London’s Screen Archives enables Londoners see their past come alive on film. Managed by Film London, we are a unique network of historic film collections that cares for, collects and screens heritage film across the city. Together we preserve London’s rich film heritage from feature films to home movies, public information films, newsreels, and records of the capital’s many different industries.
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Islington Central Methodist Church Stone Laying Ceremony
Formal fashions and colourful headwear adorn the attendees of a traffic-stopping parade and stone laying ceremony at the site of a new church.
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Overview
This evocative amateur film documents the stone laying ceremony of the Islington Central Methodist Church that would subsequently replace the Albany Mission on Hornsey Road. Shots of the parade passing through nearby streets paint a lively portrait of the local area before arriving at the destination - the new church site between Palmer Place and Liverpool Road. With marching bands, Scouts, Guides, clergy and local officials taking part, it's a truly communal event.
This film is from the collection of Islington Local History Centre.
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