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Fascinating Bucks pictures discovered
1:56pm Tuesday 14th October 2008
FOUR mysterious boxes of glass plates – the forerunner of film photographs – have appeared at the Midweek offices.
An excited news team opened the boxes labelled Ancient Victorian Plates to find scores of images, some of apparent family groups, portraits and scenes recording sites which may have disappeared
forever under new developments.
Comments (0)1995: Winners of the Evening Standard 5-a-side competition
12:24pm Monday 10th November 2003
WYCOMBE'S team proved to be the best in this competition for clubs in and around London.
1965: Goal machine Paul Bates
12:27pm Monday 10th November 2003
WANDERERS' second highest scorer of all time is Wycombe-born Paul Bates, pictured here in a match on September 18, 1965.
Top goal scorer: Tony Horseman
12:34pm Monday 10th November 2003
WITH 416 goals to his name, Wycombe's top goal scorer Tony Horseman's record still stands after 25 years.
1990: Loakes Park
12:37pm Monday 10th November 2003
WANDERERS' old ground at Loakes Park in High Wycombe, with its infamous sloping pitch.
1986: Alan Gane
12:39pm Monday 10th November 2003
WYCOMBE manager Alan Gane, left, is pictured watching a game with assistant manager John Maskell.
1991: Wycombe players in training
12:40pm Monday 10th November 2003
PLAYERS work on their fitness during a training session in 1981.
Late 1960s: John Beck
12:43pm Monday 10th November 2003
JOHN Beck, who played for Wycombe between 1963 and 1968, making nearly 180 appearances.
1982: Peter Suddaby
12:44pm Monday 10th November 2003
PETER Suddaby played for Wycombe in the 1969/70 and 1982/83 seasons before becoming manager for the 1986/7 season.
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