Thanks Nell. I will drop them a line too.
I went through the letters again today and found that RJ Robson of Station Garage was interested in buying the "Daimler" but then changed his mind. Another letter, written by Mrs Smith of Moor Hall because "Miss Hay is away", dated 9 July 1935 mentions that the new owner of the Daimler was Mr Carroll of the Bel & Dragon, Cookham. The registration of the Daimler was XE 3843. I find this truly fascinating.
Each of the invoices give a glimpse of the names of the local traders in and around Cookham in 1935.
For example, there are receipts dated 1935 from the following:
R Webster & Sons - Coal, Corn, Potato & Seed merchants & Factors 124 High St, Maidenhead
The AA of Fanum House, 75 London Road, Reading
Dudley Sims High Class family butcher High Street, Cookham tel: Bourne End 68
Edgar R Spindler High Class baker, confectioner & caterer. - Cookham Road, Bourne End tel: 454
William Creed & Co, Boyne Works, Maidenhead
Budgen & Co Ltd Family Grocers and Provision Merchants Maidenhead
E R Parsons, Poundcroft Dairy Farm, Cookham
W Collinson Newsagent, Stationer and Tabacconist Station Hill, Cookham tel: Bourne End 412
Robert H Shepard Lynwood, Cookham Dean, Maidenhead Tel: Marlow 152
Colebrook & Co Ltd Purveyors of fish, poultry, game and ice. 120 Broad St, Reading
E T Biggs & Sons Goldsmiths and silversmiths. 30-32 High Street, Maidenhead
R B Gould Practical Cabinet maker, High Street, Cookham
R J Robson Cars for hire, Station Garage, Cookham tel: Bourne End 371
Pryce-Jones "Chymist" Cookham-on-Thames
W A James & sons Builders and Decorators, Station Works, Maidenhead
Maidenhead District Laundry Co Ltd, Furze Platt, Maidenhead tel: Maidenhead 43
You just have to love the phone numbers!!
Thanks for your info. Appreciated.
