The Racing Greyhound

A film Promoting Ramsgate as a holiday resort, 1950's -- Film 34777

Promotional film for Ramsgate as a holiday resort.
The Marina Pool. Beauty contest including a man in drag. Beauty queens lined up by the pool. Madeira Waterfall and walk. Winterstoke Chine. Beach scenes. Women carry balls down steps to the beach. The Group of women playing with balls on the sand. People in deckchairs. Regatta Yacht race. Motorised dinghis.Royal Harbour with water carnival. Hydroplane race. Car race. Bowling green. Miniature Golf course and putting green. Plane rides from Ramsgate Airport. Greyhound racing, leading out the dogs and start of race. Ballroom full of couples and young people dancing/jiving. Traditional old time dancing. Ramsgate carnival with fancy dress and decorated floats. Beauty queen on float. Model of a ram (sheep) on one of the floats (for Ram-sgate).

A brief tour of Ramsgate Library

A quick tour of the recently re-opened Ramsgate Library.
The old library was destroyed by fire, and the doors to the re-built building opened again on February 2, 2008.

One of our chicks & our rescued greyhound

FOUR baby chicks were brought by the Easter Hare...when they were only a few days old they all nestled and sat atop IVY happy to have a mama. We love our greyhound don't mistake this! She is the sweetest dog I know!

Captain Gorgeous at Rye House

Greyhound race at Rye House

News In A Nutshell (1936)

Full title reads: News in a Nutshell.



Intertitle reads: Sandown Park.



Cross Country Championships - at Sandown Park Racecourse, Surrey. Various shots of men running around track. C/U of winner and friends. Winner is S.C. Belton of the Surrey Athletics Club.



Intertitle reads: Oxford.



Torpids at Oxford, Oxfordshire. Various shots of rowing eights on River Isis (part of River Thames). Torpid races are peculiar to Oxford University; river is too narrow to over take so boats row one behind the other. Crews are eliminated from race when their boat is bumped by the one behind.



Intertitle reads: Eton.



Eton College Steeplechase, Berkshire. Various shots of gruelling cross country race run by boys from famous public school. Boys have to jump over river before reaching finishing line. Crowds of Etonians and parents watch. Winner is C. W. Parker.



Intertitle reads: Altcar.



Waterloo Cup for hare coursing, Lancashire. Various shots pairs of Greyhound dogs chasing hare around field. Various C/Us of finalist dogs - 'Hand Grenade' (owned by Mr. J. Campbell) and 'Rotten Row' (owned by Mr. T. Cook).



Intertitle reads: Hatfield.



Queenswood Girls' School Fire, Hertfordshire. Various shots of fire extinguishing last of fire in old Tudor manor. Various shots of cases, chairs and other bits of retrieved furniture. Maids are seen carrying plates out from kitchen.



Intertitle reads: Poland.



Warsaw boys play ice hockey on River Vistula. Various shots of impromptu game on frozen water. The game has to stop when men come to smash up ice and take blocks of it away in horse drawn cart.



Intertitle reads: Italy.



War activities in Italy. Various shots of Secretary of Fascist Party visiting fast bombing aeroplane factory at Breda. Various shots of crowds of soldiers and civilians waving from quayside as Secretary leaves Naples for war duty in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).



Intertitle reads: Victoria Docks, London.



Divers in London Docks. Various shots of man in diving suit walking down ladder into River Thames. A support crew on quay turn a wheel to keep air supply flowing. Diver's job appears to be salvaging debris from river bed.



Intertitle reads: London.



Polish Giant in London. Various shots of extraordinarily tall man - Leon Ketchell. We see him being measured (his 73!), with fashion model Gloria and walking down London Street.



Intertitle reads: Racing in the Rain, Oxford University Point-to-Point Steeplechases.



Oxford University Point to Point, Somerton, Oxfordshire. Horse racing in heavy rain. Various shots of crowds tramping over muddy field. Various shots of horse race - several jockeys slip and fall. M/S of Pathe Sound Van being towed out of mud by shire horse.



Intertitle reads: Russia.



Soviet Union (USSR). Alexei Stakhanov (Stankhanov?) - Russian Coal Miner, famous for multiplying his daily work output by 5 and becoming symbol of Soviet propaganda Various shots of Alexei at work in coal mine. M/S of tower of the Kremlin, Moscow. Various shots of Stakhanov meeting Joseph Stalin and other Communist Party leaders (Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khruschev, Vyacheslav Molotov).



Note: section about Stakhanov is mute, sound track is missing. Section about fire in hotel in America. AH 2001.
FILM ID:853.23

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Speedway in Poole

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Stannah hydraulic lift at hove coral greyhound stadium 2

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My Cycle ride Around Manchester 24th May 2018

Just having a bicycle ride in Manchester on a lovely sunny day. Did 11 miles riding around the city.

New Pupies to rescue! Same dealer same old crap from the RSPCA

These 2 had been stashed away and hidden in a desserted caravan so they couldnt be taken away. but we found them!!!!!

Vote 1 Animal Justice Party - Emma Hurst (Lead Candidate NSW)

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