Cockney Barrows

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

663

Date Released

7 Sep 1967

Date recorded

8 Aug 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

689

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cockney Barrows
2. 2Scooter Ski
3. 3Drag Racing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Making sure that one old Cockney tradition doesn’t die is Irishman Terry O’Doherty. He is carrying on a family business by producing costermonger’s barrows in his Covent Garden workshop, and at his home in Hertfordshire. But conveyor-belt techniques are out. His assistants bring bygone artistry to bear on the barrows they make, down to the last intricate hand-carved scroll on the wheels. It’s a hobby for Terry too, and we show his cosmopolitan collection of antique carts, the largest in Britain. They all owe their existence to the most ancient of inventions, the wheel ...

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

293

Story extras:

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