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Using rare archive films, this DVD takes us back to explore the county from the 1930s to the 1960s.The subjects covered include village life in the 1930s, gathering the harvest in the 1940s, a day on a Thames sailing barge in the 1960s, the great flood of 1953, and holidays at Southend and Clacton in the 50s and 60s.

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A nostalgic look back at life in the Essex of yesteryear from the 1930s to the 1960s. With a unique collection of archive films, Essex The Way We Were takes us back in time to a bygone age. The subjects covered include village life in the 1930s, gathering the harvest in the 1940s, a day on a Thames sailing barge in the 1960s, the great flood of 1953, and holidays at Southend and Clacton in the 50’s and 60s. The DVD will bring memories flooding back for those who remember the Essex of old and those that don’t will be amazed at how life has changed since those far off days.

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