A short appeals film made for North East Water about the Washington Riding School for the disabled in Washington, Tyne & Wear. The film shows children arriving at the centre and being led around the indoor arena. Includes an interview with the centre's founder Norah Strand about its origins as well as facilities for children with disabilities. The film also features archive footage of a visit by Anne, Princess Royal to the centre in 1987. The film opens showing a wooden sign that...

A short appeals film made for North East Water about the Washington Riding School for the disabled in Washington, Tyne & Wear. The film shows children arriving at the centre and being led around the indoor arena. Includes an interview with the centre's founder Norah Strand about its origins as well as facilities for children with disabilities. The film also features archive footage of a visit by Anne, Princess Royal to the centre in 1987. The film opens showing a wooden sign that reads 'Riding for the Disabled'. Outside the indoor arena at the Washington Riding Centre a woman lifts a small child out of a Borough of Sunderland Education Department mini-bus and places him into a wheelchair. Inside the arena an interview follows with Norah Strand, Founder of Riding for the Disabled who talks about its origins opening in 1954. As she talks a child on horseback is slowly walked past. In another part of the arena a woman helps a young girl onto her horse. The woman holds the reins and leads the horse around the area. Title: Riding School Video - 1987 Archive footage of the Anne, Princess Royal speaking with members of the riding school during a visit. Inside the tack room various saddles and other pieces of riding equipment hang on the walls, a young woman sits at a bench polishing a leather on a saddle. The film ends on an empty stable which is to be made into an extension for the existing tack room. End title: North East Water