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A Right Royal Tour of Lancashire in 1913
King George V and Queen Mary visited Preston on 7th July 1913, image copyright Harris Museum & Art Gallery On the 8th July 2013 the Harris Museum & Art Gallery will host the world premiere of a...
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New discovery!
I recently came across a great website The Media History Digital Library with some scanned journals and magazines on film and media. While searching through the journals I came across the Global Film...
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Can forensic techniques be used to identify Will Onda’s films?
There are 10 surviving films from the 1914 – 1918 period made by Will Onda and his company Preston Film Service Limited. 5 of these films are called ‘Roll of Honour’ films which are topical films...
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The Films of Will Onda – Monday 12 May at Preston Historical Society
Just a quick update to let you know I am talking about Will Onda’s film collection and presenting a few clips of his films at the forthcoming meeting of Preston Historical Society at the Minster on...
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The First World War – New DVD featuring Onda films
A brand new DVD is being launched this week featuring archive footage of life in the North West during WW1. The North West Film Archive presents the first public screening of the new film on Wednesday...
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Onda talks coming up this week
Just a quick post to inform everyone that if you missed my recent talk to Preston Historical Society there is another chance to hear it this week. I will be giving the lecture about Will Onda and his...
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Book Royal visit events on-line
Quick post to let everyone know that on-line booking is now available for the forthcoming 1913 Royal visit events on 8th and 10th July at the Harris Museum. See Eventbrite page...
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Finding Identities – Lancashire and the First World War
The Preston Remembers project is holding a conference in Preston on 23 & 24th November at the University of Central Lancashire & Preston museums. Finding Identities: Lancashire and the First...
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Seasons greetings
May I take this opportunity to wish all Onda relatives, fans and followers a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2015. 2015 is going to be an exciting year for me as I start a new job with Blackpool...
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Jessie Rain and the sad story of Will Onda’s early life
Readers of the Lancashire Evening Post may have spotted this week an article about the Rain family on Wednesday 27 Jan on page 26. This story taken from the Court Archives tells the sad story of how...
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