An amateur film produced by Stephen Gray about the village of Winlaton Mill near Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. As well as some of the sites in and around the village the film features him and his wife working in the garden of their home at 19 Noel Terrace where they grow various flowers and vegetables. In the final part of the film Christmas with gifts being exchanged and other members of the Gray family coming around for Christmas dinner. Title: In and Around Winlaton Mill 1989 A montage of...

An amateur film produced by Stephen Gray about the village of Winlaton Mill near Gateshead in Tyne and Wear. As well as some of the sites in and around the village the film features him and his wife working in the garden of their home at 19 Noel Terrace where they grow various flowers and vegetables. In the final part of the film Christmas with gifts being exchanged and other members of the Gray family coming around for Christmas dinner. Title: In and Around Winlaton Mill 1989 A montage of the River Derwent passing through woodland and under Butterfly Bridge near to Winlaton Mill. The filmmaker’s wife sits beside the Derwent changes to a montage around the remains of the 13th century Hollinside Manor near Whickham and the nearby Nine Arches Viaduct. The sequence ends on a sign commemorating the opening of the Tyne and Wear Heritage Way. In his back garden at 19 Noel Terrace Stephen Gray enters his greenhouse looking over packets of flower seeds laid out on a table. As he opens a sack of compost his wife digs in the garden with a spade beside leeks and lettuce growing nearby. Back in the greenhouse Stephen begins to plant seeds into trays before watering them, he is intercut with small birds such as blue tits and Greenfinches eating from a feeder set up next to a washing line. The couple sit beside a fire with Stephen drinking tea or coffee from a ‘Radio One’ mug. As his wife puts items into the fridge, he rides a stationary or exercise bicycle. Back in the garden a frog sitting on the edge of an old sink while small birds continue to eat from the feeder. The frog moves now beside a metal watering can. A montage around Winlaton Mill Village begins with a woman walking past a sign for the village. A row of 1930s semi-detached houses build on a steep hillside changes to the exterior of The Huntley Wells Social Club and Institute. Traffic passing the Q8 petrol station along the A694 and a car turning out of Noel Avenue. A second car makes is way up Noel Avenue changes to a precinct of shops building into a building with ‘Billiards Hall’ written across the top. Boys ride their BMX bikes outside the shop with one of them falling of after attempting to do a jump. Several decorative gardens and Davy’s Fish and Chips changes to Noel Avenue again and cars parked along the narrow road and a cat cleaning itself. Dandelions growing in the grass changes to an older man standing in the doorway of 18 Noel Terrace. Back in the garden at 19 Noel Terrace a bee collects nectar from a large sunflower while in the greenhouse Stephen’s wife picks green tomatoes. Green peppers also are being grown in the greenhouse while outside Stephen picks several spring onions. At Christmas wrapped presents sitting under a decorated tree changes to Stephen and his wife opening their presents. She unwraps a pair of slippers as does Stephen. As he replaces his old ones his wife looks over a jar full of toiletries. Members of the Gray family arrive at Noel Terrace carrying gifts. Inside a table laid out with beer, wine and crackers changes to four members of the family sitting around the table enjoying their Christmas dinner while a fifth member sits nearby eating his meal from a tray. As they enjoy Christmas pudding crackers are pulled after which more presents are opened, a bottle of Captain Morgan run for one man and a bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream for another. Stephen’s wife receiving another pair of slippers and the film ends on flames burning in a coal fire. End title: The End