Pangbourne, The River c.1960
Photo ref: P5091
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Photo ref: P5091
Photo of Pangbourne, The River c.1960

A Selection of Memories from Pangbourne

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Pangbourne

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My mum gave me this picture, but it says "Pangbourne, The Elephant" on the bottom. Then bottom right its say "A.S. PBNE. 14". Only went there with my mum once but sure did love the town. It was our last trip back to England. Such a great time. Anyway my Auntie Elaine lives there and she gave the photo to my mum and then it passed on to me. :)
I have an old family photo posed in front of Pangbourne Mill on 4/9/1899. It includes the entire Stone family including my great grandfather and my grandfather (as a young boy). My grandfather, Edmund Stone, was a Master Mariner and captained 4-masted square rigged sailing vessels around the Horn to India and back; later serving as a Captain for the Cunard line and later piloted big ...see more
The boat in the photograph was completed in 1949 by my father George Watson. We lived in Palmers Green, London N13.  I am up forward then aged 11.  I think the picture was taken in 1949 as I can remember the occasion well.