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I have spent long hours searching my computer for the photographs above, eventually deciding that they must have been deleted and lost forever. 

Today’s column follows on from the topic of the last two weeks, but I have to apologise for some very poor quality pictures and a faded and creased map of Marlow. However this Town Council map dated 1968 is the only one available that shows (dotted line on the right) the route of the proposed new bypass, and crossing over one of the former Marlow Brickworks quarries. The pictures on the right are all I have of the actual construction work in 1970/1 – the stretch toward Handy Cross, and the new Thames bridge alongside Longridge. Insert is the “cutting the ribbon” ceremony upon co...

4) The Cemetery. 5) The Club’s former ground – Crown Meadow. Purchased from the Hotel for town use by Edward Riley, but his plans did not include football. Gas holders at the Gas Works are marked on the other side of Crown Road. 6) The Water Works, located at a chalk pit off the aptly named Chalkpit Lane. Almost all Marlow homes had a piped water supply, but the mains drainage scheme (a huge undertaking) was still a couple of years away. 7) The Railway Station with side tracks into the goods yard. 8) Lock Road, largely undeveloped apart from a few houses at the north end.