Berkshire Collection (#10)

Eton Quadrangle
A bronze statue of Henry VI, erected the early 18th century by the then provost, Dr. Godolphin, in the Quadrangle of Eton College, Berkshire, England. Date: 1972

Marlow, Berkshire, on the Thames Date: circa 1840

Great Marlow, Berkshire
The Thames at Great Marlow, Berkshire Date: circa 1800

Windsor Station 1908
Windsor railway station, Berkshire, UK, seen from the street. Date: 1908

Thames at Radcot
A glimpse of the River Thames at Radcot, where it flows through pleasant meadows and forms the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

North Hinksey, Berkshire
The church and cross at North Hinksey, Berkshire Date: late 18th century

Tyring a Wheel
Wheelwrights tyring a wheel the old-fashioned way, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

The Cock Pit, Eton
The Cock Pit, High Street, Eton, Berkshire, England, which dates back to the early 15th century. Date: established 1420

Thames Toll Bridge
A motorist in a Ford Anglia pays his toll on the toll bridge over the River Thames, linking Pangbourne, Berkshire and Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1960s

Boating on the Thames
Boating on a pleasant stretch of the River Thames, viewed from Swinford Bridge, where it forms the boundary between the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Maidenhead Mini Golf
The first British miniature golf course to be opened was at Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a full 18 hole course, sheltered under a beautiful verandah! Date: 1930s

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Hammering a Wheel
A wheelwright hammering a tyre into a cartwheel in his workshop, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Stanford-In-The-Vale
Thatched cottages in the quiet village of Stanford-in-the- Vale, Berkshire, England. Date: late 1950s

Reading Market
A Seikh man among the shoppers at Reading Market, Berkshire, England. Date: 1980

Eton Cricket Match
A cricket match on Eton Playing Fields, Eton public boys school, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

East Hagbourne Church
St. Andrews Church, East Hagbourne, Berkshire, England, a fine mixture of Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular architecture. Date: 12th - 15th century

Pangbourne Weir, Berkshire, England, in winter. Date: 1930s

Reading Station
Reading Railway Station, Berkshire, England, a key station for commuting into London, it opened in 1840. Date: 1980

Eton College, Berkshire, England, founded by King Henry VI (whose statue is in the foreground) in 1440. Clock tower and buildings built by Prevost Lupton in 1517. Date: early 16th century

Pangbourne Smithy
The lovely old smithy (blacksmiths) at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Note the nice fat chimney! Date: 1930s

Tom Clarke, Huntsman, jumping a fence
Full Cry -- Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, jumping a fence during a fox hunt. Date: 1870s

Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire
Exterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown

Air Scouts Colour Party
Six Air Scouts stand to attention raising flags at Windsor Castle. 1962

Scouts on Bikes 1930
The Happiness of the Road: A batch of happy boy scouts on their return from a weekend camping near Windsor, Berkshire, England. Date: 18 May 1930

Boulters Lock, Thames, London
Some take to a boat on the river, others simply watch and stroll along the path at Boulters Lock on the River Thames, Maidenhead, England

Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, Wokingham
View of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for

View of Windsor Castle from across the River Thames
A general view of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, from across the River Thames, with people and boats in the foreground

Heather garden at Brockhurst, near Newbury, Berkshire
The heather garden at Brockhurst Gardens, near Newbury, Berkshire

Workhouse, Casual Ward
A workhouse casual ward which the poster on the right suggests is in the vicinity of Reading in Berkshire. The tramps and vagrants who occupied the room slept on hammocks slung between hooks attached

Oracle Workhouse, Reading, Berkshire
The ornate entrance and gates of Readings Oracle workhouse, established in 1628. A shopping centre of the same name now stands on the site

Union Workhouse, Reading, Berkshire
Reading Union workhouse was opened in 1867 at a site on Oxford Road in Reading, Berkshire. This view of the entrance dates from the First World War when the site was taken over for use as a military

State procession crossing bridge at Windsor
A state procession crossing the bridge at Windsor at the time of the coronation of King George V

Funeral of King Edward VII, arrival at Windsor
The funeral of King Edward VII -- the arrival of the coffin at Windsor Station, with military and naval troops

Patient on Trolley at Reading War Hospital, Berkshire
A unidentified location believed to be one of the First World War Military Hospital sites at Reading, Berkshire. A military patient in a basketwork trolley is being pushed by a colleague

Pangbourne, Berkshire
A riverside pub at Pangbourne, Berkshire

Eggs from the Sky
Two boys from the Keep Hatch School at Wokingham, Berkshire, hold some of the eggs which fell out of a clear sky in December 1974

Capture of Meaulte 1918
Mark V (Female) tanks of the 4th Battalion in Meaulte soon after its capture by the 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment of the 12th Division on the Western Front in France during World War I on 22nd August

Cookham Bridge
A new iron bridge, ungainly but useful, is erected over the Thames at Cookham, Berkshire. I doubt if local resident Stanley Spencer will be inspired to paint it

Boats at Boulters Lock, Berkshire, 1906
Photograph showing the crowd of boats and people at Boulters Lock, Berkshire, on Ascot Sunday, 1906

Windsor Castle, Berkshire, 1935
Photograph showing Windsor Castle and the River Thames, Berkshire, 1935

Maidenhead - 1925
View from Bridge Maidenhead Berkshire

Wantage Steam Tram
For over 50 years, until 1925, this old steam tramway maintained a passenger service bewteen Wantage Town and Wantage Road (G.W.R.) station, Berkshire, England

PHEASANT INN SIGN
The attrative sign of the Pheasant Inn at Winnersh, Berkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Waltham St. Lawrence
Beauty through the gateway: A striking view of Waltham St. Lawrence and the Bell pub, a charming Berkshire village

Fishing at Abingdon
A young man stands fishing on the river bank at Abingdon, Berkshire, with its graceful bridge over the river Thames nearby

King Henry VIII steam locomotive near Slough
The King Henry VIII steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway near Taplow and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Part of the King Class of locomotives, it was built in 1928 and withdrawn in 1962

Berkshire Straw Yard
Cattle, pigs and poultry in the straw-yard of a farm in Berkshire : note the thatched barn and manger

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping