21 - 27 June 2027 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury

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Chalke Cinema

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15:30 - 16:30
Fri, 26 June
Chalk Downland Presented by Allan Chalk & Neale Lawson with Alex Langlands
Chalke Cinema

A ministry of information film, Downlands looks at farming life on the chalk downlands of southern England. Filmed between 1944-47, it was part of a series of films with the function of reclaiming the land, the country and its regional differences for its inhabitants after years of siege during the Second World War.

After the film, Allen Chalk and Neale Lawson will discuss their memories of farming in the Chalke Valley with Alex Langlands

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