Away but by No Means Resting

Stencil coloured coastline of Wales

A J Sylvester, David Lloyd George’s private secretary, here catches the ex-British prime minister at leisure, with his family in Blaenau Ffestiniog and his apples in Surrey.

The open road: Mrs Morgan of Pontypridd shows her talent for picnic-ing in style, being able to produce fresh chips, a pot of tea and buttered rolls at the roadside.

A Frenchman, writing in the 1600s, thought that the English took their pleasures “sadly”. Harold Cox, filming holidaymakers in Wales in 1939, is determined to prove him wrong.

Let the Rev. Albert Knowles of Grindleton be your guide to the attractive and interesting places of north Wales e.g. Llanystumdwy, Harlech and Aberdaron.

Staring a Butlin’s holiday camp in the face at Pwllheli (capacity: 5,000) can the Welsh in this area maintain the faith, language and traditions of their fathers?

Mrs Cross takes the Daz test but what will the outcome be?

Points of view from a production company at the outset of commercial television in the UK.

From out of the vaults comes this pre-WWII cinema advert for ice-cream

A hard-working Catford clippie and her family star in this cinema ad for hot chocolate.

In 1972 Britain entered the European common market full of beans. What could go wrong?

A cup of Horlicks helps a struggling husband bring home the bacon in this 1950s advert.