Videos 44659/Br/1/I125 and 44659/Br/1/I198 show Rev Hugh Farley of St Barnabas Church, Knowle West, talking about birds and birdwatching at Severn Beach. Until the 1920s, what is now known as Severn Beach was farmland, but as the railway and motorcar reached the banks of the river, Severn Beach was built and grew as a holiday resort for Bristolians. By the 1930s the resort included a swimming pool, and a boating lake was later added, both just inside the sea wall. Severn Beach remained a seaside resort into the 1960s, but since then the swimming pool, lake and all other features of its holidaying past have slowly disappeared.
44659/Br/1/I125: Rev Hugh Farley of St Barnabas Church talking about birds at the north end of Severn Beach. The video includes further footage about birds recorded at Bristol Zoo where teenagers talk about the birds at the Zoo; a boy called Steven talks about a Gold Finch's nest. (KWTV: 'Birds at Knowle West', transmitted 05/03/75)
44659/Br/1/I198: 'Birds up Knowle West': Knowle West Ornithology Group with Rev Hugh Farley, Vicar of St Barnabas Church. Recorded 11/12/74.
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Knowle West TV was developed by Peter Lewis and produced by Jekka McVicar. From 1973-75, programming was made, edited and broadcast by the people of Knowle West and broadcast to people's homes via the Rediffusion cable network. For more information: http://knowyourbristol.org/on-the-move/exploring-co-production/knowle-we...