Girl Barge Smasher

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
122
Date Released
29 Apr 1957
Date recorded
29 Mar 1957
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Girl Barge Smasher
  2. 2Garden Village
  3. 3Parrot Story
  4. 4School for Racing Drivers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Hammer-swinging Ivy Wiggans is a strong claimant for the title of Britain’s toughest housewife. After seeing her two children off to school, Ivy joins her husband in his boat yard at Kew Bridge on the Thames and helps him to break up old boats. Swinging a sledgehammer all day can be back-breaking work, but Mrs Wiggans finds that the job has advantages - she leads a healthy outdoor life, and of course she gets a free supply of firewood!
Keywords
Ships and boats; Women
Locations
London; England; Kew
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
194
Story extras:
Film clip

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