September 2024
National Heritage Open Days and Wirral History & Heritage Open Days 2024
Friday 13th September 2024
Swan Movie Makers Night:
Presented by Swan Movie Makers in partnership with Victoria Hall Community Trust
We acknowledge the valuable support of
Wirral Council and Community Matters
Victoria Hall Community Trust Limited
Charity Number: 1143914
Website Design: Wild Lentil Designs, 2012
Victoria Hall Walk (off Village Road), Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 8AB
Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start
Local group Swan Movie Makers are back by popular demand, presenting an evening of archive films to entertain those interested in local heritage around Wirral and Merseyside. The notorious Battle of Brunanburh, the aftermath of which spread widely, and into the Bebington area, is also featured this year.
Admission free. Donations welcome.
Booking essential.
To book a place, contact:
bookings@victoriahallhrbebington.co.uk
0151 608 1527
Light refreshments available.
Disabled access.
SWAN MOVIE MAKERS NIGHT PROGRAMME
Part 1
1. INTRODUCTION TO PART 1 (2 mins)
2. RECIPE FOR SUCCESS (9 mins)
A comedy film from the early days of Swan Movie Makers.
3. MARSHLAND (12 mins)
The story of the expansion of the salt marsh in the River Dee Estuary and the consequences for the beach at Hoylake.
4. FIRE (3.5 mins)
The story of the fire that destroyed Henderson’s Department Store in Liverpool.
5. HERITAGE MATTERS (15 mins)
A film made for this evening’s event – about the destruction of local heritage plus one good news story.
Part 2
6. INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 (1 min)
7. SWAN ARCHIVE HERITAGE (18 mins)
Miscellaneous Archive Footage from around Wirral in the 1960s.
8. THE BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR BRUNANBURH (22 mins)
The site of a decisive battle between the Saxons and invading Vikings is closer to where you live than you might realise.