As well as a recorder of the changing face of Slough, Reg Harrison was a stalwart of the local community. He was an active member of Slough & District Civic Society and of the Leopold Institute.

He also used his impressive slide collection to give lectures on our town's history. His wife, Barbara, suffered from arthritis for 25 years of her brief 60 year life, and it was in support of their fund raising for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council that he started to show his collection of historic slides and photos. He raised over £1 400 for the charity.

Reg lived for most of his life in Slough, with his wife and two daughters. He spent most of his career working on Slough High Street. He joined his father's business, Harrison Cycle Co Ltd, in 1925 and worked in their first Slough Branch which opened that year. Reg Harrison stayed with the three branches of Harrison's bicycles until the last branch closed in 1960. He sadly died in December 1999.

In 2006 Reg Harrison's daughters kindly donated the entire collection to Slough Library so that the town could have permanent access to his collection. Reg also collected material on Windsor and this collection is currently on deposit at Windsor Library. We are currently digitising his slide collection, and if you type Reg Harrison in the search box, a selection of his work will appear.