[Alderman Grant: 1954 Cup Final and Family]

Date
1954

Duration
00:06:25

Film Type
Colour / Silent

Production
Amateur

Genre
Home Movie

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.

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Production Company
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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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