Maidenhead, Free Library 1904
Photo ref:
53149
Photo ref:
53149
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Another view shows what a high quality design the subscribers got from their architects, Arthur McKewan and G H V Cole, using a sort of Baroque-cum-Wren style. It cost £6,000. The cedar survived from the grounds of Ives Place, a mansion and later an hotel, which stood where the present 1962 Town Hall is located.
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Memories of Maidenhead, Free Library 1904
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. These memories are of Maidenhead, Free Library 1904
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I was born in Maidenhead in 1939 and as soon as I could read I pestered my mum to take me to the library. I can't imagine how many books I would have read from the shelves of this lovely old building. At first I was not impressed with the new library but soon realised the advantages of more light and space. I have many happy memories of the great service I received as a child and adult. I moved away 13 years ...see more
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.
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