Figure 1.--These are the Cross children. There were seven children but only three are in the film. The little boy eating a slice of bread might also be one of the Cross children. The boy holding the cat is Richard Cross. The little girl is Grace Cross and the boy holding the smaller boy's hand is Ewart Cross.

Part of the 'Open Road' travel film was shot in the Southport area of Lancashire. He filmed at a village on the Flyde coast. In the sequence he filmed a group of children using hit natural colour process. This is valuable because it shows the correct colour of the children's clothes. Not only that but the children's names are known and what happened to them later in life has been pieced together. The children in the film still are likely to be from the same family. Their family name was Cross. There were seven children but only three are in the film. The little boy eating a slice of bread might also be one of the Cross children. The boy holding the cat is Richard Cross. The little girl is Grace Cross and the boy holding the smaller boy's hand is Ewart Cross. There father was Thomas Cross but he died shortly after Grass was born in 1919. They were looked after by their mother. Grace was very fond of Richard. He was her favourite brother. Grace and Richard were very fond of animals and had two pet cats a ginger one seen in the film and a black one. They lived opposite a shop which made clogs which is why they are wearing this type of shoe. Sadly mum died aged 40 in 1924. The children became orphans, Grace went to live with her Great aunt. It seems the boys went to live at an orphanage in Preston, Lancashire. The sad thing was that Grace's great aunt for some unknown reason did not let her write to her brother or go to see them. In later life she believed that any letters they wrote to her were kept by her aunt. However she did receive a letter from two of her brothers called Jim and Ewart in December 1930. Grace kept this letter all her life. The village kept the memory of this family and never forgot them."