Britain on Film: Our Coastal Life on Film

Date: Wednesday 6th August 2025

Time: 10.30am & 7.30pm

Tickets: Summer Special £5.00* (adult) / £4.00* (Friend) / £2.50* (Child)

Run time: Approx. 60 minutes

 

Presented by The Corn Hall in collaboration with the East Anglian Film Archive and Creative Arts East

 

Journey back through the decades with a rare screening of Britain on Film: Our Coastal Life on Film – a beautifully curated selection from the East Anglian Film Archive, showcasing life along the coast and beyond.

 

From Great Yarmouth beach holidays to working ports, seaside entertainments, and windswept clifftop communities, this evocative programme captures the spirit, resilience, and charm of East Anglia’s coastal towns and villages throughout the 20th century.

 

This unique collection is part of the BFI’s nationwide Britain on Film project – bringing forgotten reels and community stories back to life on the big screen. Whether you have a love of history, heritage, or just enjoy a good bit of nostalgia, this film will take you on a memorable voyage through time.

 

Highlights include: Rare archive footage from Norfolk and Suffolk’s coastal communities. Seaside holidays, fishing traditions, and changing industries

 

A window into the everyday lives of East Anglians by the sea

 

Perfect for all ages, Our Coastal Life on Film is a celebration of place, people, and the power of film to connect us to our shared past.

 

Book now – spaces are limited!

 

The Corn Hall Diss is pleased to be working in partnership with Creative Arts East for helping to programme film presentations.

 

This film is sponsored by Mattressman

 

As a charity we rely on donations to help cover the cost of delivering our programme of exhibitions, events, our community activities such as our Dementia Café, Arts Award, Saturday Club, Tots Tuesdays, Start With Art, as well as supporting our core costs. We ask you to support The Corn Hall with a donation, so that we can continue to be a creative community hub for Diss. Whatever the donation, anything from £1 to £10,000, is support that The Corn Hall didn't have until you very kindly gave it to us. We offer you a very warm thank you.

 

We want to make your visit to The Corn Hall as enjoyable and comfortable as possible, so we have provided you with detailed information regarding accessibility in all areas of the theatre. If you have any questions, or to register on our Access Scheme to enable accessible seating, discounts and companion tickets, please do not hesitate to contact the Box Office, between 10am and 4pm Monday to Saturday on 01379 652241 or email boxoffice@thecornhall.co.uk We will soon be working with Nimbus Disability, a Social Enterprise that has received international recognition for its Access Card Scheme. For more info on how to book access tickets online, take a look here: https://app.accesscard.online/apply/access-card/form/. We have a limit on how many wheelchair spaces we can safely accommodate therefore these need to be reserved in advance.

 

*not including booking fees