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Reeth Whitsun
A typically whimsical film by Yorkshire film masters the Ramsdens, painting an idyllic image of a post-war summer’s day in the country, down by the river and in the pub.
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Overview
This is one of many examples of Leeds couple Betty and Cyril Ramsden in the 1940s and ‘50s filming one of their holidays in Yorkshire. A gentle meander around Swaledale, bathing and picnicking by the river, is rounded off by a retreat to the local pub. Some 70 years later, you can still sit at the same place outside the Kings Arms in Reeth with a pint, just up the road from the village of Booze.
Betty and Cyril Ramsden, prominent members of Leeds Cine Club, began making their large collection of films in 1945 and continued into the mid-1960s. Cyril had a dental practice in Headingley. Their film collection was made the subject of a BBC/Open University television programme, Nation on Film (2006).
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