Nostalgic memories of Maidenhead's local history
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Hello!
Help wanted! In tracing my family history, I have been given many old photographs, and one of them shows my grandfather (Albert Badnell) standing outside his shop.
I believe it may be where the general store is in Belmont Road, but can anybody confirm this for me?
The shop in the photo is definitely on a corner.
If anyone has any other information about the Badnell pits or other family history, I would love to hear from you!
Thank you,
Linda Vipond (nee Badnell)
I lived in ray park avenue from 1969 to 1973 . Dr (Ken?) Simon was my G.P and I have vivid memories of Skindles , Thameside , Taplow , Boulter's Lock... .You may contact me for further info
G.C
I am wondering if anyone remembers my grandfather Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Simon. He had a practice in Maidenhead in a house called Marlborough along the river next to the sounding bridge but the entrance to his surgery was at the back entrance. His patients included the actress Betty Davis who used to stay at Skindles Hotel, also, my grandmother Phyllis (Phyl) and my mother Gian (Gillian) Simon ran the pub inside ...see more
I am wondering if anyone remembers my grandfather, Dr. Kenneth Simon, he used to have his surgery just down the road from Skindles, and amongst other guests looked after the actress Betty Davis when she stayed at the hotel. Also, my grandmother Phil Simon and my mother at one point ran the pub inside Skindles hotel back in the 1960's. The hotel was where my aunt had her wedding anniversery, it is terribly sad that ...see more
Hello, a look up please can anyone tell me if the Bennett family of Maidenhead are buried in St Mary`s.
Ah - so someone else was at Fox's at Skindles? I was there too, quite a lot with my boyfriend (now husband), we've been married since 1981. We used to go and see the bands, Budgie, Thin Lizzie - music so loud it would never be allowed today with all this 'Health and Safety' lark. We actually saw people's ears bleeding! The ceiling did indeed fall down when Budgie played, there were £1.00 notes everywhere as ...see more
Those of us of a certain age may remember going to a nightclub at Skindles in 1977 onwards, it used to be brilliant! It played heavy rock music and Thin Lizzy played there, also Budgie and Stray. There was an indoor swimming pool and a dancefloor that lit up with squares (like Saturday Night Fever). I was there with my boyfriend (now my husband - we've been married 30 odd ...see more
My Grandfather Joesph Thomas Brooks, was a Thames Conservancy employee/ferryman etc.. and on retirement worked as a boatman at The Hungaria. I remember him proudly showing me a guinea on his watchchain, given to him by King Edward VII. Roy Hole.
Where: 10 High Street, Maidenhead, beside the Bear Hotel on the High Street.
Who: Owned by Alfred Walter Bennett [1875-1968]of 3 St Ives Road [The Rosary], Maidenhead.
What: Tailors, also supplied School Uniforms
When: throughout 20 Century until the 1960s
Family Stanley born 1898,Kenneth born 1900, Lillian born 1903.
Alfred was a very good snooker player and belonged to a gymnastic athletic club in Maidenhead.
We moved to Maidenhead in 1961, when I was 10. I didn't particularly want to but my parents said I could go and see "Village of the Damned" at the ABC cinema on the day we moved and that swung it for me - I was easily pleased. My parents bought their first house here - a maisonette - for about 2000. Times have changed.
Those early years are remembered so well - walking to Courthouse Primary, across the park, ...see more