This is a film made by an amateur filmmaker from Sheffield, Jean Gray, of her family on holiday to Scotland, featuring his son and daughter, Peter and Julie. Title - Aldbar Castle 1957 The film begins with a red suitcase, with Aldbar Castle, Scotland, written on it, being picked up by a man and carried off and loaded into the boot of the family car, together with other luggage.  They drive along the A68, filmed from the front of the car, and arrive at Riding Mill in Northumberland.  They stop...

This is a film made by an amateur filmmaker from Sheffield, Jean Gray, of her family on holiday to Scotland, featuring his son and daughter, Peter and Julie. Title - Aldbar Castle 1957 The film begins with a red suitcase, with Aldbar Castle, Scotland, written on it, being picked up by a man and carried off and loaded into the boot of the family car, together with other luggage.  They drive along the A68, filmed from the front of the car, and arrive at Riding Mill in Northumberland.  They stop off at the village.  The family continues over moorland and arrive at a sign for Scotland where they stop at a tea van at the side of the road, where Julie and her grandmother go for a walk.  They continue driving, arriving in Edinburgh, with the castle perched at the top of the cliff, and a highland band marching through the city centre.  The family walks around the castle, looking at the panoramic view.  They visit a zoo with polar bears before driving off again, passing through Forfar before arriving at their destination, Aldbar Castle.  Peter and Julie run around the grounds of the house. Later they get into the car and go to Brechin, stopping at the Garden Tea Shop, and then on to Montrose.  Two boys have a ride in a miniature bus driving along the seafront.  Julie gets a piggy-back from her father as he stands looking out to sea.  They put up a tent on the beach, and as father plays with a bat and ball, Peter and Julie paddle in the sea and Peter plays with an anchor he has found.  Julie builds a sandcastle and plays with a toy truck.  Peter plays on a rope swing.  All the family join in building sandcastles and playing games on the beach.  Peter plays hopscotch in the sand. They drive further along arriving at a coastal town.  Peter and Julie are in a playground, on a roundabout and a slide.  Some elderly men play on a large outdoor checker board.  They feed seagulls and watch the fishing boats.  They then walk along a coastal path.  There are some ancient ruined buildings on the cliff top.  They continue their journey through the Highlands, arriving at Balmoral, where a crowd has gathered to watch as the Queen, Princess Margaret and Charles pass by in the royal car.  People are then leaving a church service.  Peter and Julie are accompanied by their mother as they approach a ship in dock. The film switches to Peter driving a tractor, helped by the farmer.  Father stands by a sign for Montrose lighthouse, and he walks with Peter and Julie along a coastal path towards the lighthouse, watching a steam ship go out to sea.  Peter and Julie play on a beach before they return to Aldbar Castle, where the two children roll down a grass bank.  They later drive through Kinross and visit two ladies. They drive back to England, past the Redesdale Hotel, the first hotel in England, and into Durham and arriving home, where the car is put into the rear garage of their house, number 30.