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        Ashlee Family Films: The Cottage, Bexley (1963)

        A curious amateur-made comic short, as a couple borrow a friend’s cottage for a romantic liaison but find things don’t go quite according to plan.

        Amateur film 1963 12 mins

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        Overview

        The action starts in a London office, where an office worker finally plucks up the courage to invite a colleague to the countryside for the weekend. But his Bond-like plans for a romantic liaison – shown in a fantasy sequence – have a shocking conclusion. Funny, odd and very much of its era, this was made by Bexley’s Victor Ashlee, who shot numerous home movies of his family but also the odd inventive piece of fiction like this.

        Bexley Local Studies and Archives