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[Alderman Grant: 1954 Cup Final and Family]

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Date 1954
Duration 00:06:25
Film type Colour / Silent
Production Amateur
Genre Home Movie
Company No Production Companies Specified
Notes

The film is from the same source as a home movie that shows Alderman E.W. Grant as mayor of West Bromwich during 1955/6. The man riding the horse looks like J.J. Grant who was mayor in the town in 1945/6.

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Summary Home movie showing the 1954 FA Cup Final winning West Bromwich Albion team returning to the town and the Grant family at home.
Description We see a large crowd in West Bromwich watching a bus drive past with the Cup Final winning team on board. The players meet the mayor (Frank Fisher?) and we briefly see the cup being held aloft. We then see a family outside (including a boy in school uniform) and in the garden of a large house (Ferndale), a man rides a horse, a school sports day takes place, a groom attends to the horses and a member of staff is seen painting.
Credits No Credits Specified
Tags Sport

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