YEARNING FOR YESTERDAY
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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics
(27 Jun 1963) With Tower Bridge as a backdrop, members of the English Folk Dance and Song Society hold a festival to celebrate Midsummer's Day. Another event which gave full rein to nostalgia was a coaching marathon in Dorset. Eight old-time coaches, recalling the days when horsepower wasn't packed away beneath a bonnet - when, "driving" was the art of controlling a four-in-hand. Finishing point, the Royal Counties Showground near Poole. The trophy goes to the team driven by Sir Dymoke White of Hampshire. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c5eb24f0b9784b60b6453dda3ba9b064
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