Lincolnshire A Century on Film – Reel 6 It’s The Sixties!

DVD PAL

Reel Six covers the 1960s, fondly
remembered as a period of liberating
social change, especially for the
young, as music and dance were suddenly
free to develop in exciting new
directions. But in other areas the old
ways were slower to disappear. As we
see, schoolgirls still had cookery
lessons, the village shop was central
to local life and a typical day out
meant a visit to the seaside, the zoo,
or one of the many Agricultural Shows.

Nevertheless, innovation was certainly
in the air. The new stern trawlers were
revolutionising commercial fishing, the
motor racing circuit at Cadwell was
substantially extended, and South
Lincolnshire gained major new visitor
attractions with the opening of
Springfields Show Garden and the
increasingly elaborate Spalding Tulip
Parades.

What do you remember about the Sixties?
Maybe it’s the Big Freeze of 1963 or
‘I’m Backing Britain’. Now you’ve a
chance to re-live those memories. Or
what about the annual Kennedy Memorial
Test, with participants walking (or
even running) from Louth to Skegness
and back, all within twenty-four hours.

Also featured are Royal visits, teacher
training, Carrington Steam Rally,
Scouts and Guides, St John Ambulance
cadets, a Circus parade in Grimsby,
disastrous fires at Lincoln and Louth
and, in this era of progress and
unlimited opportunity, a remarkable new
system of ‘electric’ fishing and an
ingenious folding boat.

• Running Time 80 mins approx
• PAL DVD