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This silent family cine film shows the Green family's staff at the manager's bungalow at J Stone India putting on a little show in the garden. As my brother and sister were very young when they lived in Kolkata (then Calcutta) they cannot be sure of who is in the film, but we believe the master and servant are played by Joe the cook and Sammi the sweeper. The woman dancing is probably one of Jo...

This silent family cine film shows building works in progress in the compound of J Stone India, Taratala Road, Kolkata (then Calcutta). I believe this is the construction of a new office block. The film includes a short length of footage of my brother and sister in the garden of the bungalow. For the story behind the cine films, please read my mother's memoirs, Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film shows footage of the River Hooghly filmed by my father John Green during the time that my family was living in Kolkata (then Calcutta). The footage is undated but appears to have been taken between 1959 and 1960 when the family left India. For the story behind the cine film, please read my mother's memoirs, Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film shows the Green family homeward bound from India after nearly two years living in Kolkata (then Calcutta). This film shows the second part of the family's journey to England. In Genoa the family left the TS Roma and travelled overland via Celle in Liguria to Spiez in Switzerland, finally returning on the ferry to the white cliffs of Dover. For the story behind the c...

This silent family cine film shows the Green family homeward bound from India after nearly two years living in Kolkata (then Calcutta). TS Roma was an Italian Flotta Lauro Lines ship. It was a former American cargo ship, then escort carrier, which had been converted into a luxurious migrant transport liner in 1952. The voyage took the family from Bombay to Suez, where they visited Cairo. They r...

This silent family cine film shows the Green family on their way home to England after living for nealy two years in Kolkata (then Calcutta). They left Kolkata early due to growing tensions and hartals, and spent a week in Bombay, frequenting the Swimming Club and joining friends (unknown) at Madh Island, while they waited for their ship, the TS Roma. For the story behind the cine film, read th...

This silent family cine film shows the Green family on holiday in the Netherlands. It begins on an inknown beach in the UK, then continues with the Channel crossing to Oostende on the Koningin Fabiola. Scenes in the Netherlands include visits to the Zaanse Schans, Marken, Edam, Madurodam, and a Lido. For the story behind the cine films, please read the book Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film shows the Green family at Puja festivals in Kolkata (then Calcutta). It also shows a visit to the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama and Dairy Training School, P.O. Narendrapur, 24 Parganas, to the south of Kolkata. The visit made quite an impression on my father, John Green, and he corresponded with Swami Lakeswarananda afterwards. For the story behind the cine film pleas...

This silent family cine film shows scenes of Calcutta Swimming Club in in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1959. It includes footage of my sister Lesley swimming a mile. For the story behind the cine films please see the book of my mother's memoirs Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film includes various scenes in the J Stone India Compound in Kolkata (then Calcutta) in 1959. It includes footage of the Green family and their servants, the factory, and sports events in the factory compound. For the story behind the cine films, please read the book, Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film continues with scenes from the Green family's first year in Kolkata (then Calcutta). This begins with footage of the monsoon season and continues on the same cine film with footage of my brother and sister taking part in the productions staged by Kings House School in Kolkata. For the story behind the cine films, please read the book, Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film opens with the Green family in Bahrain on the journey to India, and continues with scenes from their first few months in Kolkata (then Calcutta). For the story behind the cine films, please read the book, Greenwich Girl.

This silent family cine film shows the Green family taking a short holiday in Darjeeling in October 1959. The family were living in Kolkata (then Calcutta), where John Green was works manager of J Stone India. They travelled to Darjeeling via Bagdogra, stayed in the Windamere Hotel, and returned to Kolkata a week later. On the return journey they were delayed at Bagdogra airport and spent some ...

St John the Baptist, Great Clacton, Robert Long's Christening, 1964

Valley Drive, Brighton, 1964 or 1965

Rayner's Works Outing to Ryde 1963-1964

Undercliff Walk, Brighton, 1961, and Valley Drive, 1962

Winter at 10 Woodlea Drive, Bromley 1961/1962

Beach Hotel, Woolacombe, 1961

10 Woodlea Drive, Bromley, 1961

Cochno Road, Hardgate, Glasgow, in 1958

Bulls Metal and Marine, Glasgow, c. 1957 to 1958

Woodland by Trentham Lock

Woodland by Trentham Lock

Crickheath Wharf, Montgomery Canal

51 Rothay Street, Bridgewater Canal

Yew Tree Cottage

Barlaston Boatyard

Grants Lock Cottage, Twyford, Oxfordshire