A record of a series of church garden parties taking place at Thirkleby Warren farm owned by filmmaker Bernice Ward and husband Eric near the village of West Lutton in North Yorkshire between 1961 and 1963. Tables of food, mainly cake, along with items of bric a brac are laid out for visitors to look at and purchase. Games and activities have also been set up for the children of all ages to keep people entertained. Speeches are also recorded being made by two women to whom everyone listens....

A record of a series of church garden parties taking place at Thirkleby Warren farm owned by filmmaker Bernice Ward and husband Eric near the village of West Lutton in North Yorkshire between 1961 and 1963. Tables of food, mainly cake, along with items of bric a brac are laid out for visitors to look at and purchase. Games and activities have also been set up for the children of all ages to keep people entertained. Speeches are also recorded being made by two women to whom everyone listens. The film also features a sport day taking place in one of the farms fields in 1961 with children competing in a series of races watched by their parents and friends. Several trestle tables have been set up around a farmyard and on a nearby lawn a child plays on a swing. People wonder around the farmyard looking at various items set up on the tables, someone walks past carrying balloons. A crowd gathers around one table on which cakes have been set up, nearby a woman gives an ice cream to a small girl. In the garden a teenage boy throws a ball at a coconut shy, around him other people chatting. Several older people sit on chairs beside a wall eating ice creams. In a field more trestle table have been set up, in the near distance several parked cars. Racing lines have been chalked into the grass and children and young people compete in various races including sack and three-legged watched by a crowd of adults. Adults take part in other games taking place in the field and two other children ride past together on horseback. In a large garden people stand around chatting while children play. The crowd listens as a woman makes a speech. The two boys on horseback ride through the farmyard as the adults sit around relaxing on chairs. On the steps of a large house a woman makes another speech to a listening crowd. More tables have been set up in a large garden and once again people wonder around looking at the content. A group of boys stand around a table watching one of them play a bounce off game trying to get ping pong balls into glasses. A large green sheet has been erected between two trees and a coconut shy erected, a man throws a ball which bounces off the sheet. Various cakes set up on along a table, on another jars of homemade jam and bric a brac. People stand outside a church as a group of children come out and walk away. The vicar and an older man stand together posing for the camera. People begin to walk away. In a large garden a crowd of adults watch a group of young girls perform a series of dance routines wearing various costumes. As well as in groups some of the girls dance individually.