| Date | 10 October 2014 |
|---|---|
| Source | Slough Observer |
| Reference | VP-0097 |
| Volume | Views of the Past |
| Collection | Press Clippings |
Transcript
Book looks back in time
IN 2010, I produced Vanished Windsor, which looked at Windsor’s disappearing architectural features and some of the views and customs which were captured in old prints, drawings, paintings and photographs.
I have now produced a companion volume entitled Royal Windsor: Images Of A Bygone Age, which has a selection of rare and intimate views of Windsor at a time when there was great social change.
The book opens with a look at early photography in Windsor and contains some of the earliest photographs of Windsor dating from the 1840s. The work of three outstanding photographers are also showcased in the book; Thomas Cochrane, junior and senior from Windsor, and Leicester-born photographer George Moore Henton, together with photographs by other Victorian and Edwardian photographers.
The photographs cover the period between 1890 and just after the outbreak of the First World War. In this week’s column we look at the work of the Cochrane family and we will look at the work of Henton in next week’s column. A little time ago I wrote about the history of the Cochrane family which led to a collector contacting me and enquiring if I would like to see his collection of more than 100 postcard images taken by the Cochranes, covering the period of the early 20th Century until the outbreak of the First World War.
I went over to see him the same day and was amazed by the sheer volume of different photographs the Cochranes produced.
I was asked if I would like to produce a book using these images and the idea of Royal Windsor: Images Of A Bygone Age was born.
A large proportion of the postcards which the Cochranes produced were taken of the colourful military parades which took place from the Combermere Barracks to Holy Trinity Church along St Leonard’s Road but their subject matter was not just confined to the military.
They also produced fine photographs of the area around the Thames and also of local events and landmarks such as the opening of the King Edward VII Hospital and new Police Station and Fire Station in St Leonards Road.
Royal Windsor: Images Of A Bygone Age is published by Elias Kupfermann and costs £12.50 including postage and packing and will be available from mid-November.
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