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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 onwards)
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)
12. Jackie Dance - Postcard of Coley House 1942 (Nov 2009)
13. Gillian Figures - Update information on the Monck family (Feb 2010)
14. Christine Southgate - Information on Albert James Booker, Head Gardener 1891- (April 2010)
15. Geoffrey Weller - Memories of Coley, Coley Farm and Coley Primary School (November 2011)
16. Beverley Parmenter - Memories of Coley Park and Coley Park School (January 2012)


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 c1961 (Mr A.H. Spring)
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) 2007
18. Images by Andrew Smith (Creative Commons Licence) 2007
19. The late Linda Walls for her Butterfly images (http://www.butterflygarden.co.uk)
20. Members Contributions from the Reading Town Forum
(http://www.reading-forum.co.uk)
21. Reading Extended Borough Map c1883
22. Talking of Coley (An oral history 1900-1950) Coley Local History Group 1990
23. More Talking of Coley (An oral history 1900-1950) Coley Local History Group 1991
24. Images by Graham Horn (Creative Commons Licence) 2009
25. UK Census Records from 1841 to 1901
26. The Coley Flyer and Image (Excerpts from 'The Reading Fireman' by Colin Churcher) Steam Days Magazine September 1992
27. Thanks to Ian Nash for permission to include his railway images from Southcote Junction and Coley Branch (July 2011)

 

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