Haven't had any messages for the last few days from Maidenhead.Want to stay on the Mailing list.Was stationed there from Feb.to about seven days after the...
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NETWERCC
netwercc@...
Jul 9, 1999 6:42 am
Hello, George. I guess we are all so busy with our regular work, haven't
gone on-line too much lately.
Are you by any chance the George Wilson who lived with...
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NETWERCC
netwercc@...
Jul 10, 1999 4:55 pm
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hc.bassie@...
Jul 11, 1999 9:54 pm
I'd like to contact Maria Choules, who lived in Maidenhead
about 15 or 20 years ago. She used to work at The War Cemetary .....?...
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 13, 1999 2:07 am
Ellen in Vancover thought your group might like these
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 13, 1999 2:21 am
1944 when the locks were not electric but hand operated
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 13, 1999 2:24 am
Will send this.Not use to the computer.Postcards bought in 1944 in Maidenhead.While I was with the US army...
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NETWERCC
netwercc@...
Jul 13, 1999 9:20 am
Thanks, George, for sharing the postcards with the Maidenhead group. I
wonder if there any local folks who remember 1944??
I was just a little kid playing...
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J Groom
j_groom@...
Jul 13, 1999 3:18 pm
Hi
I'm looking for someone who can make contact with a friend from South Africa, Mrs G May, of Westview, 19 Havelock Road, Maidenhead. If the kind person...
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Leandro Ribeiro
leandror@...
Jul 13, 1999 8:15 pm
Hello folks,
my name is Leandro and I'm from Brazil.
Next week I'll attend a course in Nortel (a Canadian company which has a
training center there in...
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Peter Smart
peter.smart@...
Jul 13, 1999 9:10 pm
Hi Leandro
There is a direct train link from Heathrow to Paddington station. Paddington
station is in Praed Street. Journey time is 16 minutes.
There is a...
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Edwin Wolfson
edwinusa@...
Jul 13, 1999 10:35 pm
Hello Leandro
There's no direct trains from Heathrow to Maidenhead. There is public transportation you can take, but if you're lugging around a lot of...
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Gary Lantrip
g.lantrip@...
Jul 14, 1999 8:27 am
Hello all,
I found your delightful site while taking a cybertour of Berkshire, and decided to sign on to see what life is like in England. My ancestor came...
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Alan Poskitt
Kite.Communications@...
Jul 14, 1999 11:55 am
Dear Gary
Newcastle Brown Ale is brewed in my home town of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is
known locally as 'Dog' and has been brewed here for hundreds of years....
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Joerg Steegmueller
steegm@...
Jul 14, 1999 4:05 pm
Hi!
A few days ago I was in Maidenhead and walked along the river. Very near to
the bridge I saw "Skindles" and the Valbonne Club (??). They are both in
the...
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Victoria Aranaz
V.J.Aranaz@...
Jul 14, 1999 6:04 pm
Hi,
I think Skindles and Valbonnes closed down about 6 or 7 years ago. I used
to go there every Friday/Saturday, it was an ace place in the summer,
drinking...
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Steve Perry
Steveperry@...
Jul 14, 1999 6:31 pm
Hello
Well--- Skindles what can I say!
Basically I used to work there in the last 3 years to it shutting down, It
was owned in the 70's by a guy called Louis...
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Marguerite Stubbs
stubbswm@...
Jul 17, 1999 2:09 am
Dear George. Thanks for your note about a postcard of High St, Maidenhead. Unfortunately I've been unable to get out and I'm really interested in this
area of...
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rsemmens@...
Jul 17, 1999 6:59 pm
In the 1960's there was a girls boarding school in the Maidenhead area.
I was at school in Gibraltar at the time, but several of my friends
came to Gib, where...
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 17, 1999 9:04 pm
During W.W. II The U.S. Army Unit I was with was located west of Maidenhead at a farm with a large grassy area where we lived in tents. Thought younger users...
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 17, 1999 9:10 pm
During W.W. II The U.S. Army Unit I was with was located west of Maidenhead at a farm with a large grassy area where we lived in tents. Thought younger users...
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 17, 1999 9:14 pm
The locks were worked by hand - no electric locks in the 1940's. When on a evening pass there was always lots of activity at the locks. The boats were worked...
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 17, 1999 9:18 pm
Bridge Street Early 1940's
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George M. Wilson
geo@...
Jul 17, 1999 9:22 pm
The Bridge in Maidenhead in the early 1940's
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John Woffinden
john@...
Jul 18, 1999 1:55 pm
Hi George
Nice postcards, but please dont post anymore attached to emails. It took ages for them to download. Put them on a (e.g. free) website and post the...
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Paul Baker
paul@...
Jul 18, 1999 2:05 pm
Or better still, put them in the "vault" - a storage area specially for the list at the egroups site, where this list is based.
Click on "vault" at...
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Graham Naismith
graham@...
Jul 18, 1999 4:39 pm
Or something - cost that just took 25 minutes on my crap modem!!!
Graham Naismith
Pager - 01893 476212
Website - www.gnaismith.demon.co.uk
Fax - 0870...
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NETWERCC
netwercc@...
Jul 19, 1999 12:23 am
Thanks again, George, for those remarkable postcards.
I especially like the curving Bridge Street.
Hello, locals, does the Street have any of these buildings...
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Scooby
scooby@...
Jul 19, 1999 8:01 pm
John Woffinden wrote:
> Nice postcards, but please dont post anymore attached to emails. It
> took ages for them to download. Put them on a (e.g. free)...
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NETWERCC
netwercc@...
Jul 20, 1999 5:06 am
Hey, John, yes it did take a long time to download, but that gave us a
chance to have a drink and get some errands done!
And certainly worth the wait.
George...
