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Dorney Reach maps
Historic maps of Dorney Reach and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Dorney Reach maps
Dorney Reach photos
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Bray| Dorney| Taplow| Cippenham| Holyport| Burnham| Boyn Hill| Maidenhead| Windsor| Eton| Slough| Cliveden| Farnham Royal| Cookham| Farnham Common| Cookham Dean| Datchet| Hedsor| Stoke Poges| Bourne End| Wooburn Town| Old Windsor| Bisham| Warfield| Wooburn Green| Langley| Waltham St Lawrence| Little Marlow| Hurley| Wraysbury
Dorney Reach area books
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Memories of Dorney Reach
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Special Treats
My friend Jean and I lived at Dorney Reach and we used to go for walks by the river Thames with my dog. On Sunday afternoons we would then cross over the walkway which was on top of the lock gates and buy ice-creams from the
lock-keepers shop. You could hear the roar from the weir. The children from Dorney Reach would love to help open and shut the lock gates which was done manually.
Thames House
On the 1891 Census, my grandmother - Daisy Matilda Lamb - is recorded as being a 'visitor' at the home of Thomas 'Baker' Marks and his family. It appears she was born in Salisbury (tho' I have not, as yet, found a birth certificate for her) and none of the Marks family of Thames House - the large property on the left - seem to have survived in Bray. By 1901, she was working for a Frances Harrison in Holyport - tho' whether she was there in the intervening years I don't know.
We still visit and I photograph Thames House every time!!
Bray Court
My late father Cyril Cook was a Nurse and sometime during the Second World War was posted to Bray Court, which I believe was a Naval Training School. If any one has any information about Bray Court during the Second World War, I would be most interested. Ken Cook
Bath Road
This is closer to Salt Hill than Cippenham. The road on the left is Twinches Lane, the factory on the right is probably Crane Packing, and the view looks west!
On my Way to School
This post office was called Muttons. It was run by Dorothy Mutton. I used the store to buy crisps and sweets on my way to Westgate school.
Pub on The Green
This is the Barleycorn on the green. This was a turnaround point for the 62 Thames Valley bus to Chalvey and Slough.
Lunch Time Bowling
I worked at Zwicky in Buckingham Avenue and some lunch times my friend Ann and I would have a game of bowling, a light lunch, then back to work. My brother Frank used to be in one of the bowling teams that played in the evenings. My friend Jean and I would be up in the bar and would watch the bowling from the viewing windows.
