Ashlee Family Films: Paddling Pool, Biggin Hill and Our Two Angels, Biggin Hill and Barnehurst (1961)

A trio of home movies, featuring playtime in the garden, a Biggin Hill airshow and some horseplay on the sofa.

Home movie footage taken by Bexley’s Victor Ashlee, starting with film of his two young children playing in the garden in the paddling pool. The action then shifts to Biggin Hill for a spectacular airshow marking the 21st anniversary of the Battle of Britain – there’s some impressive formation flying – then on to the living room in Barnehurst, where Ashlee’s children read comics and take spectacular tumbles from the sofa. Latter includes some fab home dйcor.

Bexley Local Studies and Archives