Receipt from Mr Witchels [sic] for policies from Pheonix Assurance Company Limited, totalling £4 1s 6d. Dated 22nd July 1925. Associated with Sonning Regatta.
Glass plate negative of Hart Street, Henley on Thames.
(Part of negative set number 22 in George Bushell's notebook)
George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
"Do Cleaner Rivers Mean the Swan Song of a British Ritual?"
Front page of newspaper (The Wall Street Journal, 22 July 1982) with article on the decline in swan numbers on the Thames, due to lead poisoning from fishing weights (as a result of increased fishing due to higher fish numbers in the cleaner Thames)
"Captain Turk kept boat show date"
Newspaper cutting from the Maidenhead Advertiser 22 January 1982, with article on Capt. John Turk attending the National Boat Show despite his hip replacement operation earlier that month.