Archive Portobello Film Discovered

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 05 Oct 2009, 18:17

Dating from 1958, this film commemorates the 150th anniversary of Portobello Lodge 226. As you might imagine, there is a lot of marching around in masonic regalia but stick with it because there is also some fascinating footage of Portobello in there.

The original film was only recently discovered and has been converted to DVD. I've tweaked it a little to improve the picture quality and made a couple of small edits.

As there is a 10 min/100 mb limit on material posted on YouTube, I have split the film into 2 parts. The first and most interesting section is now available to view on Portobelly Telly at:

http://porty.org.uk/tv2/index.php?title=Events

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 05 Oct 2009, 18:36

A still from the film:

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 05 Oct 2009, 21:48

Brilliant! Love the commentary

(Both Mr E and me were christened by Rev. Brown)

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 06 Oct 2009, 09:06

Wow, the memories even if the film was made before I was born
The Power Station, Outdoor pool, Tower Street instead of Figgate Street, Melville Street instead of Bellfield Street, Rankins!
I kept looking to see in I could see my gandfather in the parade