Richard Brookes Collection: Lyn and Joanna, Ilford (1974)

Ferns, rocking chairs and 70s maternity wear feature in this short, featuring newborn Joanna Brookes and her mum Lyn on their first day back from hospital in Ilford.

This sweet home movie shows Lyn Brookes leaving her front door and heading down the road, clad in a flouncy maternity dress and clutching a suitcase. When she returns, it’s in a car with baby Joanna. New dad Richard then films Joanna’s bottle feed, pausing midway through (around 1min 55sec) to do a quick sweep of the sitting room, revealing the very 70s dйcor of brown sofas, indoor ferns and rocking chairs. From the Richard Brookes collection of Super 8 films.