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Summer party, Ilford (c1950s)
Bunting, hats, strange slogans and party games feature in this home movie from a summer party.
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Overview
Home movie from the Ronald Bond collection showing a summer party, complete with bunting, impressive hats and mysterious slogans (“hurry as Kate”, “beads belie nylon”, “may had monk”) hung on conservatory windows. It ends with a batch of party games involving hoops, balloons and sacks, plus another in which blindfolded men are led into trees by rein-handling woman. Curious.
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