Title

Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Shinfield, Wokingham, 02/04/1982. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Shinfield, Wokingham, 02/04/1982. Queen Elizabeth II and the Chairman of Berkshire County Council descending a flight of steps lined with Brownies and Cub Scouts at the opening of the Shire Hall. Laing's South London Region started working on the Shire Hall, Berkshire County Council's new headquarters at Shinfield Park in early 1976. The building was completed in 1980 with the official opening taking place in April 1982. At the official opening, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and Lewis Moss, Chairman of Berkshire County Council, there were 5000 local schoolchildren lining the street outside the building.

Date

1982

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A18_133

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

80,9Mb (3,1Mb) / 17,6in x 17,8in / 5286 x 5347 (300dpi)

Keywords

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