 | Anyone know about this picture? | | 10:03am Tue 8 Jul 08 | | In the year that Winston Churchill announced Britain had an atomic bomb and the concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, was first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, this photo was taken in Buckinghamshire. It was February 1952 and shows a group of approximately 70 men standing and sitting outside a wooden building. One, wearing a top hat in the second row, is holding a ukulele. Do you know where this location is? Do you recognise any of the men? Perhaps you can spot your grandfather, dad or uncle? Anyone with information should call Mike Dewey on 01494 755105 or 01628 525207 or e-mail jnadal@london.newsquest.co.uk |
 | Wycombe walkers | | 9:26am Tue 17 Jun 08 | | THIS is Lincoln Road, High Wycombe in the year Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel, videotape is first demonstrated at a convention in Chicago and poet Ted Hughes marries Sylvia Plath. | | Reader comment (1) |
 | Society of Papermakers | | 10:12am Tue 10 Jun 08 | | LET'S hope health and safety hasn't got wind of this firetrap of a cart, decorated and packed full with boxes of paper. |
 | Remembering the fallen | | 10:15am Tue 3 Jun 08 | | n A LARGE crowd gather at a special thanksgiving service to remember those who died fighting for their country. |
 | The weigh in | | 8:48am Wed 21 May 08 | | n This is the Guildhall, High Street, High Wycombe in the year that Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon
The photo was taken in September 1959. It shows the traditional ceremony of weighing the mayor (Councillor Haines) outside the Guildhall watched by members of the public. |
 | Coach re-enactment | | 10:58am Tue 8 Apr 08 | | THIS is Chorley Road, West Wycombe, in the year that US engineer Paul Galvin invented the car radio and one of the world's most famous names in motor racing was launched by Enzo Ferrari. |
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