Part of the Warburton collection, this film features a family holiday at Filey.  The film includes footage of the family during their leisure time as well as a Punch and Judy show on the beach. Title – Memory Lane By E Warburton The film begins with a sign for Filey.  Then written in the sand, Filey 1952.  The family can be seen sitting outside the Southdown Hotel.  Two girls are on a rocking swing with the adults looking on.  The women are in their summer dresses. Intertitle – Our host...

Part of the Warburton collection, this film features a family holiday at Filey.  The film includes footage of the family during their leisure time as well as a Punch and Judy show on the beach. Title – Memory Lane By E Warburton The film begins with a sign for Filey.  Then written in the sand, Filey 1952.  The family can be seen sitting outside the Southdown Hotel.  Two girls are on a rocking swing with the adults looking on.  The women are in their summer dresses. Intertitle – Our host and hostess. . and Shan A dog is shown. Intertitle – Having settled down we leave Joe hard at “work” indoors . . . A man is sitting inside the hotel next to an open window where he is concentrating on a magic number puzzle (aka the 15-puzzle). Intertitle – . . . while the rest of us take our morning ozone or exercise . . . The holidaying group walk along the seafront.  They pass parked cars on their way to the beach.  On the beach children get on donkey rides, and the family sits in deckchairs in front of the beach huts while the children make sand castles. Intertitle – . . .or watch it being taken. The women form a semi-circle in their deck chairs.  Some of them are smoking, and they watch the children building an impressive sand castle with some help from the men. Intertitle – Maud greets the sun. One of the women loosens her blouse.  Then the girls get on ponies outside the hotel. Intertitle – George manages a quick one before lunch. . . A man, seated at a table on the hotel veranda, has a drink.  Intertitle –  . . and a long one – after lunch! The same man is later seen taking a nap, laying on a deckchair on the beach. Intertitle – While Leslie struggled manfully . . . A man is playing a magic number puzzle. Intertitle – . . . the children try something new . . Two girls are playing croquet while two boys are making a new sand castle. Intertitle – . . . till they hear familiar voices. Seated on the beach, a large group of children and parents are laughing at a Punch and Judy show. Intertitle – Edgar and I are excused duty. Several men go off sea fishing in a rowing boat, and later in the day, return with their catch. Intertitle – A disappointing day. Rain pours down on the outside tables, and dark clouds hang over a deserted beach. Intertitle – The children enjoy their farewell rides. The children go on a fairground ride, and the luggage gets packed into the boot of the car. Title – The End