Metadata
WORK ID: NEFA 20313 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
PENDOWER SPECIAL SCHOOL, NEWCASTLE: VINTAGE CARS | c.1968 | 1965-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 14 mins 35 secs Genre: Home Movie Subject: disability EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT / LEISURE MONARCHY / ROYALTY TRAVEL |
Summary Footage of children from the Pendower Hall Special School, Newcastle upon Tyne, attending a royal motorcade; views of a vintage car show; and a record of the children’s trip to Bad Ischl in Austria. |
Description
Footage of children from the Pendower Hall Special School, Newcastle upon Tyne, attending a royal motorcade; views of a vintage car show; and a record of the children’s trip to Bad Ischl in Austria.
A group of children, some of them physically disabled, relax in the sun by an outdoor pool.
View of the junction of Shields Road and Headlam Street in Newcastle, where a long row of children in wheelchairs are lined-up. Behind them a row of shops: Harton “Same Day Cleaning” dry cleaners shop,...
Footage of children from the Pendower Hall Special School, Newcastle upon Tyne, attending a royal motorcade; views of a vintage car show; and a record of the children’s trip to Bad Ischl in Austria.
A group of children, some of them physically disabled, relax in the sun by an outdoor pool.
View of the junction of Shields Road and Headlam Street in Newcastle, where a long row of children in wheelchairs are lined-up. Behind them a row of shops: Harton “Same Day Cleaning” dry cleaners shop, Co-operative, DER Television Rentals, Northern Rock, Marika’s, and Graves. A motorcade, possibly carrying members of the royal family, drives past.
Views of historic vintage cars driving along an open country road.
Close-up of one of the vehicles (reg. P 8530)which is parked by the side of a road, a traffic policeman converses with the driver. Views of various other vintage cars (F 7230, UST 1).
Footage from a horse show jumping or dressage competition.
Panoramic view of children eating a picnic in a mountainous area. High peaks surround the group.
View of a group of children aboard a mining train entering a tunnel, above which is written, “Maria Theresia Stollen 1775”, a salt mine near Bad Ischl in Austria.
Views of mountainous countryside.
Context
Pendower Hall Special School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Opened in January 1925 as Pendower Open-Air School in a converted Victorian mansion, located on the West Road. The school was designed so that 'delicate' children could be strengthened by exposure to plenty of sunshine and fresh air. In 1971 new school premises were built in order to provide better facilities for children with serious physical disabilities including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and heart...
Pendower Hall Special School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Opened in January 1925 as Pendower Open-Air School in a converted Victorian mansion, located on the West Road. The school was designed so that 'delicate' children could be strengthened by exposure to plenty of sunshine and fresh air. In 1971 new school premises were built in order to provide better facilities for children with serious physical disabilities including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and heart diseases. The new school included a residential unit as well as teaching and medical units. The school closed in July 1999. |