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:

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