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Berkshire / Re: Maidenhead Schools
« on: Sunday 04 March 12 15:09 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I came across your post with images of Garden Cottages by chance. In the photograph of the street party I can just make out the shop on the corner of Holman Leaze that was owned by my grandparents (Their surname was Mealing). As a child in the 50's, I lived almost opposite the shop - house can't be seen in the photo.
I believe my mother may still have some photographs of Garden Cottages in the 1947 floods. If she can find these I'll post them. Maybe of interest.
By the time I started school (Ellington - 1956) I think some of the cottages in your first photograph may have already been demolished - the centre block - I've a vague memory of there being a block standing at each end of the road in the photo.
Seeing these pictures cerainly brought back some memories - mostly wet and muddy ones from falling in the stream that ran at the back of Garden Cottages and my parents house!!
Regards from Reading.
I believe my mother may still have some photographs of Garden Cottages in the 1947 floods. If she can find these I'll post them. Maybe of interest.
By the time I started school (Ellington - 1956) I think some of the cottages in your first photograph may have already been demolished - the centre block - I've a vague memory of there being a block standing at each end of the road in the photo.
Seeing these pictures cerainly brought back some memories - mostly wet and muddy ones from falling in the stream that ran at the back of Garden Cottages and my parents house!!
Regards from Reading.
Hope this isn't too big!
Reform Road 1945 - end of the war.
And then the last GC 'A party held at Lower Garden Cottages' to celebrate the end of the war in 1945.
Had to modify this last post as I had them round the wrong way. Think it's right now,
Abiam
Moderator comment: dates changed from those originally posted at Abiam's request