Dulwich Village 1940s

[Jah Lush]

Great footage from Pathe News of Dulwich Village 1940.

H VILLAGE aka GO TO IT

[bob]

Nice one Jah

[Ariadne]

Absolutely fab, if only we could turn the clocks back

[Ruskin]

Lovely. I wonder who the lady in the apron was at the toll gate?

[jimbo1964]

Lovely. It's not changed too much.

[Ted Max]

Release date June 1940.

Context for June '40: Dunkirk evacuation just finished. Channel Islands bombed and invaded. Paris occupied.

Interesting that this escapist propaganda (the English village as *God's gift*, "learning and loveliness" = England) still holds appeal.

[steveo]

Ruskin Wrote:

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> Lovely. I wonder who the lady in the apron was at

> the toll gate?

She's still there

[computedshorty]

I have been looking at the site, it is possible to click on any of the 1900 years there to see what happened that year, I looked on 1931 but could not find my birthday.

I did find a Pathe film 1950 of an army Parade in Germany that I was in.

[intexasatthe moment]

shorty don't know if it's of interest ,but on James Barbers thread there's a note of ?4500 being allocated for something called the historic photos fund

East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?

"Posted by James Barber Yesterday, 01:00PM

Eaery year local ward councillors get to decide how to spend some devolved Cleaner, Greener, Safer budget. The scheme started when Lib Dems first led the council in 2002 with only one year when it didn?t operate when the Labour administration wanted to use the money on pet Olympic projects. "

[Townleygreen]

here's another local one...

from the 1930's, Alleyn's boys taking part in a cross country event on their fields, featuring a water jump.

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/taking-the-plunge-at-alleyns-school-dulwich

[Laur]

Ruskin Wrote:

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> Lovely. I wonder who the lady in the apron was at

> the toll gate?

Her name is Miss Edith Simmons

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/miss-edith-simmons-collects-threepence-toll-at-college-road-news-photo/3262760

[Laur]

Holiday makers rowing on the boating pond at Dulwich Park 1936

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/holiday-makers-rowing-on-the-boating-pond-at-dulwich-park-news-photo/3162640

[Laur]

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