| Description | Originally deposited as a DVD-ROM.
Part I.
(00:23) Holme on the Wolds. Ernie's family originated here. He shows us where his blacksmith ancestors lived.
(01:03) Ernie tells us about his father and grandfather.
(02:53) The local churchyard.
(03:09) Highgate in Beverley, where Ernie and his mother lived. The site is now occupied by modern houses.
(04:23) He talks about the pub now known as the Monk's Walk.
(04:39) Ernie reminiscences about his childhood neighbours in Highgate: Mr Cammage, the organist at the Minster, [Potty Pecks], who was related to Pecks the fishmonger, and Fred Osgerby, coach and carriage builder who was also a bell ringer.
(05:58) He also mentions the [Dollymain] brothers who were window cleaners and Norfolk Jack, who worked at Jolly's Farm in Long Lane.
(07:26) Ernie remembers the Minster Girls School and how he teased Bessie Bailey, a policeman's daughter.
(07:56) He recalls the time when his family lived in part of Beverley Friary. He describes how Armstrongs gave archaeologists 48 hours to excavate the Friary garden. He also recalls his neighbours who lived in the other part of the Friary.
(13:45) Ernie shows us a well in the Friary garden.
(15:43) Langholm, a large house where Ernie started his working life. He describes the duties he performed for 7/6d a week.
(17:29) Broadgate Hospital in Walkington. Ernie worked here in 1933. ( The hospital no longer exists. ) Ernie was an apprentice electrician at the time. He recalls some of the inmates.
(27:13) A wonderful photograph of Ernie in his Coldstream Guards uniform and a photograph of him as an 18 year old.
(27:42) Ernie tells us about his army career.
(40:49) He describes courting his wife Doris and their experiences during the Second World War.
(53:52) A wedding picture of Ernie and Doris, who were married on 3rd September 1941 at Beverley Minster.
(55:18) Ernie and Doris describe their life in the post-war years.
(55:56) A photograph of Ernie with his MBE medal.
(56:43) Ernie describes how he got his MBE and his experiences at the ceremony.
(01:18:39) A plate signed by Pat Phoenix, who played Elsie Tanner in 'Coronation Street'. Ernie describes her visits to the Walkington Charity Barbeques from 1962 to 1969.
Part II.
(00:30) Northgate, Walkington. Ernie and Ken Drew show us around the grounds of Walkington Hall.
(01:48) Ken Drew explains about [Charter] Fawcett who owned Walkington Hall and about the Fawcett coat of arms.
(10:31) The stables at Walkington Hall.
(10:39) Inside the clock tower at the stables, winding the clock mechanism.
(12:01) We meet Bill Taylor with his adoring dog, and some other friends of Ernie's.
(15:10) Ernie tells us about the chalk and alum quarry on the Westwood where he once worked
(17:10) A view of Beverley Minster from the Westwood.
(17:26) The Black Mill. Earnie describes his memories of the Mill from his childhood.
(18:33) Ernie remembers the pond which once stood near Anti Mill.
(20:11) Ernie describes meeting the actor Ronald Coleman, who he says was born in Molescroft.
(21:06) Burton Bushes.
(21:24) Ernie points out the site of a lime quarry and lime kilns, which are no linger there.
(22:44) Ernie talks about bullises (sloes).
(23:11) Ernie discusses the birds and animals that inhabit the Westwood.
(23:54) .Blackberries on the Westwood.
(26:18) Ernie explains how some parts of the Westwood were named by soldiers returning from the Crimean War. They named them after their battlefields: Hill Sixty and [Majuba] for instance.
(26:49) Cobblers' Well, which he describes as a 'dimple' to the south of the Westwood. He has been told that cobblers used to meet there each summer to agree prices.
(30:09) Ernie tells of how metal detectorists have found hundreds of cap badges and military buttons from the times when there were army camps on the Westwood.
(31:36) A plaque set in a wheel commemorating the Walkington Hayride.
(31:57) Wagons used for the Hayride.
(33:04) Ernie chats to Mrs Waterworth and Carol her daughter in law at their house [in Walkington].
(35:19) Back to Bill Taylors. We meet Nick Grantham.
(36:24) They look at some stonework set into one of the walls of Bill's house, which may have come from a church.
(40:57) Ernie shows us a fishpond created by the Elleker family on the Risby Estate centuries ago. He tells us the pond's more recent history and describes the work of gamekeepers in the past.
(46:28) Ernie delves into the pond to shows us some freshwater mussels.
(49:09) We look at a nearby folly in the form of a ruined tower.
(50:24) Ernie points out the mounds which are all that is left of Risby Hall. He tells us the story of a gipsy's curse which caused the Hall to be burnt to the ground.
(52:11) An image of Risby Hall in the late eighteenth century.
(52:36) The Old Rectory in Walkington. Ernie tells us about its history. There are roundels with heraldic crests set into some of the front gables. We look at the gardens and at some views of the local church.
(55:50) Ernie shows us around All Hallows, which is Walkington's parish church.
(56:29) The pews where the church band used to sit
(57:14) The memorial to those fallen in the First World War.
(57:26) The lectern.
(57:4z6) A modern stained glass window circa 1961.
(58:00) An earlier stained glass window.
(58:26) A memorial to Thomas Staveley Stephenson. His family had electric lights installed in Walkington church.
(59:09) The church organ.
(59:36) The bishop's chair.
(01:00:15) A stained glass window in memory of Helen Lawson, 1896-1936.
(01:02:01) The memorial to Robert Albert Plimpton, killed in action in 1971.
(01:02:17) The font.
(01:02:29) An stone coffin discovered in the floor of the church. The body it once contained has never been identified.
(01:03:24) Ernie explains the history of a painting of Walkington Pond.
(01:04:18) Reg Walker gives us a brief history of the church as we look at the exterior.
(01:05:24) The Ferguson and Fawcett Arms. Ernie tells us some of its history, including stories of the blacksmith's shop which is part of the present building.
(01:10:41) A notice about a wooden panel in the pub which was carved by James Elwell.
(01:11:22) The panel itself, which has the date 1901 carved on it.
(01:12:32) A painting of one of the Ferguson Fawcett family.
(01:12:38) Teal Close, named after Ernie.
(01:13:40) Walkington House, built in 1910 by the Stephenson family. Ernie tells us about the people associated with it.
(01:19:20) The greenhouses at Walkington Hall.
(01:19:43) A row of ancient trees in the garden.
(01:21:02) The coach house, now converted into a dwelling house.
(01:21:28) We meet some of the occupants of Walkington Hall at the time of filming.
(01:21:47) Ernie and Doris's golden wedding anniversary.
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