Issue Date:
01/12/1958

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  • I wonder if the model village was ever finished ? according to the clip it would be finished in 1983.

    gary knight 26th Feb 2012
  • "Long Whittenham" should read Long Wittenham. (Note that county boundary changes mean it's now in Oxfordshire, not Berkshire).

    "Roy England" should read Roye England.

    "Mr England's wife and daughter" - actually the girl is called Wynne Morris, and not Roye England's daughter.

    jamied 24th Apr 2012
  • Thanks jamied.

    Gary Knight - we wonder about this too! Does anyone know? Or have a picture of it now? Send it in!

    British Pathé 15th May 2012
  • The museum is still there. See http://www.pendonmuseum.com. If you're in the area, well worth a visit. A modern video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzDQsZ__DyE

    philstubbington 17th Jan 2013

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