This is a tour of Knaresborough showing everyday scenes in the town as well as highlighting many of the attractions for which Knaresborough is known. It is accompanied by a commentary from the filmmaker, Eric Hall, giving historical background to the places featured. Title – Knaresborough By Eric Hall The film begins on a sunny day down by the river with people in boats and sat on the bank.  It then moves to the market, with a policeman seemingly directing the shoppers.  On a vegetable...

This is a tour of Knaresborough showing everyday scenes in the town as well as highlighting many of the attractions for which Knaresborough is known. It is accompanied by a commentary from the filmmaker, Eric Hall, giving historical background to the places featured. Title – Knaresborough By Eric Hall The film begins on a sunny day down by the river with people in boats and sat on the bank.  It then moves to the market, with a policeman seemingly directing the shoppers.  On a vegetable stall Australian golden delicious are being sold at 2 for 3 shillings.  Women shoppers examine material on a textile stall, and look at a plant stall and a handbag stall.  Various parts of Knaresborough are shown, focusing on a large white detached building.  People are seated outside a café near Low Park Bridge, and there are scenes of people playing on a putting green and children paddling in a park pond before moving on to do a tour of the animals in Knaresborough zoo.  At Castle Forge a man is using a blow torch in the making of an iron gate, while another man is shaping hot metal from a furnace into ornate gate braces. The film moves to show the Old School House and “The Oldest Chemist Shoppe in England” before showing more shops in the town centre, including Johnson Antique shop, and the market cross.  The film switches to two boys in a rowing boat on the river , Robert Fowler's chapel in the rock, the House in the Rock and Mother Shipton pub.  The film then shows the items hanging up underneath the Petrifying, or dropping, well at Mother Shipton's Cave and then on to people sunning themselves in the grounds of the Castle, with some men playing bowls.  Looking down, there are several rowing boats on the river near the railway bridge. Title – The End