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        Suburban Week-end

        The sights and delights of West Norwood make for a weekend well spent.

        Amateur film 1950 12 mins Silent

        Overview

        This well-crafted amateur film records the sights and delights of a weekend spent in West Norwood in the late 1940s. It's a charming catalogue of local landmarks and community events: a darts game at Horns Tavern, 'clocking-off' at the Tannoy factory, a wedding, a football match, a jumble sale. The collage of distractions is cleverly compiled - the film was in fact shot over several weekends.

        While some things haven't changed - bus nos. 2 and 68 still connect Norwood to central London - the bustling high street, seen here with its cinemas and emporia, is now a shadow of its postwar self. The historic Horns Tavern still stands, but the art deco Regal cinema was demolished in the 1980s. The filmmaker was Ronald A Yeatman, a member of the Astral Cine Club who shot several films around the south London borough of Lambeth in the 40s and 50s.

        Director
        Ronald A. Yeatman
        Genres
        Amateur film
        Country
        United Kingdom
        Location
        West Norwood
        Language
        No Dialogue with English subtitles

        Subjects

        Children Cinemas Restaurants Factories Football matches Parks Trams Markets Jumble sales Amateur theatre Scouts Weddings Evening News Clothing Shops Darts Police Churches Allotment gardens Modelling Boats Rowing Tennis War Memorials Railway stations Greengrocers Dance schools Regal cinema (West Norwood) Horns Tavern, The Delivery boys and girls Newspapers

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