Step back in time with a vintage film of events in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Roye England spent the 1950s making scale models of dilapidated English cottages, ready for his model village. He was the creator and founder President of the Pendon Museum of Miniature Landscape and Transport at Long Wittenham, near Oxford, which is still…
Category: Berkshire
Old images of Twyford, Berkshire
Step back in time with a vintage film of events in Twyford, Berkshire. In 1956, Goodey’s Yard at Twyford was the setting of an unusual auction. 600 lots, from derelict cars to traction engines, horse drawn vehicles, a penny farthing and even an anchor were up for grabs. The merry-go-round, shown in working order with…
Old images of Maidenhead, Berkshire
In 1939, heavy rain on the Berkshire Downs led to severe flooding in parts of Maidenhead. Berkshire – Floods (1939): British Pathé You may also like
Eastbury, Berkshire, in Old Photos & Film
Eastbury is a small Berkshire village situated near three Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), being White Shute, Westfield Farm Chalk Bank and Cleeve Hill. To the west of the village is Bernard’s Ford, which can only be crossed by tractors and horses, so pedestrians use the adjacent footbridge. Each May, the Eastbury Plough holds…
Aldermaston Berkshire in vintage film
In 1956 the new private atom reactor brought news cameras to Aldermaston.
Old Photos Of Newbury In Berkshire
These brilliant video collections of old photos of Newbury have been pulled together into fascinating videos. See what the Berkshire town looked like in decades gone by.
Caring For The Ankerwycke Yew, Berkshire
The Ankerwycke Yew is about 2,500 years old, making it the oldest tree in England. Because there are older trees in Scotland and Wales, it is not the oldest tree in the UK. However, it’s worth remembering that this ancient tree was already 500 years old when the first Romans invaded Britain under the orders…
Newbury History In Vintage Film
The Berkshire town of Newbury may not be a centre of malting, brick making and tanning leather that it was once famous for, but it is still a thriving town of industry and business.
Berkshire: Local History Resources
Berkshire is a county in the region of the South East of England. Along with other counties surrounding London, including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, Berkshire is considered part of the Home Counties. This term first appeared after an Act of Parliament in 1889 created the County of London as a separate and…
