LAST week’s 1928 Pic From The Past provoked a great deal of interest from readers but this time LookBack has something different all together.
This white enamel pot was dug up on a Victorian rubbish tip near the home of Shropshire man, Don Langford, who estimates it was last used around 1901.
That’s 27 years before Arthur Rooke decided Ainsdale sands was the perfect spot to film his epic adventure, The Blue Peter.
And one LookBack correspondent, who asked to remain nameless, remembers investigating the goings-on with her father all that time ago.
The 84-year-old said: “We were on holiday with relatives in Ainsdale at the time and we went to the beach to see all this going on, and because my father was keen on taking snaps.
“I remember the hero, played by Matheson Lang, running down the sand dunes being chased by natives, who had spears, and he was turning around with a gun.
“They must have had a lot of extras being the natives.
“When they were having a rest, some were sitting in a row with spears and as I walked past one of them, in a good-natured way, smiled and shook his spear.
“I was absolutely terrified!�
According to the British Film Institute, The Blue Peter, which was taken from a book by E Temple Thurston, tells the story of a man who decides to stay with his family instead of returning to Nigeria.
But very little other detail seems to be available.
Mr Langford has found himself in the same spot since discovering this white enamel pot.
He writes: “Although there are a few cracks in it, this pot is entirely intact.
“From the name and address on it, it must be of great interest to local inhabitants.
“What does anyone know about it?
“What was in it?
“Does the address still exist?
“I would certainly like to know, and I hope that perhaps one or more of your readers may come up with something.�
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Mike Walker wrote...
The pot reminds me of the pots used for potted shrimps. My grandfather used to work for Gores Tours in Neville Street and I am sure one of the rock shops sold potted shrimps.
Posted by: Mike Walker | May 23, 2007 3:54 PM