Coley Park and Beyond

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contributors and Acknowledgements


Link Info on Website
Coley
www.coleychurch.org.uk
Coley Park High Rise Tenants Association
Coley
www.rftra.org.uk/cph.htm
Royal Berkshire History by David Nash Ford
Berkshire
www.berkshirehistory.com
Reading History Trail
Reading

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/
radstock/rht/index.html

 
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Tilehurst
www.tilehurst.net
The Caversham Website
Caversham
www.caversham.org.uk
Visit the Forum ...
A forum on everything that's Reading and more ...
http://www.reading-
forum.co.uk
Reading
www.reading.gov.uk
Berkshire
Family
History
Society
http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/
Berkshire
Record
Office
http://www.berkshire
recordoffice.org.uk/
Reading Radio
107fm
www.reading107fm.com
on 1287am
Reading Uni Radio
www.1287am.com
 
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Contributors and Acknowledgements:

01. Sharon Harbeck (nee Button) - Memories and information on Coley Park (Oct 2005 - )
02. Uli Harder: Permission to use photos of Coley & Coley Park (Feb 2006 - )
03. Julian Tominey - Info & images regarding Capt. W.E. Johns and Coley Aerodrome (Nov 2006)
04. Walter Leitch - Information on construction of 15-storey flats (Jan 2007)
05. Colleen Thatcher (nee Price) - Photos and Images of Coley (Feb 2007 - )
06. Adam Dunne - Recent Photos of Coley Park (Feb 2007 - )
07. Pete Barker - Date of Plane Crash (Feb 2007)
08. Diane Dabery - The Poacher at Coley Park Farm (Mar 2007)
09. Liam Bond - Image of Coley House (Sep 2007)
10. Simon Bradley - Info on High Rise Flats refurbishment in 1993 (June 2008)
11. Gerry Wood - Memories of the Mens Swimmimg Baths at Coley (June 2008)


References:

Every effort is made to acknowledge the genuine photographer/copyright holder of the images displayed on this website. If we have made a mistake please contact us immediately for corrective action to be taken.

01. Vachell early history (www.berkshirehistory.com)
02. A History of the Town of Reading by Michael Hinton 1954 (Pub: Harrap, London)
03. Thomas Vachell and Coley Park - Tony Hadland (www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/tvp/tvp4.htm)
04. Coley Park Airfield (excerpts from Military Airfields of the Central South and SE by Chris Ashworth)
05. Carey Baptist Church and Coley Park Free Church (www.coleychurch.org.uk)
06. B&W Images of Coley Park and 15 storey flats from 1960s (Copyright Kevin Rosier)
07. Southcote Junction Signal Box images c1960 (owner unknown - possibly M.W. Earley)
08. Reading Football Club at Coley Park (www.btinternet.com/~rfc1871/madejskistadium/elmpark.htm)
09. Coley Avenue Gate and Lane images (owners unknown unless otherwise specified)
10. Coley Goods Branch (Rail Centres: READING by Laurence Waters 1990)
11. Reading Electric Trams (http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/radstock/rht/themes/urban/tram2.html)
12. The English Heritage website (www.english-heritage.org.uk)
13. John Speed's map of Reading 1610
14. The Story of READING by Daphne Phillips 1980 (ISBN 0 905392 07 8)
15. British History Online at http://www.british-history.ac.uk/
16. GWR Signal Post image by M.W. Earley (dated 1944)
17. Images by Andy Webb (Creative Commons Licence) April 2007
18. The late Linda Walls for her Butterfly images (http://www.butterflygarden.co.uk)
19. Members Contributions from the Reading Town Forum
(http://www.reading-forum.co.uk)
20. Reading Extended Borough Map c1883
21. Talking of Coley (An oral history 1900-1950) Coley Local History Group 1990