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Hedgerley maps

Historic maps of Hedgerley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Hedgerley maps

Hedgerley area books

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Memories of Hedgerley

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Berkshire memories

Bath Road

Bath Road Trading Estate 1965
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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

Cippenham Lane, Post Office 1950
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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

The Bowling Alley 1965
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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.

My Ancestry

My great grandfather Thomas Peck was born at Cippenham Green in 1844 and his birth was registered by his mother Jane.

Everret's Corner (2)

Main Street 1965
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This is Everret's Corner approached from the West. The road is the A4 and it is a good distance North of the real Cippenham Village. The main bus-stop for buses coming from Slough was right diagonally opposite the photographer's position. To his left would have been the Bishop Centre (seed merchant and landscaper gardening - Bishop's would later take over the "William Woods" garden centre).

Everret's Corner (1)

Shopping Centre 1965
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This the South Est Corner of the junction on the A4 known as Everret's Corner. Just around to the right from this position are some lock-up shops that I remember from the early 1950s which included a Gents Barbers. Further along still was the Essoldo Cinema and Ballroom (known locally as Dollies). Opposite this corner was a row of brick built shops which included a Post Office. The road running North from this junction passed Wichello's the butchers, the community centre and recreation ground (venue for a travelling fair "Traylens" every year), Stanhope Road, under the railway bridge and Burnham GWR station. It joioned to a road wehich was once called Windsor Lane but which was renamed, about this time to be Burnham Lane. That road ran from the bottom of Burnham Village High Street all the way to the A4.

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