Following an attempt to get the thousands of pictures on my PC into some sort of order I have extracted a few that you may not have seen before, including a couple where a bit more information would be welcome.
You might remember that I have previously written about a school friend who was a bus-spotter, in contrast to many of us train spotters. Such was Peter's enthusiasm that he went on to work for the Thames Valley Traction Co., and also to become a leading authority on vintage buses. We still keep in touch, and the above four pictures arrived last week. none of which I had seen before, and in all cases the background provided addition interest.
A couple of weeks ago I was worried about filling a full page with a tattered Ordnance map well over 100 years old.
I have done something similar to this before, but here are some new pictures taken by the late Simon Bird in 1990 and kindly passed on to me by his wife Jo.
A few weeks ago I had to dig out an old Ordnance map to show the position of the former Marlow Gas Works.
The picture top left probably looks a little unusual: Market Square Marlow, in front of the Crown Hotel, with an assembly of local dignitaries under a canopy and with a large crowd keeping the roadway clear, obviously eagerly awaiting the arrival of someone or something.
Housed in the left-hand archway of the Market Hall (now the Everyman Cinema), with the illuminated sign was the old Marlow Fire Station.
Some months ago on this page when I bemoaned and pictured the disappearing banking facilities in Marlow, the one photograph I did not have was of the Capital & Counties which once occupied 1, Market Square.
'Demon drink' abstainers: Only one smile is visible.
This column, celebrating 18 years just recently, results in regular requests for copies of pictures and bits of local information.
