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 Ascot, High Street 1906 (ref. 55013) | Built by public subscription, the building on the right served as the fire station. Bearing the sign 'Ascot Fire Brigade, 1902' it is further identified by a lamp inscribed 'Fire Station'. The International Stores can be seen next door. |  Add your own Memory Add to your Album |
 Binfield, The Stag 1892 (ref. B97301) | A welcome stop for many a traveller, including the journalist William Cobbett who in 1822, recorded “at Binfield I stopped to breakfast at a very nice country inn called The Stag and Hounds”. He described Forest Road, seen to the left, as “smooth as a die”. Except for tarmac roads the scene has changed very little. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Binfield, Terrace Road c1955 (ref. B97005) | The corner shop at the junction of Terrace Road and Forest Road displays numerous advertisements, including those for Walls Ice Cream, Cadburys, Digger, and Turf. The sign for Craven 'A' cigarettes states 'Will not affect your throat'. Further on, the local garage sells both Shell and BP petrol, and also offers car hire. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Binfield, Newbold Missionary College c1955 (ref. B97008) | Viewed across a new orchard is the mansion of Moore Close. The original house, built by Mr Hutchinson Brown, was bought by Charles Birch Crisp who, in 1910, commissioned newly-qualified architect Oliver Hill to enlarge the house and design the gardens. Newbold Missionary College moved to the site in February 1946. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Bracknell, High Street 1901 (ref. 46894) | In the foreground a young boy appears rather smart in his straw boater. He is looking across to the lady in black, who is standing beside a pram. Judging by the quantity of lines carried on the telegraph poles, it would appear that a number of telephones had been installed in the area. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Easthampstead, the Church c1960 (ref. E144008) | From Reeds Hill this view towards the Crowthorne Road shows, on the left, buildings that were part of the Churchill House complex. On the right, White Cottage dating from the 17th century is now a listed building. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Finchampstead, Church 1906 (ref. 57014) | The parish church of St James, Finchampstead was first recorded in the early 12th century. One of its later additions was the brick tower in 1720. The church site may have been used at an earlier date and lies only a short distance from the line of The Devils Highway, a former Roman road. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, St Sebastian's Church, Nine Mile Ride 1910 (ref. 62917) | A small but decorative wooden bell tower houses a single bell and is perched neatly on the gable end. A school was built nearby to provide for the educational needs of local children. Today both the church and school continue in popular use. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Nine Mile Ride Post Office 1909 (ref. 61942) | Close to the junction of Nine Mile Ride, New Wokingham Road and Honey Hill, we can see Chappell's Store, clearly the local retailer for Salmon's Teas but also providing the facility of a Post Office to the scattered local community. At this date, a dog could safely stand and wait in the road until the next traveller came into view. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, London Open Air Sanatorium, Pinewood 1910 (ref. 62912) | The clean air and scent of the pines must have been welcomed by the London residents suffering from lung complaints, who were sent to Pinewood for their treatment. The verandahs and large open windows were all designed to provide the maximum opportunity for breathing fresh air. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Reading Road 1906 (ref. 57027) | Looking in the direction of the town, the Holt estate lay behind the trees on the left. Two large gas lamps flank the lych-gate to St Paul's church on the right. There appears to be a hard path across the road in line with the gate, presumably laid to protect pedestrians from the dust and mud of the road. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Town Hall from Market Place c1955 (ref. W123017) | This street scene is much altered from that of the 1906 photograph. Cars in the market place, road signs to direct the traffic and the addition of electric street lighting are just a few of the changes. However, on the right we can see the sign of Sale's, the seed merchants, who still occupied premises to the left of The Red Lion. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Broad Street c1955 (ref. W123002) | From this elevated view point we get the impression of what must have appeared a somewhat green street. Across the road large trees obscure the front of Montague House, whilst on this side, pollard trees mark the edge of the road and in the foreground a thick green hedge can be seen in front of The Elms. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Town Hall 1906 (ref. 57025) | Opened in June 1860, the Town Hall cost £3,505 to build, and provided space for the County Police Station, with cells and an exercise yard, a courtroom and council offices. By this date, the Fire Brigade were also housed here and operated a steam powered fire engine. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Rose Street c1955 (ref. W123014) | The 15th-century building in the foreground has had a variety of uses, including that of a public house named The Cricketers which ran from the mid 19th century until its closure in 1909. This picture shows it as a fish and chip shop. In recent years it has doubled as a tailor's workroom with private accommodation above. The tall narrow building immediately to the left was at one time home to James Seaward, who was reputedly the inspiration for the character of Tom in Charles Kingsley's book 'The Water Babies'. Beyond is a fine run of 15th- and 16th-century buildings. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Wokingham, Station Road c1955 (ref. W123034) | The Hope and Anchor, seen here on the right, has changed little in the present day, but now includes the small gabled building on its left, which had been a blacksmiths for many years. Today the British Legion hall will be found to the rear of the next building along, which in this photograph bears the name 'Wokingham Ex-Servicemen's Club'. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Eversley, Eversley Cross Green 1910 (ref. 63002) | This picture shows a pond considerably bigger than that which remains today; beyond lies The Lamb public house. Today with a reduced pond and an enlarged green, there exists an excellent cricket pitch, all of which remains in full view of the much larger pub and restaurant now named 'Le Toad and Stumps'. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
 Yateley, the Common 1924 (ref. 75556) | From its depot in Reading, having stopped at Shinfield, Arborfield, Eversley and Yateley, a Thorneycroft J Type bus operated by the Thames Valley Traction Company has yet to make a pick up in Derby Green before continuing through Blackwater, to its destination in Camberley. It seems a fitting picture to conclude this selection of photographs and illustrate the pace of life in days gone by. | Add your own MemoryAdd to your Album |
