Summerstown Works – Football Match – Hugh Stevenson v Upper Tooting, Summerstown (1930s)

Workers from a south London cardboard box factory take on local rivals Upper Tooting in this film from the 1930s.

A full-throttle football pitch in a muddy south London park features in this film, showing workers from Hugh Stevenson & Sons cardboard box factory in Summerstown, an area just north of Wimbledon town centre. The factory men are playing Upper Tooting and the cameraman captures some great action – including one excellent goal mouth scramble and a penalty – in a film that neatly illustrates the way firms of this era worked and played together.