| Description | Originally deposited as a VHS video cassette.
Timing Action on film
(00:00) The Latimer Memorial Church on Grovehill Road. This replaced the 'Tin Mission' or Shepherd Memorial Congregational Church which was further down Grovehill Road.
Some old photographs:
(00:30) The 'Tin Mission' and of the Reverend Abba, its first minister.
(00:43) Albion House on Swinemoor Lane Corner, owned by the man who ran Crathornes Flour Mill.
(00:50) The first council houses, built in 1922 and film of how they look now.
(01:12) Photographs of a cycle shop which has been in existence for 70 or 80 years.
(01:53) Contemporary footage of a detached house built for one of the Elwell family.
(02:11) Contemporary footage of Beverley Railway Station, built in 1846 by the Hull and Selby Railway Company.
(02:57) Looking down towards Railway Street towards where the Station Master's House once stood.
(03:11) Modern view down the railway line, and the interior of the station.
(03:48) The clock in Station Square and the Telegraph Hotel.
(04:10) Railway Street, built by architects Edgar Page and his brother. It was originally called Albert Street.
(04:53) The part of Station Square where the Station Master's House once stood.
(05:44) The Telegraph Hotel, which stood on Station Square at the time this film was made.
(06:04) The top floor of the next-door building was once Fred Elwell's studio.
(07:15) Old photograph of the Railway Station in the late nineteenth century.
(08:11) Photograph of Armstrong's Works being demolished.
(08:38) Old photograph of the Station Master's Garden.
(08:49) Photograph of what was Collinson's Instruments, and is now the Catholic Club.
(08:55) Old photograph of the Station Gardens.
(09:37) Photograph of the Goods Yard.
(09:59) Photograph of the Station with a canopy.
(10:13) Photograph of Victorian cabbies standing in front of their lobby at Beverley Railway Station.
(10:35) Modern film of in and around Wednesday Market.
(11:00) The large white building was once Wells the plumbers.
(11:36) Film of the supermarket in Butchers Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema.
(11:48) Looking towards the Queen's Head public house
(12:04) Old photographs of the Boyes site on Wednesday Market, before Lord Roberts Road was built.
(12:33) Another view of Wednesday Market including Witty's shop and the Chapel, which both stood on the site of the present Boyes store.
(13:01) The Olde Pork Shoppe which was originally a butchers and a public house.
(13:35) Edwardian crowds in Wednesday Market.
(14:40) Photograph of the Empire Boot and Shoe Company at No 4 Wednesday Market, in around 1908.
(14:53) A photograph of Radio by Wire, with their van parked outside their premises on Wednesday Market.
(15:19) The Crystal Garage which was on the site of the Chapel on Wednesday Market. Boyes stands on this site now.
(15:40) An old photograph of Well Lane End in Butcher Row, the site of the Marble Arch Cinema, which was built in 1913.
(16:35) A photograph looking down Butchers Row towards where the Marble Arch Cinema was set back from the street.
(16:49) A photograph of the Marble Arch Cinema.
(17:08) Greswells furniture store, which was next door to the cinema.
(17:05) Wednesday Market in the early 1900s, with the tall Crosskill's chimney in the background. The large house on the left is Leconfield House.
(18:52) Modern film of the Wesleyan Chapel on Trinity Lane, which became the Masonic Hall, and Oddfellows Public House on the corner.
(19:45) Some earlier colour film footage of Armstrong's offices on Eastgate c.1950s-1960s.
(21:32) Footage of the Friary Gateway being moved to the other side of Eastgate in 1964. This was filmed by Mr Howard Hunter.
(26:01) Some old photographs of Highgate, including the Osgodby coach and carriage works.
(27:27) Ernie Teal talks about when he lived at 6 Highgate.
(31:59) Ernie describes living in part of Beverley Friary.
(36:50) Old colour pictures of Beverley Friary, including some of skeletons found during archaeological excavations, and a well in the garden.
(42:09) Film of the sun-dial on the Minster and various views of the Minster.
(47:04) Reg explains about the chimes of the Great Clock at Beverley Minster, and discusses the exterior of the building.
(57:11) View of the statues on the exterior of the Minster, which Reg identifies for us. These were added between 1881 and 1921.
(59:58) Reg names the statues above the west portal. These were all carved by Robert Smith.
(1:05:26) We look at the carving on the West Doors inside the Minster.
(1:07:38) The statues above the Great West Door.
(1:09:25) Looking down the nave and around the Minster, including the altar screen and the font.
(1:14:18) The Percy Tomb.
(1:16:31) Wood carving by James Holmes, who worked for James Elwell.
(1:18:41) The part of the Minster ceiling which opens for the hoist.
(1:24:53) Minstrel carvings.
(1:25:32) Some old postcards showing views of the Minster from Long Lane, featuring Hall Garth Farm and the Minster with a wall around it.
(1:27:08) Postcards of Long Lane before the houses were built there and various other views around the Minster.
(1:29:07) The corner of Long Lane and Keldgate in the 1880s.
(1:30:02) Ann Routh's hospital on Keldgate.
(1:30:19) The cottages next to Keldgate Manor.
(1:30:41) At the time of filming, Keldgate Manor was an old people's home.
(1:31:20) The coat of arms attached to Anne Routh's hospital, with information about the endowment of the building.
(1:32:27) The back garden of Keldgate Manor.
(1:33:43) Looking down to where the Beehive pub was on Keldgate.
(1:33:55) The house on Keldgate built for the Constable family. It was used as the Grammar School and schoolmaster's house at one time.
(1:34:29) Some drawings of the house in an earlier period, drawn by Bonfrey Burton.
(1:35:09) Keldgate House, which was built in the 1700s.
(1:35:49) The back of a house once owned by the Melrose Tannery.
(1:36:26) A group photograph of the Melrose Tannery Staff.
(1:36:40) Houses on the site of the Tanners Arms pub.
(1:36:46) Old photographs of the Tanners Arms. Through an arch in the building was [Hinds]Yard which contained terraced houses.
(1:37:36) Old photographs of Lairgate, including the old Beehive public house.
(1:38:09) Modern houses on the site.
(1:38:55) When this film was made, there was still an industrial building originally built for Thompson's Dairies at the top of Kitchen Lane.
(1:39:16) Old photographs of Kitchen Lane, and also of a chapel which once stood near the end of Lairgate.
(1:40:05) Old and modern images of a Keldgate shop with an arch at the side.
(1:41:24) Some old cottages on Keldgate, possibly estate cottages belonging to Lairgate Hall at the time when Admiral Walker was the owner.
(1:41:58) A photograph of the Reading Room which once stood next to the cottages.
(1:43:17) An old picture of the wall around Admiral Walker's house.
(1:43:44) A drawing of Keldgate Bar.
(1:43:49) An old photograph of Queensgate.
(1:43:54) A photograph of Victoria Barracks, where Morrisons now stands.
(1:44:32) An aerial photograph of the barracks.
(1:43:12) Beverley Grammar School. Reg lists all the sites where the Grammar School has stood.
(1:45:28) Looking at the small [Victorian] building on Queensgate which once housed the Grammar School.
(1:46:27) View of the interior of the old Grammar School building.
(1:46:35) The stone laid in 1936 for the new Grammar School. Some views of the school, including the grounds and the cricket pavilion.
(1:48:32) Grosvenor Place and Cartwright Lane.
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