EssexRecordOffice's video: A Portrait of Clavering VA 27 6 1

This amateur film portrays a whole year in the life of the village of Clavering, in north- west Essex. Most of the filming was completed during 1990 and features a history of the village with notable events during the year, interspersed with scenes of village life. [0:00] Introduction [4:00] Site of castle [5:00] Bury Manor [5:50] "Lamb Sunday" at Curles Farm - Brian Carter, farmer [8:25] Parish church of St. Mary and St. Clement [12:15] Easter flower festival at St. Mary and St. Clement’s church; art and craft exhibition - Jenny Carter [15:45] Church End [19:10] Middle Street [20:20] Village fete held on Bank Holiday Monday [25:45] Cricket match [26:00] Playgroup [27:15] Primary School [31:00] Village shop [32:45] Annual horticultural show [35:55] Conservation Area: Fox and Hounds pub; The Cricketers pub [37:10] Service of Celebration for 10 year church restoration programme [40:00] Tea at village hall after the service [41:25] Village hall activities: weekly library; Over 60s Club; Clavering Players [42:50] Village Hall and Jubilee Field [45:50] Gypsy Lane; old mills; Sticklings; old maltings; Clavering Court; barn conversion [47:45] Starlings Green [49:00] Harvest - Arnold Hitchcock, farmer [52:35] Stubble burning [53:00] Methodist Sunday School children singing 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter' [54:00] Ploughing [55:00] Remembrance Day parade and service at United Reformed Church [58:00] Bonfire Night fireworks display [1:00:30] Christmas service at parish church [1:03:25] End. Read more about the recording on Essex Archives Online: https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=1&id=572303 Used with kind permission from Joy Barrow View our Takedown Policy here: http://www.essexsounds.org.uk/content/about/legal-and-technical/takedown-policy The Essex Record Office can preserve your old recordings, or provide talks and training on oral history and sound archives. To find out more about the services we offer, visit our website: http://www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk/services/sound-video-services/