Made by Leeds photographer Charles Pickard, this film was taken on a trip to Sidmouth, Devon, home of the Wesley Guild.   The Wesley Guild is a worldwide Christian organisation aimed to retain young people within the Wesleyan Church.  The film includes extensive intertitles describing the film’s content.   TITLES: “SIDHOLME” THE PRIDE OF THE WESLEY GUILD THE ENCHANTING HOLIDAY HOME A CHARMING HOUSE IN LOVELY GROUNDS – AT SIDMOUTH ON THE SOUTH COAST OF GLORIOUS DEVON THE GUILDERS’ PARADISE...

Made by Leeds photographer Charles Pickard, this film was taken on a trip to Sidmouth, Devon, home of the Wesley Guild.   The Wesley Guild is a worldwide Christian organisation aimed to retain young people within the Wesleyan Church.  The film includes extensive intertitles describing the film’s content.   TITLES: “SIDHOLME” THE PRIDE OF THE WESLEY GUILD THE ENCHANTING HOLIDAY HOME A CHARMING HOUSE IN LOVELY GROUNDS – AT SIDMOUTH ON THE SOUTH COAST OF GLORIOUS DEVON THE GUILDERS’ PARADISE WHERE YOU MAY HAVE REST AND RECREATION AMONGST BEAUTIFUL SURRUNDINGS AND CONGENIAL COMPANY. …EASY OR STRENEOUS OUTINGS AMONGST DEVON’S FAMOUS SCENERY, BY LUXURIOUS MOTOR COACH OR ON FOOT. BATHING, TENNIS, PUTTING ETC., BY DAY AND CONCERTS OR OTHER ENTERTAINMENT IN THE EVENINGS WHOLESOME AND ABUNDANT FOOD, SERVED BY CHARMING FELLOW GUILDERS SCENES AND INCIDENTS TAKEN DURING A HOLIDAY AT SIDHOLME PHOTOGRAPHED BY CHAS. R.H. PICKARD, THE BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHER LEEDS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE SOUTH LAWN. There is a shot of people sat on the lawn. The camera pans along the seated people. TITLE: IT IS ON THIS LAWN THAT AFTERNOON TEA IS SERVED, UNLESS THE WAEATHER IS UNSUITABLE A waiter hands out cakes to the guests. TITLE: AND A JOLLY GOOD TEA IT IS, TOO. TITLE: LOOK AT THE GENEROUS FARE INCLUDING THE FAR FAMED AND DELICIOUS DEVONSHIRE “SPLITS” SERVED UP WITH REAL DEVONSHIRE CREAM AND JAM. People drink tea outside the house. TITLE: DO YOU RECOGNISE ANY OF THE GUESTS IN THE PICTURES? TITLE: HERE COMES OUR KINDLY HOST THE REV. A.H. LOWE WHO HANDS ROUND THE DAINTIES. The man hands cake to the guests. TITLE: AREN’T THEY ENJOYING THEIR CUPS OF TEA? People drink tea outside on the grass. TITLE: PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY; TO GIVE THEIR NAMES WOULD TAKE TOO LONG. The people continue to drink their tea. TITLE: AFTER AFTERNOON TEA ON SUNDAYS THE GENTLEMEN HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF WASHING UP – WHICH THEY THOROUGHLY ENJOY TITLE: AFTER WASHING UP THEY HAVE A “WASHING UP PARADE”. Men walk out in comical fashion with aprons on and washing items on their heads. TITLE: THEY POSE ON THE LAWN FOR THE ARMY OF LADY SNAPSHOTTERS. Lots of women take photographs of the men in their funny washing-up themed dress. TITLE: HERE IS ANOTHER WASHING UP PARADE A WEEK LATER. Men march out in similar washing up themed dress, TITLE: THE STAFF, RELIEVED OF THE WASHING UP, HAVE A LITTLE REST ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Women relax in chairs. TITLE: STANDING TOGETHER, IN THE CENTRE – BEHIND THE CHAIRS – ARE MISS HEATH (LEFT), THE MANAGERESS AND MISS MORTON-GEORGE, THE SECRETARY AND ORGANISER OF EXCURSIONS ETC., BOTH VERY BUSY PEOPLE. Female members of staff are shown again. TITLE: A WALKING PARTY LEAVING THE HOUSE FOR ONE OF THE MANY DELIGHTFUL SHORT DISTANCE OUTINGS. Guests walk along a road near the house. TITLE: SUBSTANTIAL PACKED LUNCHES ARE PROVIDED FOR ALL EXCURSIONS TITLE: ONE OF THE LONGER EXCURSIONS BY MOTOR COACH IS TO WIDDICOMBE, ON THE EDGE OF DARTMOOR, AND FAMOUS FOR ITS FAIR. TITLE: WE LEAVE THE COACHES ON THE PARKING GROUND AND WALK A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE CHURCH. People walk towards the church and away from the car park. TITLE: WE SIT ON THE GREEN NEAR THE CHURCH AND ENJOY OUR LUNCH. The guests sit down in the churchyard and eat lunch. TITLE: COMING INTO THE PICTURE FROM THE RIGHT IS THE REV. BERNARD LEWIS OF MILL HILL, NEAR LONDON, TITLE: WHO WAS HOST AT THE TIME AND HIS SISTER – MISS LEWIS – HOSTESS. The group remain sat in the churchyard. TITLE: FRUIT IS USUALLY PROVIDED WITH PACKED LUNCHES. HERE YOU SEE APPLES BEING DISTRIBUTED Apples are thrown to the seated people on the grass. TITLE: ANOTHER INTERESTING PLACE VISITED ON THE WIDDICOMBE EXCURSION IS HAYTOR, A HUGE ROUNDED ROCK ON DARTMOOR. From a low-angle, the camera photographs people climbing the round rock. TITLE: A LITTLE INCIDENT IN WHICH A GUEST THREATENS AND ATTEMPS TO DUCK ONE OF THE STAFF IN A LILY POND AS PUNISHMENT FOR A JOKE. A man and woman wrestle on the ground. TITLE: HAVING FAILED IN HIS EFFORTS HE MAKES PEACE WITH THE “BROWNIE” TITLE: AND THEY RECEIVE THE BENEDICTION OF ONE OF THE CLERICAL GUESTS (NOT IN CLERICAL DRESS) The man and woman shake hands. TITLE: THE GENTLEMAN IS THEN DARED BY A SOMEWHAT HEAVY LADY TO DUCK HER – NOTE THE RESULT. The man cannot lift the large woman. TITLE: A BATHING PARTY LEAVING THE HOUSE FOR THE SHORE. People in dressing gowns walk towards the camera. TITLE: THEY PREPARE FOR THE WATER. The guests get changed into swimming clothes on the beach. TITLE: AND FACE THE MUSIC – OF THE WAVES. They play and run into the sea with each other. TITLE: THEY DRESS (MORE OR LESS) ON THE BEACH – AND INCIDENTALLY, ATTRACT ATTENTION. People stand and watch them get dressed. TITLE: A POPULAR EXCURSION IS TO WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND BILL, BUT ON THIS OCCASION THE WEATHER TURNED AWFULLY WET. TITLE: WEYMOUTH BEACH WAS DISMAL AND ALMOST DESERTED. There are hardly any people on the beach. TILE: THE DONKEYS WERE HAVING A HOLIDAY. Donkeys stand idly. TITLE: DRIVING ALONG THE PROMENADE THIS IS WHAT WE SAW THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN OF THE CAR. There is a shot of the street from the car. TITLE: ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING, BEAUTIFUL AND ENJOYABLE EXCURSIONS IS TO GLASTONBURY, WELLS AND CHEDDAR GORGE. TITLE: GLASTONBURY ABBEY. There is an exterior shot of an abbey. TITLE: ARRIVING AT WELLS WE HAD OUR ALFRESCO LUNCH IN THE CATHEDRAL CLOSE. They sit on the grass next to the cathedral. TITLE: SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLKS TRYING TO FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLE OF “BITE BIGGER BILLY” WHEN THE APPLES WERE SERVED OUT. People eat apples and look at the camera. TITLE: GOING DOWN CHEDDAR GORGE – THAT WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL ROCKY AND TORTOUS RAVINE. There are shots from cars of the winding road near the ravine. TITLE: END OF PART 1 TITLE: PART 2 TITIE: LOOKING UP CHEDDAR GORGE. There is a high-angle shot that pans across a hilly area TITLE: ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE TRIPS IS TO DARTMOUTH BY MOTOR COACH, THEN ACROSS IN THE FERRY TO KINGSWEAR AND UP THE RIVER DART TO TOTNES TITLE: RETURNING TO SIDHOLME BY COACH. TITLE: ON ARRIVING AT DARTMOUTH WE SOON GET A FINE PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE RIVER WITH ITS MANY AND VARIED CRAFT AND WITH KINGSWEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE. A panning shot of boats on the river. TITLE: THERE IS BUNTING EVERYWHERE, AS A REGATTA IS IN PREPERATION. TITLE: AS WE HAVE LITTLE TIME IN WHICH TO CATCH THE RIVER BOAT WE EAT OUR PACKED LUNCH STANDING. Panning shot of people eating. TITLE: FROM THIS POSITION WE LOOK DOWN THE RIVER WHERE THE LATE SIR THOMAS LIPTON’S FAMOUS RACING YACHT SHAMROCK V. LIES AT ANCHOR. A panning shot of yachts. TITLE: AFTER CROSSING IN THE STEAM FERRY TO KINGSWEAR WE BOARD THE SMALL RIVER STEAMER FOR OUR TRIP UP THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER DART The steamer is boarded by passengers next to the river. TITLE: AS WE PASS UP THE RIVER WE SEE MANY INTERESTING SIGHTS SOME PLEASING, SOME BEAUTIFUL, OTHERS DEPRESSING. TITLE: WE PASS CLOSE TO SIR THOMAS LIPTON’S LARGE STEAM YACHT, “ERIN”, THE BOAT IN WHICH HE CROSSED THE ATLANTIC SEVERAL TIMES There is a shot taken from the steamer of other boats on the river. TITLE: LOOKING BACKWARD TOWARDS DARTMOUTH AND THE SHIPPING WE HAVE JUST PASSED. There is a shot from the steamer’s rear looking back at boats in the distance. TITLE: THE SKIPPER STANDS IN THE BOW OF THE BOAT AND DESCRIBES THE MANY INTERESTING SIGHTS – WITH A FEW YARNS THROWN IN. The boat’s skipper talks to passengers at the front of the craft. TITLE: WE PASS A BOAT WHERE FIVE MEN ARE CARRYING OUT DREDGING OPERATIONS IN A VERY SLOW AND PRIMITIVE FASHION. Dredgers work the river near the steamer. TITLE: WE ARRIVE AT TOTNES, AFTER AN ENJOYABLE TRIP, AND STEP ASHORE. Passengers depart the steamer. TITLE: AND MAKE FOR THE SEYMOUR HOTEL CAFE WHERE WE HAVE AFTERNOON TEA IN THE GARDEN. People eat at a table outside. TITLE: SIDHOLME GUESTS NEVER TIRE OF THESE DELICIOUS DEVONSHIRE TEAS – WHICH SOMETIME SPOIL THEIR APETITE FOR DINNER. There are panning shots of people eating. TITLE: A GUEST ASKS FOR MORE HOT WATER. A woman pours water into a cup. TITLE: A MOTOR COACH EXCURSION TO LYME REGIS – QUAINT, INTERESTING AND SOMEWHAT UNCONVENTIONAL. TITLE: WE HAVE OUR LUNCH ON THE SHINGLE NEAR “THE COB” (A SMALL AND VERY OLD HARBOUR). There is a medium shot of people sat on the stony beach. TITLE: MISS MORTON-GEORGE OPENS THE PACKETS OF SANDWICHES ETC. A woman opens the lunch wrappings. TITLE: A YORKSHIRE DISTRIBUTOR OF THE SAID SANDWICHES IS TOO EAGER FOR HIS WORK. A man falls over on the stones. TITLE: HE TRIES AGAIN, BUT THE TREACHEROUS SHINGLE GIVES WAY UNDER HIS WEIGHT. He falls over again. TITLE: BUT HE CAN GIVE A GOOD ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF IF ANYONE RUNS OFF WITH HIS APPLE. The man chases a woman along the beach. TITLE: AN APPLE EATING COMPETITION People sit on the stony beach eating apples. TITLE: RETURNING FROM LYME REGIS VIA SEATON SOME OF THE SIDHOLMERS TRY THEIR HAND AT THE OLD WINDLASS USED FOR HAULING UP THE BOATS. TITLE: THE LEADER OF THIS SELF INFLICTED TOIL IS MISS (OR SISTER) MAC KNIGHT, ON FURLOUGH FROM ILESHA MISSION HOSPITAL, WEST AFRICA. People push and turn a large wooden wheel. TITLE: OUR LAST CALL ON THE LYME REGIS EXCURSION IS AT THE QUAINT AND CHARMING VILLAGE REJOICING IN (OR SUFFERING UNDER) THE NAME OF BEER TITLE: ON ARRIVING AT THE BEACH WE JOIN A GROUP OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE SALE OF FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH (AND STILL ALIVE) A crowd gather around boxes of fish. The camera tilts down onto the fish. TITLE: JUST HAVE A LOOK AT BEER’S DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BAY AND BEACH. The camera pans around the bay showing people and boats. TITLE: AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING EXCURSION IS TO BUCKFAST ABBEY, NEAR BUCKFASTLEIGH TITLE: THE SIDHOLME PARTY LEAVING THE ABBEY CHAPEL AFTER BEING SHOWN ROUND BY ONE OF THE MONKS. People exit the abbey and stand in a group in front of the camera. TITLE: SOME OF THE ABBEY DIGNATARIES AND THEIR SPLENDID ST. BERNARD DOG ATTRACT ATTENTION AND ADMIRATION A monk with a dog talks to people outside the abbey. TITLE: THE BUCKFAST FATHERS DEPART WITH THEIR LOVELY DOG The monks leave with their dog. TITLE: ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END AND HOLIDAYS ARE NO EXCEPTION TITLE: SIDHOLME GUESTS ARRIVE AND DEPART ON SATURDAYS SO THAT MANY HAPPY – AND LESS HAPPY – SCENES ARE WITNESSED ON SATURDAYS. People stand near a bus. TITLE: NOW YOU WILL SEE HOW THOSE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE ON SATURDAY MORNING ARE GIVEN A GOOD SEND OFF There are shots of luggage being loaded into vehicles, cars leaving, and people waving to each other. TITLE: SOME LEAVE BY THE STATION ‘BUS TO EXETER AND OTHERS IN THEIR OWN CARS. People wave at the bus as it departs. TITLE: A VERY COMMON THING IS FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHERS TO SNAP THOSE WITH WHOM THEY HAVE BECOME VERY FRIENDLY TITLE: NEXT YOU WILL SEE THE REV. BERNARD LEWIS AND HIS SISTER, - MISS LEWIS TITLE: AN ADMIRABLE AND POPULAR HOST AND HOSTESS – AND THEIR MOTHER, POSING FOR THE SNAPSHOTTERS JUST BEFORE THEY LEAVE The man and woman stand in front of a line of amateur photographers. There are shots of people waving from cars and people standing outside waving back. TITLES: THERE ARE MANY MORE DELIGHTFUL EXCURSIONS FROM SIDHOLME WHICH OUR PHOTOGRAPHER HAD NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO VISIT BUT WE HOPE THAT THESE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE SIDHOLME ACTIVITIES WILL SHOW YOU WHAT A DELECTABLE PLACE IT IS FOR YOUR HOLIDAY DON’T FORGET THAT SIDHOLME IS OPEN ALL THE YEAR THE END