The movie captures many social conventions of 1950s Britain. Two conventions from this movie captured my imagination: (a) The idea that the first gal/guy you slept with - if found out - your parents would force your hand to marry them.
Lisa Daniely is a mill girl in the Lancashire town of Hindle. On the week of her annual holiday, she goes with a friend to Blackpool, where she encounters Brian Worth, the son of owner of the mill where she works -- and an old friend of her father, Leslie Dwyer.
It's the end of the work cycle, and the staff at a factory in Lancashire head to Blackpool for the weekend. Passions arise.
An experienced British cast star in this melodrama of a young mill-working girl on a seaside holiday with her friend. After a night at a dance hall, she hooks up with the son of a local mill owner and they have a clandestine time.
I saw a documentary a few years ago about The Battle of Britain featuring RAF fighters and the control room whose personnel guided pilots to intercept German raiders.In this film was an officer who looked strangely familiar and it was not until I saw "Hindle Wakes" 1952 that I recognised actor Ronald Adam.
