epw022604 ENGLAND (1928). The town centre, Windsor, 1928

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Title [EPW022604] The town centre, Windsor, 1928
Reference EPW022604
Date 11-August-1928
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Place name WINDSOR
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 496398, 176476
Longitude / Latitude -0.61172324878286, 51.478532165675
National Grid Reference SU964765

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[Edited 2017] Interesting collection of huts, used as classrooms, adjacent to Camperdown House. Part of Imperial Service College. Note that a new entrance was constructed here in 1928 opposite no 56 Alma Road. These huts were removed when the Macaskie classroom block was built in 1927. Another entrance had been constructed in 1926 opposite St Mark's Road featuring the Goodhart Gates. These were removed in the 1970s. http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/isc.html I have added a 1973 view of Kipling Building and the second gateway in Alma Road, north of the Goodhart Gates.

Thamesweb
Wednesday 11th of January 2017 11:56:38 AM
This is Cambridge House on the south side of the Goodhart Gates.

Thamesweb
Wednesday 11th of January 2017 11:52:47 AM
This is Alexandra House on the north side of the Goodhart Gates.

Thamesweb
Wednesday 11th of January 2017 11:52:00 AM
These huts were built by members of the Canadian Forestry Corps who arrived in The Great Park in 1915 and who came over every day to Windsor to construct them. They were used as classrooms. There is more information here. http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/isc.html

Thamesweb
Wednesday 11th of January 2017 11:47:50 AM
Alexandra Road Junior School.

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 09:03:49 PM
Barrack Gates, (Combermere?)

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:58:54 PM
Not Combermere Barracks as that was along St Leonards Road, south of this area. These are the Goodhart Gates donated to the school in the 1920s. But it is true that the military used the old school buildings, especially the classroom block in the 1950s and early 60s.

Thamesweb
Friday 20th of December 2013 03:56:20 PM
St. Mark's Road

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:58:08 PM
Roman Catholic Church of ? St. Edward?

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:54:35 PM
Trinity Church

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:53:55 PM
Victoria Barracks

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:41:16 PM
Park Street entrance to the Long Walk

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:38:09 PM
Park Street entrance to the Long Walk

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:38:07 PM

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:28:51 PM
St. John the Baptist Church, Parish Church

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:33:49 PM
Batchelor's Acre

Ellensdottir
Saturday 9th of November 2013 08:26:36 PM
Bachelors Acre :)

Thamesweb
Thursday 31st of July 2014 09:11:44 AM
Windsor & Eaton Central railway station.

Norman W
Sunday 21st of October 2012 04:47:24 PM

Thamesweb
Wednesday 30th of January 2013 04:13:24 PM
The original Windsor County Boys School from 1908.

Thamesweb
Saturday 1st of September 2012 06:54:34 PM
The grounds of ISC (Imperial Service College), with Camperdown House (still in existence as of 2012) at the corner of the playing fields. The marks in the grass could be cricket nets area. See text below.

Thamesweb
Saturday 1st of September 2012 06:53:38 PM
Peascod Street

dave43
Monday 9th of July 2012 01:21:06 PM

User Comment Contributions

Windsor and Eton Central Railway Station

Alan McFaden
Saturday 8th of November 2014 10:49:40 AM
Windsor Castle

Alan McFaden
Saturday 8th of November 2014 10:43:22 AM
Here is a view of the Goodhart Gates from a Norman Wisdom film, Follow a Star

Thamesweb
Friday 20th of December 2013 03:58:52 PM
Bottom left, are the grounds of ISC (Imperial Service College), with Camperdown House (still in existence as of 2012) by the corner of the playing fields. Adjacent are some white marks in the grass which could well be the location of cricket 'nets'. Being August these would have been packed away in the school holidays. The huts, at least six, are further to the right between Camperdown and Alexander Houses. The latter was demolished in the 1970s. Eleven years after this photo was taken this area was developed with the construction of Kipling Building, 1939, its driveway cutting through the area of huts from Alma Road. The college soon moved to Hertford to join with the United Services College, a move forced by the war. Web history is here http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/isc.html



Lower centre, below Trinity Church, is the area known as the Prairie, the sports field for Windsor County Boys School in 1928. This area became East Berkshire College in about 1960, itself demolished to make way for houses in 2010.



On the east side, beside the church and hidden by trees, is Church House originally built for Rev Hawtrey, and subsequently used by the school. The school was established in 1908 and the school rooms can be seen across the small square to the right of the church.



Other points of interest are the Roman Catholic Church in Alma Road, immediately above Camperdown House, the trees far left centre surround the private gardens of Clarence Crescent and bisecting the lower, right hand corner is St Marks Road.



There is much more about Windsor here: http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/

Thamesweb
Tuesday 26th of June 2012 12:20:43 AM