Home for Milking

Home for Milking.

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Once again I am using a voice overlay over a still photo taken on what is thought to be a summer Sunday afternoon by William Bailey a local enthusiast of the day living in the village High Street.



The Hatch Family of Oveys Farm.

The Hatch Family of Oveys Farm.

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We now get down to looking at some of my Hatch ancestors who lived and worked the last farm in the village itself. One thing that I did not mention in my recording was the empty beer barrels in the bottom right of the photo. From information handed to me by my father and my aunts, that he was a great one to entertain his friends with a barrel of beer always on tap. From other information I have gained, was the fact my grandmother did not approve of his little parties in the barn!

A Merry Christmas to all.

A Merry Christmas to all.

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Yes it is that time of the year when my wife Deborah and I take off for our annual visit to be with our Maori friends on the Island of Rarotonga. Which happens to be the Capital Island of the Cook Islands in the south pacific. So a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all. We will be back with more history of Cookham towards the end of January. To get full screen click the bottom right of the video.

Annie Slacks High Street.

Annie Slack's High Street.

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We now take a look at the Cookham as it was during the lifetime of the well known lady shopkeeper Annie Slack. As a matter of fact she was a lady who worked her entire life, and as the saying goes, 'She died in harness.' So now we look at her village and compare it with the village today.

The Cookham Flower Show of 1937.

The Cookham Flower Show of 1937.

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For this photograph of the Stewards and Judges of this flower show I wish to thank my old school chum Brian Hatch. I was unable to name all those in this photograph, so if anyone can recognize anyone that I have not mentioned, please let the Webmaster of Cookham.Com know so that it can be forwarded on to me.

The Ballad of Cookham Town.

The Ballad of Cookham Town.

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I have had this poem or ballad sitting on my desk for quite some time. At last I have found a way to bring it out when it was a Market Town. Yes, this I believe to have been written by a Hugh Mytton around some 200 years ago. Back in those days Maidenhead did not exist, it was just part of the parish of Cookham. The pictures I have used, are to try and capture the landscape as it would have been seen all those years ago.

GC.Edward & Mrs. Violet Briggs.

GC. Edward & Mrs. Violet Briggs.

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This is the second half of the Briggs family history, which includes a daring raid he carried out as a world war one pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service. Also of his wife Violet whose wartime and after the war efforts in the village.