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Bluebells
My godmother and her parents lived 'forever' at Gravel Road, just up from the small shop on the Park Avenue end. With a marvellous garden of flowers, fruit and poultry; a walkway tunnel of Quince, a black & white tiled pathway to ...Read more
A memory of Farnborough in 1950 by
Cricket On The Village Green
When I worked for Samuel Jones the boys in our office played cricket against a team in Cookham Dean and we girls went along as support. What a great place this is! I remember a lovely village in lovely countryside - ...Read more
A memory of Cookham Dean in 1960 by
Hq 90 Group
I spent most of 1952 at R.A.F. Medmenham and very much enjoyed my stay there. By then discipline had begun to be relaxed and we were able to wear civilian clothes off duty.. I was even able to bring my bicycle from home which opened ...Read more
A memory of Medmenham in 1952 by
A Happy Time
I was born in 1965 at Cliveden and lived in Grubwood Lane near the entrance to Quarry Woods with my parents for 16 years. I remember walking to Cookham Dean Primary School where the headmaster Mr Turner made my life a misery! I ...Read more
A memory of Cookham Dean in 1965
Summers At Coolham House
I have enjoyed summers at Coolham House from 1991 until 2012. The structures have changed very little in decades. The wildlife is wonderful: deer, foxes, pheasants, a pair of white owls, robins, thrushes, martins, ...Read more
A memory of Coolham in 1991 by
Hammer Cottage
I left Coolham 1n 1957 to go to sea to become a Salvage Diver. I was very fortunate to have achieved my ambition and became the senior diver within Admiralty Salvage. My family lived and owned Hammer Cottage, together with Saddlers ...Read more
A memory of Coolham in 1957 by
Coolham House
I had happy holidays at Coolham House with my Auntie Jean and Uncle Douglas (Colonel Cameron) when I was about 10 years of age. I remember there was a prisoner of war called Coconi (an Italian) working on the farm. I remember driving ...Read more
A memory of Coolham in 1943 by
My Childhood
I was born in Cookham in 1952. I attended Holy Trinity Primary School and sang in the church choir. One Remembrance Sunday I was given the honour of carrying the cross at the head of the procession from the church to the war memorial. I ...Read more
A memory of Cookham in 1952 by
Hornimans Tea
I used to live at No 52 on the left of the picture, in a flat on the 4th floor. I was only 7, I remember the first night while lying in bed I heard a screech of brakes and a dog yelping. The next morning my mum told me that a dog had ...Read more
A memory of Shrewsbury in 1954 by
The Post Office And Stores
My family and I lived in the post office and stores when this picture was taken. I am Christine Sheldon, one of the twins of the Sheldon family. We loved living there, my dad was the baker and the shop sold everything - ...Read more
A memory of Coolham by
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The village of Coolham is probably best known for a lovely old house known as the 'Blue Idol'.
Cookham will forever be associated with the artist Stanley Spencer who was born in Cookham in 1891 and died in 1959.
The Thames at Cookham used to have specifically-designed woven baskets for catching eels, which were set up at various points along the river.
The controversial artist Stanley Spencer was born in Cookham in 1891, seventeen years before this photograph was taken.
The Thames at Cookham used to have specifically-designed woven baskets for catching eels, which were set up at various points along the river.
Much of the best part is now owned by the National Trust, who also own a fair amount of Cookham Dean's open space.
The village of Cookham is synonymous with the colourful tradition of swan-upping, which dates from time immemorial and involves the swans being upped, or counted, classified and marked.
The village of Cookham is famous for the colourful tradition of swan-upping, which dates from time immemorial and involves the swans being upped, or counted, classified and marked.
Downstream beyond Marlow the Thames reaches Cookham, where it blunders about and divides into three channels before turning south by chalk cliffs.
As we look back towards Cookham from near the viewpoint of photograph No 77588 towards the bridge onto Odney, since rebuilt, the Thames is beyond the trees with its two channels.
Cookham will forever be associated with the artist Stanley Spencer, who died in 1959.
A small village, built to house Parham Estate employees, Cootham is situated near to the foot of the downs.
This quirky artist is Cookham's famous son, being born at Fernlea further down the High Street in 1891 and buried in the churchyard.
The celebrated village of Cookham, a mile or so south of Bourne End, is seen here from the boatyard on the Buckinghamshire bank, although curiously until 1992 a strip of about 30 feet along
Here, a little south of Cookham, is the My Lady Ferry with the lock-keeper's cottage on the far bank.
There is now a very busy roundabout at the junction with Ray Mead Road, which leads to Cookham.
Stanley Spencer, from nearby Cookham, studied art at the Technical Institute.
The Village 1894 Frith's photographer paused a mile or so west of Storrington in the hamlet of Cootham.
