Wokingham
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- 36 photos on Wokingham appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Wokingham
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Growth of Wokingham
When my parents moved to Wokingham in 1950 I understand that it had a polulation of 5,000 and my memories are of a sleepy market town. I gather the poulation is now about 60,000 and it certainly shows when I return - it seems very built up and very busy. We lived in Easthampstead Road and I see that this road now has many more houses, with infilling and houses built in back gardens etc. but it is still very recognisable.
Contributed by John Buck
Grosvenor School
At the time this photograph was taken the building in the background on the right housed the Grosvenor School. At some stage it became a surgery for a local doctor but I don't know when? By the 1950s it had grown to a surgery with several doctors, including a Dr Merrick.
Contributed by John Buck
Home Farm Bearwood
It was the year President Kennedy was assassinated. My two sisters and I lived with my Grandparents, Bob and Katie Myram at Home Farm, Bearwood. My mum was ill in the U.S. and we stayed for the year with my grandparents. We attended Bearwood County Primary School and Mr. Sparrow was my beloved teacher! I have such happy, wonderful memories of that year, the Beatles, my friend, Marian Allen and a wonderful toy shop that I cant remember the name. My fondest memories are of that year. If anyone has anything to add to this, please do!!!! I'd love to hear from you!!!!
Krystyne Lewis (nee Christine Schupp)
Contributed by Krystyne Lewis
My great grandparents house
My great grandparents lived in one of the houses you can just see at the right hand side right at the end, they are lovely black and white houses and are still there, offices now I think.
Contributed by Nicky Lane
Hot summer days
The group of three boys on their bicyles reminds me of hot summer days riding back from the Forest school to my home in Wokingham. We would often stop here - outside the hardware shop (Husseys?) and have a last chat before going our separate ways - clearly there was not much traffic about! In fact I could well be the boy on the left but if so I cannot recognise the other two.
At this time Wokingham had a Boots chemist - just on the right, which also had a lending libray run by Boots on the first floor and a second chemist called Tomothy Whites and Taylors the other side of the market place - the shop ...read more here
Contributed by John Buck
California in England
This holiday camp was known as California in England and was owned by the Cartledge family. Mr Cartledge ran the holiday camp and Mrs Cartledge ran the Red Puppet cafe in Wokingham's Peach Street for some time, where a group of boys from the Forest school and girls from the Holt would meet for coffee on the way home from school.
Contributed by John Buck
Extracts From Wokingham & Berkshire books
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.
An extract from from"Wokingham and Bracknell Photographic Memories".
Wokingham’s triangular market place is the town’s focal point; it is dominated by its red brick Victorian town hall,
which is triangular in shape and replaces a 17th-century timber-framed building.
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Wokingham and Bracknell Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Wokingham and Bracknell Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Wokingham and Bracknell Photographic Memories".