This is what High Wycombe looked like in the 1950s This week we have delved into our archives for High Wycombe scenes from the 1950s. This first picture looks at both sides of Queen Victoria Road, with the old library and the Town Hall on the western side. The Town Hall still stands but the library has been converted into offices after it stood empty for years and fell into disrepair. The library has moved to Eden Place, near the Eden Shopping Centre.
THEN: This second photo looks north from Paul’s Row at the junction with White Hart Street and High Street, with a view along Church Street.
East Harling theft spate sees items stolen in several separate incidents
| Updated: 11:48, 08 March 2021
Various items have been taken from cars and premises in East Harling during a spate of thefts.
The incidents took place between 4pm on Monday and 10am on Tuesday March 2.
During the thefts, a white van was stolen in Marsh Lane in New Buckenham before being later recovered, two cars were broken into in White Hart Street, East Harling, with a wallet being stolen and a pressure washer and Lazy Spa pump was stolen from a shed in Mount Pleasant Drive in East Harling.
Police have appealed for information
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Cars and outbuildings were targeted by thieves in East Harling and New Buckenham
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Police believe a spate of break-ins which saw several vehicles and outbuildings targeted in less than 24 hours are linked.
Thieves attempted to access a number of cars and premises between 4pm on Monday (March 1) and 10am on Tuesday in a concentrated area of Breckland.
The five incidents were as follows:
A white LDV van was stolen from a property on Marsh Lane, New Buckenham, but was later recovered in the village
Two cars were broken into on White Hart Street, East Harling, and a wallet was stolen
Following the news that Buckinghamshire Council have qualified to receive a grant of £11.7m from the Government’s Future High Street Fund to “renew and reshape” High Wycombe town centre, we take a look at how the High Street has developed over the last 1,000 years. The first written description of Wycombe is in the Domesday book, when the town was described as a large village. It might be imagined that this was very much like the village of West Wycombe today, concentrated either side of one main street - the High St. In the embryonic Wycombe there were already six mills powered by the river.