Last week I mentioned that, back in 1976, I had made a 16mm film of the Old Swan Community Festival (Super Swan). I am still trying to track down a copy so that it can be shown again. The British Film Institute apparently have a copy in their archives, so hopefully a dvd can be made to remind the community of what turned out to be a one-off festival.
I decided to look through my photographs – and I found a sheet of transparencies I had taken while filming was going on. It is a bit of a shock to think that almost all the kids photographed will now be in their forties and with families of their own. History is not just the big events but the everyday happenings – that take greater meaning as the years roll on.
Super swan 1 & 2 are of Portelet Road which incidentally came under the post code of Stoneycroft, not Old Swan. I know, family lived in no 72 from the 50′s until my Mum died in 2004.
Am looking to buy a copy of the DVD that was made for this festival in 1976 .Have seen the short version but want to see th 30 mins one .My mum brother and sister on it.
Hi Lesley,
DVD of the whole film is available from The Bluecoat Press, 3 Brick Street, Liverpool L1 0BL. Just send a cheque for £6 (incl p & p).