Essex & East Anglia.- Buckley (Reginald, husband of Helen Buckley, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, fl. 1928-72) Diary of cycling tours and holidays in Essex, Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Norfolk 1928-29, 2 vol., autograph manuscript, 370pp., lined throughout, original limp morocco, vol. I small tear at tail of spine, sm. 4to, 1928-29; and 2 others, 2 juvenile diaries of tours to Switzerland, sm. 4to (4).

⁂ The diary of a young man living on the outskirts of London who spends his free time cycling through the Roding Valley, St Albans and Cambridge, and taking holidays in Thetford, the Brecklands and Norfolk. Buckley is an astute observer of the countryside as it transitions from the inter war period to the modern age. He cycles long distances, noting old manor houses, such as Guisnes Hall, falling into decay and the ever increasing building of new houses swallowing up the countryside. Also mentions the death of the conductor Henry Riding, "the sudden tragedy overwhelmed me... a Worshipful Master, and worshipping pupil..."; W. &.C French Ltd, a civil engineering company based at Buckhurst Hill in south-west Essex.

[Essex]. "Had an evening ride to Loughton, Epping, North Weald and the Talbot where I turned left to North Weald Church and Weald Hall. This was unoccupied, Mr. Tabor having sold out and left the district, as all those in the vicinity that can do are doing, to obtain relief from the incessant droning of aeoplanes from the nearby aerodrome, and the ever twinkling lights on the wireless poles, not to mention the influx of hordes of undesirable men attached to the two concerns. I walked round the house and deserted gardens, everything very neglected and gone back to Nature."