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Maidenhead Town Walk Guide
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Berkshire Pocket Album
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Newbury Living Memories
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Decanter Set
I own a four decanter set, enclosed in a 10.5 " high by 8" square box, of Amboyna wood, with brass handles and edging, possibly Georgian. Also, held by a brass clip in the top of box, is a 3.5 " glass with the name "Skindles" above a large "S" with a line drawn diagonally through it. Thanks to the internet, and your web-site, I now know, at least, where the glass came from.
I have bought many of your photos over the years, thank you for the pleasure they have given me, and my friends.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Albert Mills
Happy Memories
My mum Lois and I used to catch the blue bus from Dorney Reach and we would go to Maidenhead to visit the doctor or the dentist and then pop into the library where I would always pick a library book about animals.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Monica Peck
Watching the boats in the lock
Summer Sunday afternoons were often spent at Boulters Lock when I was a child. We would have a walk along the river and end up at the lock to sit and watch the boats go in and out.
There would be the people who thought they were the bee's knees in their blazers and straw boaters but who usually managed to make a mess of getting in and out of the lock. And the dogs that would jump off the boats into the lock causing pandemonium, fortunately they all seemed to get rescued OK either by their owners or by someone from the crowd that was always there sitting on the side of the lock.
A memory of Maidenhead contributed by Linda Ellis
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.
A memory of Bray contributed by Monica Peck
Extracts From Boyn Hill & Berkshire books
Our last view shows Dorney Reach with the Berkshire bank on the left. This tranquil stretch of towing path, now
part of the splendid Thames Path long distance footpath, has had its tranquillity rudely shattered. Now, in the
middle distance an elegant duck egg blue-painted steel bridge carries the ceaseless roar of the M4 motorway
across the River Thames, in effect the latest Maidenhead by-pass.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
A former royal manor, Bray is
well known for the song ‘The
Vicar of Bray’, celebrating the
vicar who changed sides several
times during the Civil War and
after to keep his living. The
tranquillity of this delightful
village is traffic-blighted, like
many in the area. Here we look
along the High Street towards
the junction with Church Lane.
At the end is the Hind’s Head
Hotel. The Ringers on the right
is now the Fat Duck Restaurant.
The timber-framed cottages have
long gone.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
From the High Street, Ferry
Lane leads down to the river
and the former ferry point.
We are looking back up the
lane with the river behind
us. On the right is part of the
George Hotel, as it was then.
The view is little changed
apart from the outbuilding on
the right with the two dormer
windows which is now a
house, Tansy Cottage.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
Here we are standing on the
slipway where Ferry Lane
disappears into the River
Thames. The straw-hatted
boy peers round the fence
of the George Hotel from its
riverside garden; another boy
fishes. The George is now
the renowned Waterside Inn
with a thoroughly developed
river terrace that includes an
oriental-style gazebo. In the
distance is part of the Fishery
Estate along Bray Reach,
started in the 1890s by a rich
widow named Annie Smith.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".
A little further south, is
Jesus Hospital, a fine
quadrangle of 28 single-
storey almshouses with
a taller entrance bay.
A stern notice in the
entrance archway states
that ‘Vagrants, Hawkers and
Dogs Are Not Admitted’. It
was founded in 1627 by
William Goddard, a local
man made good as citizen
of London and member of
the Fishmongers Company.
He is commemorated with a
statue and his monument is
in the church.
An extract from from"Maidenhead Photographic Memories".