Dear Friends,
I came across a charming 4-minute student video from a young man in Southborough, England documenting his home town. Since most of us would be hard pressed to point to Southborough on a map (full disclosure: I had to look it up myself) I thought I would save you the trouble. Here it is:
Southborough is the red dot in the map above, located in Kent, southeast of London. There are some interesting similarities to our Southborough too: about the same size, similar population, and both located on a main thoroughfare to the capital.
Watching this charming short gave me an idea: when the COVID dust settles, why not have an annual contest for students to make a short film documenting some aspect of their home town, past or present? Kids are pretty savvy with the camera these days. The winner would receive a nice prize, and our collections would grow each year with new documentary material.
The Southborough Film Festival is born!
I find it to be a delightful little video. -and I do love looking at our current town in terms of how the same scene would have looked 100 years ago. I think it would be a great project.
I think it is a terrific idea. It would encourage students and perhaps draw them in to the society.
Such a sweet and well-done video! I think an annual contest for students would be a wonderful idea, especially if it encourages them to interview their grandparents and/or older residents. (I also couldn’t help but notice that the budding historian/filmmaker’s last name is Noble as is one of our local historian’s – Nick Noble : ) – love the coincidence.