Record by Turners of the Co-operative Wholesale Society's (CWS) Family Fare Exhibition, held on the Town Moor in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1955, and a Co-operative fashion show (without an audience) featuring summer dresses, evening wear and bridal wear, a common feature of CWS Family Fare Exhibitions. [colour film:] Exterior shot of the CWS Family Fare Exhibition marquee, with colourful, modern design. Visitors arrive through the main entrance at the Co-operative Workers Society (CWS)...

Record by Turners of the Co-operative Wholesale Society's (CWS) Family Fare Exhibition, held on the Town Moor in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1955, and a Co-operative fashion show (without an audience) featuring summer dresses, evening wear and bridal wear, a common feature of CWS Family Fare Exhibitions. [colour film:] Exterior shot of the CWS Family Fare Exhibition marquee, with colourful, modern design. Visitors arrive through the main entrance at the Co-operative Workers Society (CWS) exhibition. Long shot of the exhibition site and the several large marquees at the exhibition. Dignitaries, including the Mayor and his wife, and representatives of the Board of Management, arrive at the CWS exhibition and entrance to the main marquee. Various shots record visitors entering the marquee. [Black & white film:] Interior shots of the main exhibition marquee. A banner above the stage reads "CWS Manchester Band." Visitors take their seats. The civic dignitaries and representatives of the Board of Management are led onto the stage platform. Sequence of speeches intercut with shots of the audience follows. Councillor Mrs D A Starkey opens with a speech. Mr J M Sanderson of the Board addresses the audience  Various men, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, make speeches. The CWS (Manchester) band provides a musical interlude. An address by Mr W H Patterson (General Manager) follows. Bouquets of flowers are presented to female guests on the platform and photographs are taken of the presentations. The guests leave the stage and exit the marquee. The audience leave the marquee. The next sequence records scenes around the exhibition. Two young women man the "membership booth" and hand out leaflets. A man has joined the two women handing out leaflets.  A banner reads Newcastle-upon-Tyne Co-operative Society. Visitors enter a marquee with an "Information" stall. Busy crowds mill around the stalls. Various shots of the stalls follow, including one selling NCS Sports Equipment. Two women serve at a food counter. Women are browsing the busy exhibition food shop, set up like a supermarket. The film cuts to a marquee interior where the CWS (Manchester) Brass Band and conductor perform to a packed audience. Visitors are browsing food stalls and eating in a cafeteria. Co-operative workers serve at the refreshments counter. A sign behind the counter reads "CWS Aerated Water." Interior shot of a marquee equipped with a fashion catwalk with glamorous arched and curtained doorway. Women of various ages model the latest CWS fashions on the catwalk. No audience is present. Female model parades in wide-skirted summer dress. Mature models parade evening wear with fur stole and coat. Three women model bride and bridesmaid wedding outfits. [colour film:] The camera pans across the C.W.S. Family Fare exhibition sign. The fashion models pose in front of the main hoarding of the CWS Family fare Exhibition. Credit: Photographed by Turners (Photography) Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1 Title: The End