Terry's Bracknell Photo Picks.

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1950: Before the New Town. This was taken before the Bracknell Development Corporation had commenced the expansion of the town with new residential estates and the Industrial areas.		1898: Royal Forresters Hotel. A busy day along the road.

1900: Church Road A view along Church Road.		2000: The Admiral Cunningham. This is a colour photo of the old building retained in Priestwood, an early estate of the B.D.C.

1999: The Bull. The Bull public house at the end of the last millenium, in Bracknell High Street.		1999: The Red Lion. The other Old Town public house in the High Street.

2001: Wick Hill House. One of the prominent buildings of old town Bracknell.		1950:Top of the High Street. A view of the top of the High Street, including pedestrians and traffic.

1960:The Old Manor Hotel and Hinds Head Pub The Hinds Head was demolished some years after this photo. The old Manor Hotel still exists.		1906: The Royal Forresters Hotel. The large Hotel depicted in 1906.

1950: Another view of the High Street. Self-explanatory really. How things looked before modernization and now 60+ years later, the Town Centre is undergoing regeneration once more.		1895: A picture along Church Road. A Victorian view in 1895 along Church Road. note the Horse and carriage.

1930: Easthampstead Park. This impressive edifice was a teacher's training college in the 1950s.		Frank Hobley. A relative of the Clark family displaying his Victorian/Edwardian moustache.

1906: Lily Hill House. One of Bracknell's more prestigious buildings. Bracknell Rugby Club is now based at Lily Hill Road.		1929: Thomas Clark & son. One of Terry's antecedents with a son in 1929.

Mr. Bickmore & Mr. Woods No date given but these two gents are part of Terry Clark's family forebears.		2000: Mr.Sidney Hobley. The Hobley family were part of the community in pre-New Town days and this gent has lived to tell the tale in the 21st century.

1939: Sidney Clark & friends. One of Terry's antecedents pre WW2 with some contemporaries.		1905: Binfield Road. A scene depicting some cottages in Binfield Road.

Mr. Bickmore & his grandson, Bernard Clark. No date given but this is a view of Mr. Bickmore and his Grandson Bernard Clark. these families were part of the community in pre war Bracknell.		The Hinds Head. This was situated by the New College building and the Meteorological Office Headquarters. Both were demolished. The Hinds Head pub made way for expansion and the college was extended and had more floors added on top. I recall sipping a few jars of Jim's ales when I was at the college in the mid 60s.

1901: Rounds Hill. Showing a curve in the old road at the turn of the century.		1949: A bus in the High Street. Buses linked Bracknell with Wokingham and Reading in one direction and Ascot & Windsor in the other. With a car in view, it is almost grid-locked!!!

The Bull. A view of the Bull but no date given.		1907: Bagshot Road. The Road out of Bracknell, linking the town to Bagshot with turn-offs for Crowthorne, Sandhurst and Camberley. Easthampstead, with the Church on the hill, was the municipal authority, known as Easthampstead Rural District Council.

1910: Royal Forresters Hotel A 1910, pre WW1 view of the noted hotel.		1902: London Road A turn of the century view along London Road now the A329.

1930: High Street. Showing the inter-war years view of the High Street with traffic.		1957: before the New Town had really begun. A general view in 1957. Some of the new estates were started in the early 1960s, it grew steadily while I was at school (Ranelagh). Priestwood 1 and Priestwood 2 with the development at Bulbrook as the town centre was still untouched.

1949: The Bickmore & Woods families, members. Some members of the Bickmore & Woods families of old Bracknell in 1949.		1906: Ladies on bicycles. Un-named ladies riding bicycles in 1906.