Market Harborough Movie Makers Call Time After 60 Years
Written by HFM News on 2nd August 2023
A group which has filmed events and recorded history in and around Market Harborough for the past six decades has turned off its cameras for the final time.
Market Harborough Movie Makers is winding up operations due to its aging membership, after producing dozens of films, chronicling everything from royal visits to the demolition of the former Cottage Hospital.
The group launched as Market Harborough Cine Society in the early 1960s and has recently been jointly-awarded the Cititzenship Cup for services to the community by Harborough District Council and the town’s Civic society, together with Harborough Cinema.
Cllr Barbara Johnson, council Chairman, presenting the Citizenship Cup to Ralph Holderness (chairman), Peter Wilford (secretary and acting treasurer) and Colin Sullivan (committee member) on behalf of Market Harborough Movie Makers and Peter Mitchell of the Harborough Cinema
The Movie Makers held regular meetings and an annual film show at Harborough Theatre, as well as showing their films to community groups across the area.
Plans are now afoot to achieve all the group’s films so they can continue to be watched by future generations, potentially on YouTube.
Peter Wilford was the secretary of the Movie Makers and was involved in making many of the films:
Below is a preview of the film produced by the Movie Makers on the history of Market Harborough’s cinemas:
