After 15 Years Shepperton Revives This Ancient Ceremony [Referring to ‘Beating the Bounds’.]

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1377

Date Released

2 Jun 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. To Control the Rodeo. Mr Tex Austin, the Cowboy King, Will Be the Big Noise at the Forthcoming Stadium Show
2. Oak Apple Day - Lt Gen Sir W Pulteney KCB - Pulteney Takes the Salute on Founders Day Parade at Royal Hospital, Chelsea
3. Honouring Wembley, the King and Queen with Their Royal Italian Guests Visit Canada, South Africa Etc at the Exhibition
4. Beating the Bounds - Historic Custom Observed in the Parish of St Clement Danes
5. After 15 Years Shepperton Revives This Ancient Ceremony [Referring to ‘Beating the Bounds’.]

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 5 / 5
Summary: LV boys and men beating stream. 2 LVs boys and men walking through wood and climbing over barbed wire. [SUBTITLE]: THE BEATERS BEAT, THE HALFWAY HALT FOR REFRESHMENT. LV boys sitting on wall drinking. LV boys and men beating river bank. MLV man hammering stake, boys watch. MLV men toss woman then put her down.
Keywords: Ceremonies; Local government
Locations: England; Shepperton
Library number GR: 7610 neg 180ft
Length of story (in feet): 83

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'After 15 Years Shepperton Revives This Ancient Ceremony [Referring to ‘Beating the Bounds’.]', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1377, 2 Jun 1924. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/79740 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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