The Eton Wick History Group has been meeting regularly since 1992. Eton Wick and the surrounding area is rich in history and the village has a heritage dating back to 1217.
Meetings are held at 7.30 pm in Eton Wick Hall, Eton Wick, and everyone is welcome. Refreshments are served, and there is a charge of £1.50 to cover costs.
Visitors and new members are always very welcome.
The 2017 programme of talks:
18th January
‘Eton Wick’s Vanishing Farms’
with Mr Peter Tarrant
22nd February
‘1960’s Memories of Eton Wick in Home Movies’
with Mr John Coke
12th April
‘Eton Wick – The French Connection’
with Mr Keith French
24th May
‘A History of St. John the Baptist Church’
with Mr Frank Bond
19th July
‘Exploration of a Royal Landscape’
The archaeology of the Little Park of Windsor Castle revealed.
with Elias Kupfermann
‘A History of the Apple’
with Mr John Nash
25th October
‘St. George’s Chapel’
with the Chapter Clerk, Miss Charlotte Manley LVO, OBE
13th December
‘140th Anniversary of the sale that made Eton Wick’
with Mr Frank Bond
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The 201 talks were:
13th January 2016
Village Trading Before the Superstores
Speaker Mr Frank Bond
24th February 2016
Business As Usual: Advertising During the Great War
Speaker Mrs Brigitte Mitchell
13th April 2016
Mars - An Employee's Reflections
Speaker Mr Geoff Low
25th May 2016
The Great War in Postcards and Trench Artefacts
Speaker Mr Martin Davey
13th July 2016
The Slough & Windsor Railway and the Gooch Legacy
Speaker Mr John Coke
14th September 2016
Eton Wick — Then and Now
Speaker Mr Steven Denham
26th October 2016
The Reeve's Tale
Speaker Mr Hugh Granger
14th December 2016
Characters and Benefactors of Eton Wick
Speaker Mr Frank Bond
The 2015 talks were:
January 14, 2015
‘A Family’s History and Farming’
with Keith French/Peter Tarrant
with Keith French/Peter Tarrant
February 25, 2015
‘The Royal Warrant Holders’ Association’
with Douglas Hill
with Douglas Hill
April 15, 2015
‘Copper, Love & Stars’ (the story of Ray Lodge)
with Keith Parry
with Keith Parry
May 27, 2015
‘The Changing Face of Local Birdlife’
with Bill Stacey
with Bill Stacey
July 8, 2015
‘Recall 60 Years On (film of the 2005 event) and Eton Wick in WWII’– a tribute to the late John Denham with Frank Bond
September 9, 2015
‘The Thames Waterway and Bridges’
with Gil Jones
with Gil Jones
October 28, 2015
‘St. George’s Chapel – Stall Plates’
with Colonel David Axson
with Colonel David Axson
December 9, 2015
‘History on Wheels in Films and Television’
with Mark Oliver
with Mark Oliver
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