Cave Ropemaker

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
436
Date Released
5 May 1963
Date recorded
29 Mar 1963
Length of issue (in feet)
755
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: A Derbyshire cave is the workshop of seventy-eight years old Bert Marrison - the last of a line of ropemakers stretching back two hundred years. A wonderful old man - we found him still working the craft he learned at the age of twelve.
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Older people
Locations
Derbyshire; England
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Tim Brinton
Length of story (in feet)
136
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cave Ropemaker', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 436, 5 May 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121373 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)