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Flood 1989 (Peter Oldridge)
Flood 1989 (Peter Oldridge)
Peter Oldridge's photographs of the 1989 Aldermaston flood.
Church Road after the flood
Looking west along Church Road, showing the collapsed wall, on Friday 7th July the day after the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0071
Collapsed wall, Church Road
Looking south from Church Road into Aldermaston Court grounds through the gap in the wall.
Catalogue record: AH.0072
Council spares no cash for flooded village
Press cutting from Newbury Weekly News 25/1/1990, reporting that Newbury District Council has received a report on the July 1989 flood, but has no plans to spend public money on alleviation works.
Catalogue record: AH.0074
Evening Post, Monday 10 July 1989
Report in the Evening Post of damage caused by flood on 6th July in Aldermaston, mentioning Bob Jones, Barbara Barrett, Dr Cedric Brown, Vera Jolliff and Sue Allen.
Catalogue record: AH.0076
Families evacuated as lake bursts its banks
Article relating the flood of 6 July 1989, mentioning Aldermaston residents Peter Howes, Simon Maw, Martin and Jan Bartlett and Fay Vanstone.
Catalogue record: AH.0081
Flooded out
Press cutting detailing the flood
Catalogue record: AH.0084
Mail on Sunday, July 16, 1989
Press cutting from Mail on Sunday, 16 July 1989, about the source of the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0082
Newbury Weekly News, July 13, 1989
Newbury Weekly News article, 13 July 1989 about the impact of the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0083
Reading Chronicle, 14 July 1989
Press cutting from Reading Chronicle 14 July 1989 with photos and article dealing with the aftermath of the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0080
Reading Evening Post 10 July 1989
Press cutting from Reading Evening Post, 10 July 1989, headlined 'Firm moves to prevent floods' detailing how Blue Circle PLC plan to undertake works to control flow from the lake.
Catalogue record: AH.0079
Scenes from a water-swamped village
Press cutting showing flooding in Aldermaston on 6 July 1989
Catalogue record: AH.0075
Storms bring flood havoc
Press cutting from Daily Mail 7 July 1989, with image of flooding opposite Hinds Head.
Catalogue record: AH.0077
The night the rain came down
Newspaper cutting showing flood in Aldermaston, opposite the Hinds Head on Thursday 6 July 1989.
Catalogue record: AH.0073
The Street after the flood
Looking south along The Street, Aldermaston on Friday 7 July, the day after the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0069
The Street after the flood
Looking north along The Street, Aldermaston on Friday 7 July, the day after the flood.
Catalogue record: AH.0070
Village coming to terms with deluge
Press cutting dated 10 7 1989 with details of flooding in Aldermaston
Catalogue record: AH.0078
Peter Oldridge's Image Collection
1-4 Dixon's Cottages, Church Road, Aldermaston
2007 Candle Auction
2007 Candle Auction - "hear a pin drop"
After the Show, posters are dried and stored for the next year
Aldermaston /Businesses - Aldermaston Antiques
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show- Judging
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show- prizewinners 01
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show- Show Trophies
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show- some prize-winners 01
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show- Trophies
Aldermaston & Wasing Produce Show-The Old Mill 01
Aldermaston & Wasing Show- Children's Races
Aldermaston & Wasing Show- Duck Derby and Dancer
Aldermaston & Wasing Show- produce 01
Aldermaston & Wasing Show: egg-throwing, Tug of War
Aldermaston Air 1939-01
Aldermaston Air 1939-02
Aldermaston Air 2000-01
Aldermaston Air 2000-02
Aldermaston Air 2000-03
Aldermaston Air 2000-04
Aldermaston Air 2000-05
Aldermaston Air 2000-06
Aldermaston Air 2000-07
Aldermaston Air 2000-08
Aldermaston Air 2000-09
Aldermaston Air 2000-10
Aldermaston Air 2000-11
Aldermaston Air 2000-12
Aldermaston Air 2000-13
Aldermaston Air 2000-15
Aldermaston Air 2000-16
Aldermaston Business- Aldermaston Antiques
Aldermaston Business- Aldermaston Antiques cropped
Aldermaston Businesses- Aldermaston Antiques
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bat display
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats 04 Graham Gooch
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats 05
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats 06
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats 07
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats 08
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats-09
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats: sawing starts
Aldermaston Businesses- Cricket Bats. The willows arrive
Aldermaston Ceramics Angus & Rosemary Back
Aldermaston Ceramics Angus & Rosemary front
Aldermaston Ceramics Bowden Family
Aldermaston Ceramics Cathy Jones
Aldermaston Ceramics Rosemary 3
Aldermaston Ceramics Rosemary 4
Aldermaston Ceramics Rosemary Governor
Aldermaston Ceramics Rosemary-1
Aldermaston Ceramics Rosemary-2
Aldermaston Ceramics YNP 40th plate-2
Aldermaston Ceramics- 2nd view of Olive Ford's cup
Aldermaston Ceramics- 3rd view of Olive Ford's cup
Aldermaston Ceramics- 4th view of Olive Ford's cup
Aldermaston Ceramics- AC-S
Aldermaston Ceramics- Angie Garland
Aldermaston Ceramics- Anniversaries
Aldermaston Ceramics- base of David Moore's cup
Aldermaston Ceramics- BB cake
Aldermaston Ceramics- BB presentation
Aldermaston Ceramics- C & C Newman-1
Aldermaston Ceramics- C & C Newman-2
Aldermaston Ceramics- Cummunal Chalice
Aldermaston Ceramics- Daphne Bowl
Aldermaston Ceramics- Graham Paul
Aldermaston Ceramics- Hasler 2
Aldermaston Ceramics- Hasler1
Aldermaston Ceramics- individuals
Aldermaston Ceramics- Jean's Plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- Joyce 2
Aldermaston Ceramics- Joyce Gregory 1
Aldermaston Ceramics- Nancy and Arthur 2
Aldermaston Ceramics- Olive Ford cup 01
Aldermaston Ceramics- prelude to the Show
Aldermaston Ceramics- prelude to the YNP
Aldermaston Ceramics- Press coverage of Alan Caiger-Smith
Aldermaston Ceramics- reverse of thank-you dish for Daphne Moore
Aldermaston Ceramics- Rhodri Bowen
Aldermaston Ceramics- Sarah and Alick 2
Aldermaston Ceramics- Show Duck Derby plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- Show thank-you plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- thank-you cup for David Moore
Aldermaston Ceramics- thank-you dish for D. Moore
Aldermaston Ceramics- the Show's 40th anniversary
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 30th Plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 30th plate 3
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 30th plate in green
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 40th Plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 50th chalice
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 50th paperweight
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 50th paperweight
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 60th plate
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP 60th-2
Aldermaston Ceramics- YNP plate for Les Woodley
Aldermaston Ceramics-Nancy & Arthur
Aldermaston Church Mural: Charles Keyser
Aldermaston Church murals- unknown figure
Aldermaston Church: ancient murals- 1. Ladies Chapel overview
Aldermaston Church: ancient murals-2, probably the story of St Nicholas
Aldermaston Church: ancient murals-3, medieval ships
Aldermaston Church: Charles Keyser's family in a mural
Aldermaston School Air 2013
Aldermaston School April 2000
Aldermaston School, aerial view of temporary classrooms
Aldermaston School, Portacabin delivery
Aldermaston School, Portacabin delivery (2)
Aldermaston Show Posters in The Street, Aldermaston
Aldermaston Stores
Ancient oak, Aldermaston Court
Avenue of poplar trees A340
Avenue of poplar trees at dusk, A340
Avenue of poplar trees, A340
Burden Bowl Side View
Burden Bowl top View
Burden Bowl- Inscription
Burden Bowl- inscription on base
C. Keyser foreground figure
Calleva Park, Aldermaston
Charles Keyser in 1922
Charles Keyser's Granddaughter Memories-1
Charles Keyser's Granddaughter Memories-2
Church historical- Edwardian photo 01
Church historical- Edwardian photo 02
Church historical- Edwardian photo 03
Church historical- Edwardian photo 04
Church historical-internal eastwards
Church historical-model of Aldermaston Church
Church historical, internal view westwards
Church Road after the flood
Collapsed wall, Church Road
Council spares no cash for flooded village
Counting the cost
Covid 2020-Christmas tree
Daniel Higford Burr- window in Aldermaston Church
Date plaque, 1 & 2 Dixon's Cottages, Church Road, Aldermaston
Date plaque, 3 & 4 Dixon's Cottages, Church Road, Aldermaston
David Luker with willow clefts
Detail of Eagle Gates, Aldermaston Park, Aldermaston
Eagle Gates lights, Christmas 2021
Evening Post, Monday 10 July 1989
Families evacuated as lake bursts its banks
Flood 2007-29
Flood 2007-30
Flooded out
Flooding: counting the cost
Floods Drama
Graham Gooch visiting Aldermaston
Gravel 1974-01
Gravel 1974-02
Gravel 1974-03
Gravel 1974-04
Gravel 1974-05
Gravel 2003-01
Gravel 2003-02
Gravel 2003-03
Gravel 2003-04
Gravel 2003-05
Gravel 2003-06
Gravel 2003-07
Gravel 2003-08
Gravel 2003-10
Gravel 2003-11
Gravel 2003-13
Gravel 2003-15
Gravel 2003-15
Gravel 2003-16
Gravl 2003-09
Hinds Head, Aldermaston
Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Lock
Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Lock
Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Lock
Kennet and Avon Canal, Lifting Bridge, Aldermaston Wharf
Keyser family- Dorothy
Keyser family- Muriel
Keyser family- Sybil
Keyser in 1900
Keyser's sketch of the Annunciation Roundel, 1896
List of Lords of the Manor
Lodge Houses, Aldermaston Court
Mail on Sunday, July 16, 1989
Manor House 1636 engraving with the church
Manor House 1636- "AW" sketch
Manor House 1636-foundation stone
Manor House 1851 13 Saints window left
Manor House 1851 Greenhouse
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-00
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-01
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-02
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-03
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-04
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-05
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-06
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-07
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-08
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-09
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-10
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-11
Manor House 1851 in Edwardian times-12
Manor House 1851 library 01 Sir Humphrey Forester
Manor House 1851 library 02 Edward Forester
Manor House 1851 library 03 Forester and Kingsmill
Manor House 1851 library 04 Higford Burr
Manor House 1851 library 05 Forester and Stewart
Manor House 1851 library 06 Forester and Barrett
Manor House 1851 library 07 Forester and Hongerford
Manor House 1851 library 08 Forester and Sandes
Manor House 1851 library 09 Forester and Delamar
Manor House 1851 library 10 Forester and Harplden
Manor House 1851 library 11 Higford Burr
Manor House 1851 library 12 Forester and Stonard
Manor House 1851 library 14 Saints window right
Manor House 1851 preface to the Library windows
Manor House 1851 Saint Agnes main
Manor House 1851 Saint Agnes top
Manor House 1851 Saint Christopher main
Manor House 1851 Saint Christopher top
Manor House 1851 Saint Dorothy main
Manor House 1851 Saint Dorothy top
Manor House 1851 Saint Edmund top
Manor House 1851 Saint Edward main
Manor House 1851 Saint Edward top
Manor House 1851 Saint George main
Manor House 1851 Saint George top
Manor House 1851 Saint Katherine main
Manor House 1851 Saint Katherine top
Manor House 1851 Saint Margaret main
Manor House 1851 Saint Margaret top
Manor House 1851 St Edmund main
Manor House 1851 windows- Saints preface
Manor House 1851 windows: preface to the Saints' windows
Manor House 1851- Cedar plaque
Manor House 1851- Hall window 1
Manor House 1851- Hall window 2
Manor House 1851- Hall window 2
Manor House 1851- Hall window 3
Manor House 1851- Hall window 3
Manor House 1851- Hall window 4
Manor House 1851- preface to 2 saints' windows
Manor House 1851- preface to individual saints' windows
Manor House 1851- preface to the Saints' windows
Manor House 1851- Staircase
Manor House 1851- statue of Neptune 3
Manor House 1851- statue of Neptune 4
Manor House 1851- top parapet
Manor House 1851-Staircase window 1
Manor House bridge 1939
Manor House Bridge 2020
Manor House Bridge in 2020
Manor House in 2020
Manor House Lake in 1893
Manor House Lake-3
Manor House lake-6
Manor House Oak Tree
Manor House skaters names
Manor House skaters- whole
Newbury Weekly News, July 13, 1989
Parish Hall, Aldermaston
Parish mag Bill Cox Index
Parish mag cover April 1996
Parish mag cover April 1996
Parish mag cover August 1997
Parish mag cover Feb 1995
Parish mag cover July 1978
Parish mag cover July 1995
Parish mag cover July 1997
Parish mag cover June 1994
Parish mag cover June 1997
Parish mag cover May 1978
Parish mag cover Nov 1997
Parish mag cover Oct 1990
Parish mag cover Oct 1997
Parish mag cover October 1977
Parish mag cover Sept 1990
Parish mag cover- Aldermaston Parish Hall
Parish mag cover- Aldermaston Rectory
Parish mag cover- Brimpton Mills
Parish mag cover- Candle Cottage
Parish mag cover- Church of St Nicholas Wasing
Parish Mag cover- Corner Cottage
Parish mag cover- Dower House
Parish mag cover- Eagle Gates
Parish mag cover- Little Park, Brimpton
Parish mag cover- Loosey, August 1978
Parish mag cover- Loosey, May 1977
Parish mag cover- Manor Farm, Brimpton
Parish Mag cover- Nativity Scene
Parish mag cover- Parish hall Centenary
Parish Mag Cover- St Mary's Church, Aldermaston
Parish mag cover- St Mary's Lych gate
Parish mag cover- The Dene, Aldermaston
Parish mag cover- The Hinds Head
Parish mag cover- the Loosey, July 1976
Parish mag cover- The Manor House
Parish mag cover- The Old Farmhouse, Aldermaston
Parish mag cover- The Old Mill, Aldermaston
Parish mag cover- The Old Post Office, Brimpton
Parish mag cover- unknown building
Parish mag cover- Wasing Place
Parish mag cover- Well House, Aldermaston
Parish mag covers- Willow Wands, Brimpton
Parish mag index
Petrol pump wall opening, Forge House, The Street, Aldermaston
Petrol Station 1920's whole picture
Petrol Station in the 1920s- zoomed in
Petrol Sttion- view in 2020
Photos of 2007 flood and after in Aldermaston
Portland House 2020
Pottery-Mike Nethersole-01
Previous location of Annunciation roundel
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration, 3.6.2012 with numbers for index of names
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration. 3.6.2012- group photo
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration. 3.6.2012- list of peoples' names
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration. 3.6.2012- list of peoples' names.pdf
Reading Chronicle, 14 July 1989
Reading Evening Post 10 July 1989
Sale 1893-01
Sale 1893-02
Sale 1893-03
Sale 1893-03
Sale 1893-04
Sale 1893-05
Sale 1893-06
Sale 1893-07
Sale 1893-07
Sale 1893-08
Sale 1893-09
Sale 1893-10
Sale 1893-11
Sale 1939-01
Sale 1939-02
Sale 1939-03
Sale 1939-04
Sale 1939-08
Sale 1939-10
Sale 1939-11
Sale 1939-12
Sale 1939-13
Sale 1939-14
Sale 1939-17
Sale 1939-18
Sale 1939-19
Sale 1939-20
Sale 1939-21
Sale 1939-22
Sale 1939-23
Sale 1939-24
Sale 1939-25
Sale 1939-26
Sale 1939-27
Sale 1939-28
Sawbench, cricket bat woodyard
Scenes from a water-swamped village
Show Marquee
Show Roadside Posters
Sir George Forster's Helmet in Aldermaston Church- photo 2
Sir George Forster's Helmet in Aldermaston Church-photo 1
Sir Humphrey Forster and Maj. William Congreve
Sir Humphrey Forster and William Congreve- 2
Snowy Aldermaston- AEW workers
Snowy Aldermaston- clearing snow at the Primary School
Snowy Aldermaston- Eagle Gates
Snowy Aldermaston- Eagle Gates Christmas Tree
Snowy Aldermaston- Parish Hall
Snowy Aldermaston- Roadsigns
Snowy Aldermaston- St Mary's Church 1
Snowy Aldermaston- St Mary's Church floodlit
Snowy Aldermaston- the children enjoy!
Snowy Aldermaston- The Gatehouses
Snowy Aldermaston- The Hinds Head
Snowy Aldermaston- The Hinds Head 1
Snowy Aldermaston- The Manor House 1
Snowy Aldermaston- The Manor House 2
Snowy Aldermaston- The Primary School
Snowy Aldermaston- traffic from the Loosey
Snowy Aldermaston- traffic in The Street
Snowy Aldermaston- Traffic-1
Snowy Aldermaston- Tudor Cottages
Snowy Aldermaston-Almshouses
Spacer-portrait
Splitting willow
St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Aldermaston
Start of term delayed
Storms bring flood havoc
The night the rain came down
The Old Mill Aldermaston
The Old Mill Aldermaston- aerial view
The Old Mill, Aldermaston 1920's
The Pottery, The Street, Aldermaston
The Street after the flood
The Street after the flood
The Street, Aldermaston
The Street, Aldermaston
Timber Barn in field of Church Farm, Aldermaston
Tomb of Sir George and Lady Forster- detail 13
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- detail 20
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- image 04
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- image 17
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- image 25
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- index to detailed photos
Tomb of Sir George Forster in Aldermaston Church- view from the Lady Chapel
Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 03
Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 07
Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 10
Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 16
Tomb of Sir George Forster- detail 17
Tomb of Sir George Forster- view 15
Tomb of Sir George Forster-detail 04
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View of Aldermaston village
Village coming to terms with deluge
Village Lock-up
Water, water everywhere
Waterworks 1896- closeup of the Keyser Family
Waterworks 1896- coachman
Waterworks installed by Charles Keyser in 1896
Willow clefts
Willow felling
Willows being delivered to the woodyard
Flood 2007 (Peter Oldridge)
Flood 1989 (Peter Oldridge)
