Astra Gazette No 8 (1956)

This contains different stories to black & white Astra Gazette No. 8 (also transferred as UN 2496). This version is in colour. Titles over RAF ensign: “Astra Gazette“. Intertitle: “South Sea Barber“. Leonard Pountney’s barber shop in Hounslow (London) is given a Hawaiian theme with tropical mural and glamorous hairdressers in grass skirts and garlands. One male customer has special hair rinse using beer! This section is identical to story in Colour Pictorial issue CP 089, from 10/09/1956. See record for film id for further details. Intertitle: “Crazy Pub“. Old Turkey Cock pub in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. Various shots quirky knickknacks hanging from the walls and ceiling - banjos, comedy signs, old shoes and a deer’s head with hats and an onion hanging from antlers. Eccentric landlord serves customers with dish - they open it to find two live guinea pigs! More shots bizarre decorations. VS landlord wearing gas mask to serve smelly cheese to customers at bar. VS landlord sho