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Chroniclers of Slough
Reg Harrison
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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.
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Reg was born on 1st September 1908 at 141 St Leonard's Road, Windsor, above the newsagents and tobacconist shop that his father owned and ran. He was the eldest of three brothers, all of whom worked in the family business Harrison Cycle Co. Ltd. At one time they had four shops, two in Slough High Street, one on Farnham Road and one at Ann's Place in St. Leonard's Road, Windsor. |
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E Harrison Cycles, High Street. Slough. 1955 |
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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.
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