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Somehow, I doubt it will happen but you never know.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:35:55 brian http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326625300/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1326625300/#num1 When the father of a friend died she found in the attic of his home a box containing many bits and pieces of old home movies. The name on the boxes of film is H.T.Cadd, Jack Hotel Newbury and also of Bear Hotel Hungerford. These pieces of film shot on a home cine camera show scenes and happenings of and around Newbury circa 1934 to 1937 as well as scenes from other parts of the country. I have had the film digitised and I am endeavouring to collate them into some sort of order that is viewable.  Some of the sequences show scenes of the river (?  I assume at Newbury,) a regatta on the river near to the G. Applegate Jnr boatyard, Newbury Carnival 1935, an open air Pageant with a cast of many depicting scenes of the Henry 8th Queen Elizabeth 1 era, and persons and efforts of the Newbury Amateur Dramatic Society. Much is partial, disjointed, and of varied quality, hence the need to fit together what one can to make something that is viewable. We will try our best and when it is completed I would be pleased to copy it off for anyone who may be interested.
Yesterday (Sat 14th) I searched for information regarding the Bear Hotel, Hungerford and Jack Hotel, Newbury. I was thrilled to find an article posted on newbury.net/forum giving the history of Jack Hotel. What was more exciting was finding that the proprietors of the time (circa 1932) were Mr & Mrs. H. A. Cadd. We have some film of what may be a father and son couple and I wonder if H.A Cadd was father and H.T. the son.  Also there is a mature lady who features a great deal in the antics of The Newbury Amateur Dramatic Society. I wonder if she might be Mum, Mrs H. A. Cadd.
I e-mailed “administrator” of newbury.net/forum explaining what we had and Brian replied that a great many members are very knowledgeable regarding the history of Newbury and not only might be able to shed light on the Cadd family but may also be interested in the film itself.
Both Marilyn (the lady who found the films in her father’s attic) and I come from Yeovil and do not know Newbury at all.  So, anything that would help to uncover the mystery of why these reels of film belonging to a person from Newbury came to be in an attic in Yeovil would be very much appreciated..
Dave Smith
]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:01:40 Dave Smith http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1325742559/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1325742559/#num1
A contemporary neighbor wrote to my Grandmother, somewhere before 1960, and listed her address as "Riding's Cottage".  In that note, it was mentioned that the Limes had been renamed (illegible) the Gallentyne???

Any thoughts or knowledge of this property, photographs, etc., would be most helpful.

Thank you, from the United States.]]> Thu, 5 Jan 2012 05:49:19 MG http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1322260331/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1322260331/#num1 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:32:11 Uncle http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1321226788/ http://www.newbury.net/forum/forum/m-1321226788/#num1
Also the mens clothing show a bit further along ?]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:26:28 PaulaM