BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ Photographs and negatives of Berkshire scenes, taken by Thomas A Wilkie of Guildford, Surrey, photographer, c.1950s-1980s. (12 bdls, 6 docs) Presented in July 2005 (acc. 7647) Cat: LS 1/2008 _______________________________________________________________ BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS [Thomas A Wilkie was born in the Scottish Borders on 13 October 1920, and moved to Surrey as a gardener employed by the Duke of Northumberland. He learned photography while serving in the RAF during the Second World War, and in 1950 became a professional photographer specialising in commercial, agricultural and industrial photography. He was a member of the National Union of Journalists. He retired in 1989, and was still alive in 2005.] [Copyright in the photographs in this collection is vested in Berkshire Record Office.] 1/1-7 Photographs of Bracknell New Town new 1 bdl n.d. [1969] shopping centre (nos. BE/108-112) and industrial estate (nos. [BE/115 and 128]). 2 Photograph of the River Thames from 1 doc n.d. [1982] Caversham Bridge (no. BE/299). 3 Photograph of Compton Church (no. BE/100). 1 doc n.d. [1967] 4 Photograph of East Garston village, showing 1 doc n.d. [1963] the village cross and a group of women pushing prams (no. BE/15). 5 Photograph of houses and fields in Goosey 1 doc n.d. [1963] (no. BE/40). 6/1-2 Photographs of the Kennet and Avon Canal at 1 bdl n.d. [1983] Hungerford, one showing The Rose of Hungerford narrowboat (nos. BE/330 and 334). 7 Photograph of Kintbury Lock with small boat 1 doc n.d. [1983] in the middle (no. BE/344). 8/1-6 Photographs of Lambourn: cars parked outside 1 bdl 1963 church (no. BE/18); [High Street] (BE/19-20); and views of the Downs (BE/21, 66, 67). 9/1-2 Photographs of road and railway bridges over 1 bdl n.d. [1978] the River Thames at Maidenhead ([nos. BE/198 and 204]). 10/1-3 Photographs of the River Thames at 1 bdl n.d. [1967] Pangbourne (nos. BE/88, 91-92). BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS 11/1-2 Photographs of cottages in Shrivenham, at 1 bdl n.d. [1963] corner of A20 road (to Faringdon and Oxford) and B4508 road (to Longcot and Wantage) (nos. BE/73 and 78). 12/1-3 Photographs of Streatley scenes: a public 1 bdl n.d. [1967] house on the River Thames (no. BE/89), the lock (BE/90), and the parish church (BE/102). 13/1-3 Photographs of White Horse Hill, seen from 1 bdl n.d. [1963] the outskirts of Uffington (no. BE/43), view of the Vale of White Horse from White Horse Hill (BE/79), and view of Vale of White Horse towards Uffington from White Horse Hill (BE/81). 14/1-2 Photographs of [view of East Garston, 1 bdl n.d. [1967] including College Field, from Millennium Field looking north towards Wantage], identified on photograph only as farm scene 'on the Downs near Wantage' (nos. BE/104- 105).] 15/1-35 Contact prints (nine images to a sheet) of 1 bdl 1963-1983 photographs of Berkshire scenes. [For list, see Appendix I.] 16/1-280 Negatives. 1 bdl n.d. [early [For list, see Appendix I.] 1960s]-1983 17/1-35 Colour negatives. 1 bdl n.d. [c.1970s- [For list, see Appendix II. Some of the images 1980s] are very similar to those in the numbered black and white sequence, and may have been taken at the same time.] 18 Glass negative (numbered 5) showing 1 doc n.d. [c.1950s- Wellingtonia Avenue, Finchampstead. 1960s] BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS Appendix I Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) Ref no Description Date 3 [St Nicholas'] Church, Abingdon (negative n.d. [1960s] only) 4-5 Three Frogs Inn, Wokingham (negatives only) n.d. [1960s] 6 Scene with bus, Abingdon (negative only) n.d. [1960s] BE/15-17 East Garston village scenes (prints only) [see October 1963 also D/EX 1934/4] BE/18-20 Lambourn village scenes [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/8/1-3] BE/21-22 Rural scenes near Lambourn [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/8/4] BE/23 Lambourn Church with cars in front October 1963 BE/24 East Garston village scene (negative only, but [October 1963] probably duplicate of BE/17) BE/38-39 Road from Ipsden to Stoke, Oxfordshire (prints October 1963 only) BE/40 Goosey scene [see also D/EX 1934/5] October 1963 BE/41-46 Rural scenes near Uffington [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/13/1] BE/48-49 Unidentified scenes (negatives only) October 1963 BE/64 [House at or near Lambourn] October 1963 BE/65-67 Views of Downs showing Lambourn in the October 1963 distance [see also D/EX 1934/8/5-6] BE/68-72 Views from Roman road near Baydon, October 1963 Wiltshire (prints only) BE/73-75 Shrivenham village scenes [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/11/1] BE/76-77 Uffington seen from White Horse Hill [see October 1963 also D/EX 1934/13/2-3]. BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS Appendix I Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.) Ref no Description Date BE/78 Shrivenham village scene [see also D/EX October 1963 1934/11/2] BE/79-81 Uffington and Vale of White Horse seen from October 1963 White Horse Hill [see also D/EX 1934/13/2-3] BE/82-86 Rural scenes (unidentified) [c.1963-1967] BE/88 River Thames at Pangbourne [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/10/1] BE/89-90 River Thames at Streatley [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/12/1-2] BE/91-99 River Thames at Pangbourne [see also D/EX July 1967 1934/10/2-3] BE/100 Compton Church [see also D/EX 1934/3] 1967 BE/101 Rural scene [near Compton] 1967 BE/102-103 Streatley Church [see also D/EX 1934/12/3] 1967 BE/104-105 [View of East Garston including College [1967] Farm] BE/106-107 Compton Church 1967 BE/108-114 Bracknell New Town shopping centre [see also April 1969 D/EX 1934/1/1-5] BE/115-142 Bracknell New Town Industrial Estate [see April 1969 also D/EX 1934/1/6-7] BE/151-158 Reading Road 1969 BE/159 M4 motorway near Lambourn (negative only) May 1975 BE/162-166 Bracknell New Town scenes 1969 BE/167-170 Bray village scenes June 1975 BE/171 River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, 1975 Oxfordshire (print only) BE/172-173 Remenham Church [1975] BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS Appendix I Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.) Ref no Description Date BE/174-175 River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, [1975] Oxfordshire (prints only) BE/194-196 Windsor Castle seen from the River Thames September 1977 BE/197-199 Maidenhead Bridge seen from the River June 1978 Thames [see also D/EX 1934/9/1] (197 print only) BE/200-205 Brunel railway bridge, Maidenhead [see also June 1978 D/EX 1934/9/2] BE/206 Maidenhead Bridge June 1978 BE/207 Plaque on Brunel railway bridge, Maidenhead June 1978 BE/208 Maidenhead Bridge June 1978 BE/209-211 Great Shefford Church (211 print only) August 1981 BE/212 River Thames at Bray (print only) May 1982 BE/213-214 St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, May 1982 Buckinghamshire (prints only) BE/215-216 Monument to Thomas Gray, Stoke Poges, May 1982 Buckinghamshire (print only) BE/217-220 River Thames at Bray May 1982 BE/221-223 Jesus Hospital almshouses, Bray May 1982 BE/224-225 Bray Church May 1982 BE/226 Bray village scene May 1982 BE/227-229 St Nicholas' Church, Taplow, Buckinghamshire May 1982 (prints only) BE/230-235 Boulter's Lock, Maidenhead May 1982 BE/236-241 Cookham village scenes May 1982 BE/242-243 River Thames at Cookham May 1982 BE/244 Cookham village scene May 1982 BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________ THOMAS A WILKIE'S BERKSHIRE PHOTOGRAPHS Appendix I Places shown in contact prints and negatives (D/EX 1934/15-16) (cont.) Ref no Description Date BE/245-253 River Thames at Cookham May 1982 BE/254-256 Abingdon Town Hall August 1982 BE/257 Bridge over River Ock, Thames Street, August 1982 Abingdon BE/258-259 St Nicholas' Church and adjoining buildings, August 1982 Abingdon BE/260 Bridge over River Thames, Abingdon August 1982 BE/261-262 River Thames at Abingdon, with St Helen's August 1982 Church in background BE/263-265 River Thames at Abingdon August 1982 BE/266 St Nicholas' Church and law courts seen from August 1982 Market Place, Abingdon BE/267-268 River Thames at Abingdon, with bridge in August 1982 distance BE/269-270 Abingdon Town Hall August 1982 BE/271 Shopping precinct near Market Place, August 1982 Abingdon BE/272-276 Hexagon and Civic Centre, Reading October 1982 BE/277-278 Views from Caversham Bridge October 1982 BE/279-280 Caversham Bridge October 1982 BE/281-283 Forbury Gardens, Reading October 1982 BE/284 Old Shire Hall and Assize Courts, Reading October 1982 BE/285 Forbury Gardens and Abbey Gateway, October 1982 Reading BE/286 Forbury Gardens, Reading October 1982 BE/287-288 Abbey Gateway, Reading October 1982 BE/289 Old Shire Hall and Assize Courts, Reading October 1982 BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE MISCELLANEOUS UNOFFICIAL COLLECTIONS D/EX 1934 _______________________________________________________________