1973 Jane Hodge Holiday Home

From 1968 to 1974 I worked at the Jane Hodge Holiday Home at Trerhyngyll in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. The home was dedicated to providing short term "holidays" or respite care for disabled children of all abilities. Some of the youngsters were severely disabled, others not so, indeed sometimes it was hard to tell they had any form of disability at all.

This film is not very good quality but does give a flavour of the era and of some indication of what the home was all about. It was shot on Super 8 ciné film on a cheap (but expensive to me) movie camera I purchased in January of 1973. The film was transferred to VHS video sometime in the 1990s and I have recently recorded that video onto DVD. One day I shall re-record the whole film using modern cameras and technology but until then this record will suffice - hope you enjoy it!

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Travel & Events

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• boys
• girls
• children
• care
• holiday
• Trerhyngyll
• Cowbridge
• Wales
• 1973