Bray
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Bray books (12 available)
Maidenhead Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Berkshire Pocket Album
Paperback
Newbury Living Memories
Paperback
- 5 photos on Bray appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Bray
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Bray memories
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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.
Contributed by Monica Peck
Berkshire memories
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
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
Extracts From Bray & Berkshire books
Four years after this photograph was taken, the Thames burst its banks
and floodwater raged through Bray. According to local sources, a fish was
even caught in the high street.
An extract from from"Berkshire Pocket Album".
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
A young boy looks out around the fence of the George Hotel, his attention drawn not by the other boys fishing
nearby but by the photographer. A man and woman are seen on the landing platform waiting for a boat. A ferry
once operated at this point to take people to the opposite bank of the river.
An extract from from"Windsor 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".