An Invitation to


'Peter Davidson is a qualified guide, and this probably explains why he is concerned to entertain, interest and advise rather than just to inform'

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'The best guides are those who teach you to look with your own eyes, Peter Davidson's observations can induce fresh vision'

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A 60 minute Video Cassette featuring:-
The Changing of the Guard - Trafalgar Square - The National Gallery - Shopping - Eating Out - Piccadilly - The Lord Mayor's Show - St Paul's Cathedral - The River Thames - The Tower of London - Westminster Abbey - The Houses of Parliament - Theatres - Speakers' Corner and Hyde Park - Downing Street - Fleet Street - Markets - Buckingham Palace - The Stock Exchange - Guildhall - Tower Bridge...
'Not the usual set-piece views, an informative commentary and excellent sounds effects' - Gramophone
'Very interesting and informative - London's heritage and an up-to-date picture of what today's London is really like' - Catherine Pinion, AV and Music Librarian, Sheffield
'It is just such a vision of the City which lures so many Tourists to these shores - Times Ed. Supp.

OUR PAGEANTRY, PLEASURES, PERTINENT PEEPS AT PEOPLE AND PLACES - EVEN SOME ENGLISH HUMOUR!

THE GUIDE TO LONDON BY
A LONDON GUIDE

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A DAVIDSON video with commentary specially arranged music and authentic sound effects
Featuring at Windsor
Windsor Castle unassailable fortress - St. George's Chapel and The Order of The Garter. - Shakespeare's Windsor. The Queens's Home. - The Changing of The Guard. Delightful Places to Eat,Drink and Shop. - Eton College - the most famous school in the world. - Architecture from the Eleventh to Twentieth Century including The Crooked House and - The Shortest Street in Britain....
And at Hampton Court
The Gardens in bloom. The Tudor Tennis Court - The Maze -The Palace in Winter - The Deer - A Ghost - Christopher Wren's Fountain Court and East Front - The Long Water - Reminiscences from Henry VIII to George III...
The Changing Faces of The Thames and glimpses of British History from William The Conqueror to The Concorde -
A Fortress, A Pleasure Palace and The English Countryside
...'shares with his Tour round London the sense of visiting the castle and the pleasure palace with an informed friend' - Wendy Scott, Faculty of Human Sciences - Kingston Polytechnic
'Informative and lively: authentic sound effects and elegant music plus excellent pictures' - Mary Postgate, Gramophone
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This Video presents the first two University Towns in England
Both Oxford and Cambridge are shown as places where all sorts of things happen, then we explore the special qualities imbued by their Universities.
There are rich insights into Student Life and full justice is done to the glorious Architecture found in both Towns.
We consider one particular College in depth - New College, Oxford - and revel in special places down the centuries of Cambridge - The Round Church, The Hall at Queens, Corpus Christi Old Court, Trinity Library - and exciting more recent buildings too.
Beyond this, Peter Davidson invites you to visit interesting places nearby - Duxford, St.Albans, Blenheim, Warwick and Banbury
'A Right Royal Progress', which includes a Punt Trip on The Cam and a 'flight of fancy' in Concorde, in the company of illustrious ghosts amid some of the most magnificent sights in the world.
'Splendid in every way' - Audio Visual Librarian, Cambridge Central Library

'I've played this video 8 times so far' - J.P.Barking

'Delightful.The history and how it feels to live there today.Traditional beauty spots and nooks and crannies. Personal and always interesting.' - Joanne Collie, Cambridge University Press Author and British Council Tutor
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An Invitation to England -with Peter Davidson's commentary and authentic sound effects - reveals the various faces of The North, The South, The East, The West and The Middle of England. In addition, it gets to grips with what it's like to be English and to have English attitudes.
Featuring :- Birmingham - Bristol - Cheshire - Stoke-on-Trent - Sport - Dover - Kent - Railways - London - Poetry - The Seaside - Richmond-upon-Thames - Castles - Appledore - Canterbury - Norwich - Lincolnshire - Cathedrals - Yorkshire - An Agricultural Show - York - The Peak District - A Pram Race - Hang Gliding - Bonfire Night - A Royal Visit - with glimpses of Brighton - East Grinstead -Coventry - Ely - Bath - Greenwich - Oxford - Cornwall - Hever Castle - Blackpool - Liverpool - Plymouth - Chester - Sunderland - Duxford - The Norfolk Broads...
An unconventional tour - full of personal observation and poetry yet packed with useful facts as well -
Christopher D. Jones, American Writer living in London
'The strong, sharp images are typical of everyday life in England. Mr. Davidson succeeds in maintaining the viewers' attention throughout with interesting and thoughtful commentary which is well paced. It is an honest view of England with genuine insights into many aspects of English life'. -
Erica Cattle - English Secondary School Teacher (TEFL trained) .
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