This film records the construction and demolition of houses in Skidby, East Yorkshire through different seasons circa 1967. The film focuses on the suburban development of the area and the new neighbourhoods which were being built. The film opens as a small van is parked on the side of a street. There is a housing development in mid construction, some houses completely built, others the construction is just starting. Two cars drive up a road past a construction site. They pass a farm tractor...

This film records the construction and demolition of houses in Skidby, East Yorkshire through different seasons circa 1967. The film focuses on the suburban development of the area and the new neighbourhoods which were being built. The film opens as a small van is parked on the side of a street. There is a housing development in mid construction, some houses completely built, others the construction is just starting. Two cars drive up a road past a construction site. They pass a farm tractor on the way. On another street, two ladies with four children walk up the sidewalk. A man on a bike follows them Sign - Rowan Garth There are different streets, and the filmmaker focuses on some of the new houses and the redevelopment of the area. Other houses are being demolished. There is a large gap where a house had once been, and nearby are piles of rubble. Other houses in disrepair are adjacent to those being demolished. There is a brief shot of a traffic junction followed by more footage of deconstructed buildings and others being demolished. Sign - St Michael's Close A man in a flat cap and large overcoat stands in front of a building and watches the wall collapse as the house is being demolished. The rest of the building collapses, leaving just the chimneybreast behind. There is a large white house stands which alone and next to the remains of another house which has already been knocked down. A number of new houses stand together amidst all the construction. Some are near completion, while others, just the framework stands. Near one of the construction sites is a large pile of coal. Time elapses, and the coal mound now much smaller, but it appears the construction behind it has not progressed to such a visible degree. A yellow digger loads soil into the back of a tractor and trailer. This is followed by scenes of the construction site with houses at various stages of completion. From a field above the village there are numerous houses and gardens providing a serene and idealistic suburban landscape. Sign - Main Street Behind the sign is a house nearing completion, only without windows and doors. The new houses from the beginning are all finished with the exception of one. There are also many shots of the power lines which run through the adjacent field and towards the new development. Time has elapsed again, and now the street is thick with snow. The house near the Main Street road sign is now finished. A small green van drives down a hill, and a lady in a long red overcoat walks by on the pavement. A windmill towers over the houses. The snow is clearing now, and around the parish church, there is another site being redeveloped. Here, the buildings are at the point of demolition. New roads have been built, and half walls from old buildings can be seen amidst other houses. Sign - Road works ahead Near to the sign, there is a man in work clothing directing something off camera which is pulling the upper part of a house down with some rope. The same men and another construction worker survey the side of the house. On a new construction site two men work on a white fence while another three men work on foundations digging with spades. A JCB tractor shovels the rubble. New pipes lay on the side of the road near to a new construction site. Again from the field, the cameraman captures the newly renovated neighbourhood. The film ends with a shot of a newly dug road.