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Wonders of Chester
Join Paul Hyde, former Heritage Interpretation Officer for Chester City Council and renowned guide, as he takes us on a journey to some possibly lesser known aspects of the city’s history and heritage.
Premiering at Picturehouse, visit Grosvenor Park Lodge, John Douglas’s first commission for the Grosvenor family and the south-east Angle Tower, which helps identify the location of the Roman fortress.
We’ll also take a walk around the walls to King Charles’s Tower, the Watertower and back to the city centre and The Rows.
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26 mins
Director: Stuart Robinson
Starring: Paul Hyde
Release Date: 28 July 2024
Rating Description: Documentary, no nudity, violence, language or upsetting scenes.
Nature and Heritage - Challenges Facing the River Dee
Peter Powell, CEO of the Welsh Dee Trust, looks at the challenges facing the River Dee in the present day, its importance to the history of Chester and ways in which people in the area can help restore the river by volunteering or becoming citizen scientists.
Join Peter as he walks from Edgar’s Field Park in Handbridge, to the weir, a major challenge for wildlife, through The Groves and to The Meadows. Learn about the sources of pollution in the river, its environmental protection and what can be done to help.
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7 mins
Director: Stuart Robinson
Starring: Peter Powell
Release Date: 21 Jun 2023
Rating Description: Documentary, no nudity, violence, language or upsetting scenes.
Chester's Waterways, Wharf and Weir
John Herson of the Inland Waterways Association and Chester Civic Trust, takes us on a fascinating walk around Chester's historic waterways.
John discusses the waterways from their inception - and why Chester became an important Roman port - through the industrial ages until the present day, identifying current challenges to navigation and a possible exciting future.
Starting at Northgate Top Lock, we’ll visit the canal basin, Dee Branch, the Old Port and Chester Weir.
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33 mins
Director: Stuart Robinson
Starring: John Herson
Release Date: 22 Jun 2023
Rating Description: Documentary, no nudity, violence, language or upsetting scenes.
Dark Chester
Chester green badge guide David Atkinson leads Dark Chester walking tours.
In these two extracts from the tour, he describes the gruesome fate of John Clare, a man sentenced to death in 1801 for stealing a loaf of bread, and the strange stories of St John’s Church.
St John’s has been a place of spiritual retreat and learning since the Anglo-Saxon times. But it’s also home to one of Chester’s greatest mysteries: the coffin in the wall. Who was the coffin for, and what does its position mean?
Rating N/A
12 mins
Director: Stuart Robinson
Starring: Paul Hyde
Release Date: 19 Jan 2023
Rating Description: Documentary, no nudity, language or upsetting scenes, description of mild violence.
