The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset
Feeding time: Westward Television presenter Clive Gunnell reports from Ferne Animal Sanctuary at Wambrook in Somerset.
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Overview
Westward Television presenter Clive Gunnell interviews the Manager of Ferne Animal Sanctuary, John Bryant. The Wambrook sanctuary was established by the Duchess of Hamilton & Brandon at the beginning of the Second World War and continues to thrive as an important animal refuge. Gunnell is also shown how the sanctuary cares for animals in need which include chickens, dogs, donkeys and horses.
In 1903, Nina, the Duchess of Hamilton co-founded the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society. At the beginning of the second world war, she realised service men and women would not be able to take their pets with them and put out an appeal on the BBC's national service for suitable homes. Pets were cared for on the estate and as many owners never returned, the Ferne Animal Sanctuary was born.
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