The Winter of 1948
During the last snowfall, I was standing outside the Post Office and thought back to 1948, trudging through the snow that was falling on the park. In the RAF, I was home on leave for Christmas, having...
My memories of the earlys days of Great Hollands
When Clark and Eaton decided to locate in Bracknell thirty-five years ago we decided to come with them. We were not in need of a house, but my husband suffered from claustrophobia on trains after being...
In days of old when men were bold and the A329M hadn't been invented!!
It's hard to believe in January 2003, that back in 1953 the Nissen huts near South Lodge were still being used for accommodation and the housing complex that is Great Hollands did not exist. From the...
A Rent Man's Tale
I came to work in Bracknell in 1974 as a Housing Assistant for the Bracknell Development Corporation. My first management 'patch' covered the "A's", "H's", "U's" and Ringwood in Great Hollands and my...
Great Hollands - A Local Viewpoint - Marie Crook - 1970
I moved into my house, as the paint was still drying, fifty years ago. My husband and I were eligible to rent the property in Vandyke because I was a primary school teacher. Vandyke was the final road t...