Brought to life with interviews from those that both ran and worked the farms in the early 20th century, this engaging film takes you back to a period in our history before supermarkets, chemicals, sophisticated machinery and farming on a battery scale.
Take a nostalgic look around Norfolk's principal city in the 1950s, including a car journey through the city streets and the Canaries in the FA Cup semi-finals!
From the 1940s to the 1960s, see how Essex was changed almost beyond recognition ' from rationing to motorbikes and rock n' roll
In the 1950s, Britain had a massive railway network. A decade later it was barely recognisable. Country stations and branch lines were axed in the name of progress; steam locomotives were consigned to the scrapheap. Two forces were behind this transformation: the Modernisation Plan and Dr Richard Beeching. For better and for worse, this is the story of how and why our railways were changed forever. Composed entirely from unseen colour film, witness the lost age of British Railways.
The region's lost tramways, including Dick Joice's `Farewell to Trams', the Wisbech to Upwell tramway and Southend's Boulevard tram and pier train
Essex as it used to be, including: Theydon Bois in 1916, 1930s Chelmsford and Colchester, Frinton, Southend, Tilbury, Clacton and others
East Anglia, 1920s: rare film from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex looking back to a bygone age - featuring interviews with farmers and labourers
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