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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 1149.20
- Media URN:
- 39871
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 05/04/1945
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:02:47:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:45:18:00 / 01:48:05:00
- Canister:
- 45/28
yellowprincess51 says
In fact, Lloyd George lived & was buried in Llanystumdwy, a village near Cricieth. I have always been fascinated by this clip of the funeral, as my father, who was a young minister in Llanystumdwy & neighbouring Rhoslan & is visible walking with other clergy in front of the horse drawn hearse. Lloyd George attended one of my father's services towards the end of his life.
fogley1 says
I was delighted to see this film; it is a memory I have from childhood, aged five, which I have clearly held. I went to Criccieth with my mother in 1944 to escape the doodlebugs; my uncle worked at Fort Halstead and warned my mother of their coming.
In 1945, I think after my fifth birthday in February, I became ill with chickenpox; I remember hearing that Lloyd George was ill at the same time, and then being taken to watch his coffin being carried through the valley. I particularly remember the people climbing in the trees to get a better view.
Other memories I have of Criccieth were being taken to a tearoom and having bread with margarine and sugar as a treat, learning to ride a bicycle in a back yard, and Sunday school.
My mother cycled round in the hills with me behind on a child seat; I stuck my foot in the spokes (no guard) and was carried into a house with a badly cut ankle.