Girl Mayoress Elected In Burnley, Chester And Flint (1937)

Title reads: “Chester“. Girl Mayoresses elected in Burnley (Lancashire), Chester (Cheshire) and Flint (Clywd, Wales). M/S of 16 year old Pamela Barlow walking up garden path with her father. Various shots of Pamela reading a book on a park bench. Pamela is mayoress for her grandfather, Alderman George Barlow of Chester. M/S exterior of a sweet shop in Morecambe. M/S of 17 year old Mary Metcalf serving sweets to a customer in the shop. As well as being a shop assistant, Mary is mayoress for her uncle Councillor Green of Burnley. Various shots of Vida Wray entering telephone exchange in Flint. Various C/Us of Vida working as a telephone operator (narrator calls her “a charming hello girl“). Vida is also mayoress for her father, Councillor Wray. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT