MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS

Presently, we have these 12 further images. As mentioned previously, hardly any information about the CRCMH is available online. This is emphasized by the fact that four of these images here are, to the best of our exhaustive knowledge, the only pictures featuring the CRCMH to be found in cyberspace until now (not including our personal sites amalgamated to form this one of course). Indeed, none of them can be directly located via an online search for all things CRCMH. Click on thumbnails to enlarge.

52kb		"CRCMH 1955" - B&W photo - from the Bucks County Council archive & also available as an inferior resolution version from the Francis Frith Collection.
44kb		"CRCMH 1955" - B&W photo - from the Bucks County Council archive. The hospital in the late morning sun.
41kb		"CRCMH 1955" - B&W photo - from the Bucks County Council archive. Similar angle to above, but in more overcast conditions.
18kb		Group photograph in a CRCMH ward. Looks very much like a wartime Christmas snapshot. And jolly it is too...
44kb		A 1940s Royal visit to the CRCMH: with the then Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), & Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret - seated in the inner courtyard.
9kb		"CRCMH 1970s" from John Ewen. A nice atmospheric shot across the lawn from the car park under the trees. How "neat" is the place?...
13kb		"CRCMH 1970s" from John Ewen. The main facade - note cars which bring memories of the decade flooding back.
8kb		"CRCMH 1970s" from John Ewen. This is one of the southern end outbuildings - possibly the library or school.
48kb		"CRCMH 2001" - The beginning of the end. From developers King Sturge.
64kb		"Built for heroes - Now a wilderness" - May 2000. By Raymond Luckett - from MMPP (see below)
74kb		"Sad Endings" - May 2000. By Margaret Sellars - from MMPP (see below)
47kb		"Derelict Bus Shelter"- May 2000 - from MMPP (see below). This stands on the B476 Cliveden Road just to the left of the original CRCMH entrance. Directly behind it you can see the ivy covered perimeter wall.

Three of the photographs above appear here courtesy of perhaps the single most important resource made available for those interested in Maidenhead and environs in recent times. I speak, of course, of the Maidenhead Millennium Photography Project. Over one long weekend in the first year of the new millennium (or the last year of the old one, depending upon your opinion), the people of Maidenhead took over 1200 photographs. These depict life in and around Maidenhead, featuring both people and places - as they were on the 6th, 7th and 8th May 2000.

A number of these were selected to appear in a commemorative book ("Three Days in May" - check out amazon.com). Thankfully, however, the photographs (including those that didn't make the cut for the book) eventually surfaced on "The Archive" - a CD ROM for your PC containing the complete MMPP series.

I cannot begin to recommend this disc to you enough. It is a simply fantastic slice of history, and everybody with a love or knowledge of Maidenhead will find it indispensible. To my delight, I found pictures of my old schools; the newsagent I used to work for; the barbershop that destroyed my hair for the best part of a decade; my favourite relaxation spots...even the tree I used to sit up in and watch cricket from. The list goes on. So, consider the three images here a taster of what you'll find on the disc, and set out now to grab yourself a copy before they all sell out. Seriously - You won't regret it!

The MMPP CD-ROM costs around £10 (inc. P&P) and is available from Rod Bird at rod.bird@btinternet.com. Send an email expressing your interest and he'll sort you out - Get to it & enjoy!

Damon Torsten,
January 2002