In 1958 Ian Balfour and Joyce Pryde were married at Bellevue Chapel, Edinburgh, surrounded by friends and family.
The following films are an insightful snapshot of that event.
Category: Family
1954 Third European Folk Festival, Germany
The following film shows Ian Balfour’s trip to Neustadt, North Germany for the Third European Folk Festival in 1954.
The Edinburgh University Country Dance Society, who did not have their own pipers, invited along Ian and Sandy Cram – who were members of the University Territorial Army Pipe Band. Music by bensound.com.
Balfour Family Holidays 1945-53
Over the years the Balfour family captured some fascinating footage on a cine film camera. Here you can see footage from 1945 all the way through to 1953. The next two sections in the index go on to cover family holidays, Ian and Joyce’s wedding, a train journey to Newtonmore and a trip to Nepal and North India. You can even see the Edinburgh trams, circa 1952.