Barrie in the news

[Robert Greenham]

Pathe newsreels (1910 - 1970) are now available online: www.britishpathe.com

For starters, an initial search on 'Barrie' produced 35 items of which the following are obviously relevant (some of the others may also be relevant):

THRUMS RE-VISITED - 12/06/1930 - version 1: Playwright and author J M Barrie receives the Freedom of his home town.

THRUMS RE-VISITED - 12/06/1930 - version 2: Playwright and author J M Barrie receives the Freedom of his home town.

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY'S 350TH BIRTHDAY - 02/11/1933 - Sir James Barrie visits Edinburgh University to celebrate 350 years of learning.

SIR JAMES BARRIE, OM - 30/10/1930 - Author / playwright Sir J M Barrie becomes Chancellor of Edinburgh University.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - 28/06/1937 - includes  FUNERAL OF SIR JAMES BARRIE

SIR JAMES BARRIE - 02/10/1922 - Sir James Barrie at St Andrews University, Scotland.

AFTER THIRTY YEARS - 30/09/1929 - Sir James Barrie visits Glasgow again, after 30 years, to open Housing and Health Exhibition. Scotland.

HIS AIN FOLK (aka HIS'ANE FORM) - 15/12/1924 - Peter Pan author, J. M. Barrie is honoured by his home town, Dumfries.

SIR JAMES BARRIE - 08/05/1922 - Sir James Barrie makes public appearance at St. Andrews University, Scotland.

BARRIE'S BIRTHPLACE - 04/11/1937 - A look at Sir James Barrie's birthplace, Kirriemuir in Forfar, Scotland.

PETER PAN'S STATUE - 1914-1918 - People look at statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Palace Gardens.


Happy delving!