Doris Edna Mallett born- Bicester 24th January 1907, died 1986. Both lived at 88, West Street Marlow, but before that the parents are listed at 4, South Place. These were two slightly eccentric but well-liked unmarried sisters who ran a dressmaking business from their home which backed onto the Colonel’s Meadow. My mother knew them and often told me stories of their very simple lifestyle and their regular habit of walking to the woods and returning with wild flowers, loudly singing, arm in arm or holding hands. I have a few bits of related ephemera, the most interesting of which is the above page from Mary’s diary that covers the death and funeral of General Sir George Higginson, who lived just along the road from them at Gyldernscroft.
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.