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Topic: Wokingham Memories It Shall Be. (Read 4805 times)
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Bigshotte
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Re events in Berks by R&R reply 4. School name was Bigshotte Rayles from when founded in 1895 to 1918. It then changed its name & was called Bigshotte School until closure in 1997. Knocked down & housing estate erected on site. All that is left now is a field called Bigshotte Park, Crowthorne.
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Bigshotte
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Oops! re my reply number 60. Bigshotte School was closed in 1977. Sorry.
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CeeR
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Hi H. I am writing regarding the festivities showing in the old photograph. This picture is of Bracknell High Street taken from the top near The Old Manor looking down the street. My great grandparents owned The Old Manor in those days and were basket makers with several shops around the area and based in Crondall - Stevens family. That part of the High Street remains pretty much the same as it was then although further down near the Crossway was completely demolished - shame. The Post Office is on the righthand side near that sign. The large tree you can see was in the Church Yard and my grandfather had a basket/hardware shop just beyond that. All of which has now been demolished. I have an old postcard book which has pictures of this part of the high street. I will dig it out sometime and see if there is any reference to what the occasion might be. Hope this is of some help to you. best wishes C.
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jc26red
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Hi CeeR
welcome to Rootschat
Are you sure its of old Bracknell? I live less than a mile away from where you are describing and it doesn't look anything like that at all.
I would be interested in seeing the postcards you have of that time.
Jenny
think I need to have a look in the library
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behindthefrogs
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It is Bracknell High Street. Here is a picture taken in the opposite direction.
http://www.bfheritage.org.uk/library/images/lg_bracknews1026_20050119093433.jpg
and a small one in the right direction
http://www.rootschat.com/links/05t5/
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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jc26red
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well... that is a surprise, shame its changed beyone recognition
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Hhodgetts
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Well, thanks for identifying the town. I thought it would never happen. I hope the event will be identified yet.
Sadly, my cousin with whom I would share this information died a couple of weeks ago. I'm sad I can't tell him the news. It might well have sparked a memory for him.
It is a shame how things change with time, referring to the redevelopment of a town with lovely buildings like Bracknell had. My Grandfather was sent a post card of Bullbrook Bridge back in February of 1946 as a memento of his visit there. My cousin took me 18 months ago for a ride in his car to show me the site of the image. Sadly it is long gone under the A329 London Road dual-carriageway between Lily Hill Drive and Bay Drive and the stream itself is now hidden in a culvert. And they call it 'progress'.
Thanks for the continued input. 
Philip
PS found some additional images here of the three peaked dept store;
http://www.bfheritage.org.uk/memories_info.php?CID=50&LID=67
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behindthefrogs
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With the exception of about four buildings the whole of the centre of Bracknell was bulldozed in the 1970s in the name of progress. The two main shopping roads still exist surrounded by a ring road but virtually none of the original shops survived just a couple of pubs.
A few of the residential streets still survive but are completely engulfed by the modern estates of the huge new town which is still expanding. The whole town is now a monstrosity. I worked there for nearly twenty years.
One of the estates is called Bullbrook
David
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Living in Berkshire. From Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE IN SURNAME INTERESTS, LINK AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Coupland, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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jc26red
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I agree... best avoided at all costs.
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CeeR
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Hi Philip. Glad I was able to identify Bracknell High Street for you. So sorry your cousin passed away. Shame he didn't get to know. It was purely by chance that I came across you request for help. I was looking for info on a property in Wokingham I was thinking of buying. Your pic of Montague House appeared and so I followed the thread thinking I could give you info on it, but someone else already had. I then came across your pic of Bracknell High Street and recognised it instantly. I grew up in the old Binfield Road in the 50's/60's so knew old Bracknell very well. I then moved to Wokingham and lived in Rose Street, interestingly in a house once owned by Isiah Gadd, where I lived for 25 years. I now live just a couple of minutes from Montague House in the opposite direction and walk passed it daily. Will be in touch when I find the postcard book. Kind Regards CeeR
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Sotonian
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I agree that the original photograph in this thread is Bracknell High Street probably taken between the wars.
The post office is on the right as you look at the photograph and the large fir tree was in front of the church. A small pathway led up to the church hall where I used to attend Sunday school in the early fifties. My mother used to take me to have my haircut by Mr Flower whose shop was on the left as you look at the image. You can make out Lawrence's store on the right just below the Post Office where my father worked in the twenties.
With regards to Oakfield House I have attached a photograph. My grandfather’s cousin worked at Oakfield House during the War as a cook when a lot of evacuees were living there.
My grandparents lived in Wokingham where my mother was born and then I was born. I lived in Bracknell until I was about twelve. We moved just before the major work on the New Town began.
My father's family are a very old Wokingham family and you find them listed in All Saints parish registers from the earliest times.
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CeeR
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Re old pics of Bracknell and the High Street as well as other places in the Uk. I suggest you look at the following site. These people have recently moved into a shop in the Town Hall in Wokingham and have a very large collection of old pics. www.netxposure.net Enjoy. CeeR
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