Title:SCENES OF FAMILY LIFE IN YORKSHIRE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR - THE WIZARD OF WIGGAN LANE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 5036-4
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY GEORGE GOTHARD [Alternative Title]
Summary:Amateur films shot by George Gothard, a master butcher, between 1938 and 1947 recording his family's life in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, during the Second World War.
Description:'The Wizard of Wiggan Lane': Short play by Yorkshire playwright, James Gregson, performed by members of the Gothard family and friends. Story is a charming tale of a little boy's desire to grant people their wishes, from magically transforming a pile of dirty washing into clean and neatly pressed laundry, to freeing the world of the tyranny of Hitler, including a unique solution to the subject of rationing!
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY GEORGE GOTHARD [Alternative Title]
