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 £2.00 to cover costs.
Visitors and new members are always very welcome.
The History Group's programme of talks for 2021 continues to be suspended due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The 2020 programme of talks:
22nd January
‘Windsor Castle during the English Civil War’
with Mr Elias Kupfermann
26th February
‘Finding the Few: (pilots missing in action)’
with Mr Andy Saunders
8th April Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘The Fights over Cookham Commons (1799-1852)’
with Mr Keith Parry
27th May Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘Willie and Ettie: The Souls of Taplow Court’
with Mr Nigel Smales
8th July Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘The History of Natural History at Eton College’
with Mr George Fussey
9th September Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘A Window on Windsor’s Medieval Past: the town’s property deeds’
with Dr. David Lewis
28th October Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘The Cock Pit, Eton: an archaeological exploration’
with Mr Tom Wilson
9th December Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘A Woman of Wax: the life of Mme Tussaud, from Versailles to England’
with Mr Tony Weston
The 2019 programme of talks:
22nd January
‘Windsor Castle during the English Civil War’
with Mr Elias Kupfermann
26th February
‘Finding the Few: (pilots missing in action)’
with Mr Andy Saunders
8th April Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘The Fights over Cookham Commons (1799-1852)’
with Mr Keith Parry
27th May Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘Willie and Ettie: The Souls of Taplow Court’
with Mr Nigel Smales
8th July Cancelled due the Covid-19 Lockdown
‘The History of Natural History at Eton College’
with Mr George Fussey
9th September Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘A Window on Windsor’s Medieval Past: the town’s property deeds’
with Dr. David Lewis
28th October Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘The Cock Pit, Eton: an archaeological exploration’
with Mr Tom Wilson
9th December Cancelled due the Covid-19 Pandemic
‘A Woman of Wax: the life of Mme Tussaud, from Versailles to England’
with Mr Tony Weston
The 2019 programme of talks:
23rd January
‘A Phoenix from the Flames: The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle’
with Mr Josh Lovell
27th February
‘St. Laurence Church’, Slough
with Mr Allan James
10th April
‘An Eton Wick History Miscellany’
with Mr Elias Kupfermann
22nd May
‘The Rise and Fall of Skindles’
with Mr Nigel Smales
10th July
‘Failed to Return: Amy Johnson and Leslie Howard’
with Mr Tony Eaton
11th September
‘Flora and Fauna of the Jubilee River’
with Mr Bill Stacey
30th October
‘Eton Town - Now and Then’
with Jill and Peter Tarrant.
11th December
‘The Early Days of Fire Fighting in Bray, Eton and Eton Wick’
with Mr Geoff Hayes
The 2018 programme of talks:
17th January
‘Rogues and Vagabonds, Prisons and Punishments in 19th Century Windsor’
with Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
28th February
‘Sir Sydney Camm CBE, FRAeS. and The Hurricane’
with Malcolm Lock
18th April
‘The History of Baylis House Slough’
with Elias Kupfermann
30th May
Event postponed
18th July
Frank Bond's Walk around Eton Wick
with Gill Tarrant, Paul Hodgson and Peter Tarrant.
19th September
‘The Changing Face of Farming’
with Malcolm Kinross
31st October
'The Story of the Poppy Appeal’
with Mr and Mrs Geoff Hayes
12th December
'The Curious Disappearance of Major Glenn Miller'
with Tony Eaton.
The 2017 talks were:
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
The 2016 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
2009
January 14th 2009
The Windsorian Motor Coach Company
(Established by Reginald Try of Windsor)
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
February 25th 2009
The Windsorian Motor Coach Company
(Established by Reginald Try of Windsor)
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
April 8th 2009
A Walk on the Wild Side
Speaker Brian Clews
May 20th 2009
Barnes Wallis’s Remarkable Career
(Creator of the R80 and R100, Wellington Bombers, Bouncing and Tall Boy bombs and Nuclear Submarines)
Speaker Hugh Granger
July 8th 2009.
The Centenary of King Edward VII Hospital Windsor
Speaker Mrs Sally Kemp
September 9th 2009
A Victorian Bobby’s Notebook
Speaker Mrs Christine Weightman
October 21st 2009
The Royal Berkshire Regiment and Victoria Crosses
Speaker Dr. Roger Jago
December 8th 2009
Christmas Customs
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
2008
January 9th 2008.
Social Evening
Special guests Vivienne and David Gibson: Boveney Lock Keeper
February 20th 2008
History on wheels - The Museum
Speaker Return of Tony Oliver
April 9th 2008.
The Penn family & Stoke Park
Speaker Mr Lionel Rigby
May 21st 2008.
Dorney Court - Crusaders, Courtiers & Courtesan
Speaker Mr Robbie Gibbs
July 9th 2008.
The military Knights of Windsor
Speaker Major Richard Moore
August 20th 2008.
The Thames from Oxford to Windsor
-Shaping Lives over the Centuries-
Speaker Mr Peter Holman
October 8th 2008.
The Royal Berkshire Regiment and Victoria Crosses
Speaker Dr. Roger Jago
November 19th 2008.
Victorian shopping and Christmas Customs
Speaker Mr. T. King
2007
January 24th 2007.
Wildlife on the Jubilee River
Speaker Mr Brian Clews
March 14th 2007.
The Penn Family and Stoke Park
Speaker Mr Lionel Rigby
April 18th 2007.
Margaret Oliphant - Writer & Woman
Speaker Mrs Hester Davenport
May 30th 2007.
Charles Knight
Philanthropist & Professional Publisher
Speaker Mrs Valerie Gray
July 11th 2007.
An evening with Tony Oliver
Garden Shed to Eton Wick History on Wheels
Speaker Tony Oliver
August 29th 2007.
A Barnardo Childhood
Speaker Mr D. Sloan
October 10th 2007.
Eton’s Big Store
Speaker Tony Cullum
November 21st 2007.
Remembrance
Speaker Frank Bond
‘History of Ditton Park, Datchet, in Pictures’.
Speaker Janet Kennish
February 22nd 2006.
‘The Provosts of Eton’
Speaker Sir Eric Anderson K.T.
April 12th 2006.
‘The Penn Family and Stoke Park’
Speaker Lionel Rigby
May 17th 2006.
‘The Forgotten Industries of Cookham’
Speaker Brian Boulter
June 21st 2006.
‘Decades of Discipline — the Workhouses of Windsor, Wallingford and Wokingham’
Speaker Margaret Houlbrooke
July 26th 2006.
‘Listed Buildings, Churches, Shops, Theatres, Hospitals, Pillar boxes, Restaurants & Bridges’
Speaker Peter Virgo
September 13th 2006.
‘Old Photographs’
Speaker Jean Debney
October 25th 2006.
‘History of White Waltham Airfield‘
Speaker Richard Poad
December 13th 2006.
Christmas Social
Programme of talks for 2005
January 12th 2005
‘Friends of Friendless Churches’ (with special reference to Boveney)
Speaker Mr Matthew Saunders. MBE; MA; FSA
February 16th 2005
Then and Now
Speaker Frank Bond
March 30th 2005
History of the Windsor Chair
Speaker Mr Stuart King
May 11th 2005
Schooling for the Poorest Children in 19th century Windsor
Speaker Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
June 22nd 2005
Burnham Beeches during World War II
Speaker Dr. Helen Read
July 27th 2005
‘Flying High’- A Pilot’s View (aerial photographs, local. UK, Europe and further afield
Speaker Mr Richard Poad
September 14th 2005
The Parish Fire Engine and its place in history. (with special reference to Eton and Bray)
Speaker Mr Geoff Hayes
October 19th 2005
‘Boom Town’ — Maidenhead in the Coaching era
Speaker Mr Brian Boulter
November 30th 2005
Xmas Social Evening
Programme of Talks for 2004
January 14th 2004
Medieval Windsor
Speaker Dr. Judith Hunter
February 25th 2004
Bray - Yesterday and Today
Speaker Richard Russell C.V.O
March 31st 2004
Dolly Mops and Magdalens (the problems with prostitution in 19th century Windsor)
Speaker Dr. Bridgitte Mitchell
May 12th 2004
Watermills on the Thames from South Oxford to South of Windsor
June 23rd 2004
Francis Frith - the man and the Company Victorian pioneer photographer)
Speaker Mr David Edney
July 28th 2004
Name, Fame and The End Game of Eton
Speaker Mr Tony Cullum
September 29th 2004
‘Victorian Millionaires’ Houses along the River Thames
Speaker Mr Brian Boulter
November 10th 2004
Eminent Etonians
Speaker Mrs Penny Hatfield
July 10
Eton College Collections
Speaker Miss P. Hatfield
March 13
Eton and the River Thames
Speaker Frank Bond
January 23
The Victorian Expansion of Datchet
Speaker Janet Kennish
2000
January 5
Millennium Social Evening
Quiz , Punch and refreshments
February 16
A Century of Local Change
Speaker In House
March 29
Dorney Wildlife
Speaker Peter Tyler
May 10
Illustrated Pageantry of Windsor
Speaker Polly Reagan
June 23
Exhibition of Village History Photographic and memorabilia Members Invitation Only (social buffet)
June 24th and June 25th Saturday & Sunday 2 to 6pm Public Exhibition days
September 13
The Jubilee River - Maidenhead/Windsor/Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme
with Mark Oliver
Talks programme for 2014
15 January 2014
Eton Wick and Old Boveney
19 February 2014
‘Berkshire Folk Tales’
with Mr David
England
9th April 2014
Listed buildings in Dorney and old postcards of the local
area
21 May 2014
Eton Wick's Youth Activities
9th July 2014
The Klondike and Common Road
10 September 2014
Commons and Lammas Lands
29 October 2014
Memorials: to commemorate the outbreak of WWI on its 100°'
Anniversary
10th December 2014
A Festive Local Quiz
Talks programme for 2013
9th January 2013
Vehicles in Films
Speaker: Tony Oliver
20th February 2013
‘The Local History Detective’
with Mr Nigel Crompton
with Mr Nigel Crompton
10th April 2013
The sore wind of Windsor a word on place names
Speaker: Josh Lovell
22nd May 2013
What's happened to all of our steamers?
Speaker: Bill Stacey
10th July 2013
Collecting local memorabilia
Speaker: Mrs Beryl Hedges
11th September 2013
Mother flew Spitfires: The amazing story of the Air
Transport Auxiliary
Speaker: Ed Grant
23rd October 2013
The History of Maidenhead's Hospitals
Speaker: Mrs Iris Brown
Speaker: Mrs Iris Brown
11th December 2013
Victorian millionaires and their riverside mansions
Speaker: Keith Parry
Talks programme for 2012
11 January 2012
‘Mail along
the Old Bath Road (Leading to the Royal Mail and modern Postal Service.)’
with
Mr Tony King
22 February 2012
‘Have you ever heard of Datchet Bridge?’
with Mr Josh Lovell
‘Have you ever heard of Datchet Bridge?’
with Mr Josh Lovell
11 April
'Skindles Hotel' (Home to many scandals)
Speaker: Miss Kathryn Jackson
23 May
'Vanished Windsor' (With an invitation for a future tour of
Taplow Court)
Speaker: Mr Elias Kupfermann FRGS
11 July
'Things We Can't Do Without'
Speakers: Members of the History Group Committee
12 September
'Old Windsor'
Speaker: Mr Keith Moore (to be confirmed)
24 October
'Victoria Crosses Awarded to 37 Old Etonians' (A talk
prepared by Mr Frank Bond)
Speaker: Mr John Reid
12 December
'Royal Christmases' (which have not always been at
Sandringham)
Speaker: Miss Frances Dimond (former Curator of Royal
Photographs)
Talks programme for 2011
12 January 2011
St Mary Magdalen (Boveney Church) linked with the Olympics?!
Speaker: Rev Janet Binns
23 February 2011
Three Local Lads: Frank Bond on Boveney; Peter Tarrant on
Tarrants at Eton Wick; and John Reid on Old Wheatbutts (Was this postponed from
September 2011?)
13 April 2011
Brooklands (the birthplace of British motorsport and
aviation) into the Second Century.
Speakers: Tim Morris and David Norfolk from the Brooklands
Museum.
25 May 2011
A Victorian Childhood.
Speaker to be agreed
13 July 2011
Local Locks and Birdlife.
Speaker: Bill Stacey
14 September 2011
Victoria Crosses awarded to 37 Old Etonians — tales of
gallantry.
Speaker: Frank Bond
26 October 2011
Clewer — the oldest village in the area — a condensed
history.
Speaker: John Denham
14 December 2011
Provisional title of the talk 'Eton College Chapel —
fascinating facts'
Speaker: Mrs Penny Hatfield JP
Talks programmes for 2010:
January 13th 2010
Berkshire Beyond the Obvious Lesser known sites and events
of historic interest. (A 'sunny' show for a winter's evening.)
The speaker is Mr Trevor Ottlewski.
February 24th 2010
The Royal Windsor Tapestry Manufactory and Stained Glass.
The establishment, success and sudden downfall of the tapestry works in Old
Windsor and the associated stained glass works on the other side of the road.
The speaker is Mrs Hester Davenport
April 1st 2010
Thorn Island (Dornei) Pilgrims and Recusants.
Speaker Mr Robbie Gibbs
May 19th 2010
The History of Aviation in Berkshire.
Speaker Ms Jean Fostekew of the Museum of Aviation
July 14th 2010
Secrets of the Box.
Speaker Mr Tony Weston
September 8th 2010
Three local lads.
Frank Bond on Boveney
John Reid on Old Wheatbutts
and Peter
Tarrant on Tarrants at Eton Wick
October 20th 2010
Berkshire Beyond the Obvious' (Lesser known sites and events
of historic interest - a 'sunny' show to warm an Autumn evening)
Speaker Mr Trevor Ottlewski
December 8th 2010
How Pagan is Christmas?
Speaker Mr Leslie Grout
2009
January 14th 2009
The Windsorian Motor Coach Company
(Established by Reginald Try of Windsor)
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
February 25th 2009
The Windsorian Motor Coach Company
(Established by Reginald Try of Windsor)
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
April 8th 2009
A Walk on the Wild Side
Speaker Brian Clews
May 20th 2009
Barnes Wallis’s Remarkable Career
(Creator of the R80 and R100, Wellington Bombers, Bouncing and Tall Boy bombs and Nuclear Submarines)
Speaker Hugh Granger
July 8th 2009.
The Centenary of King Edward VII Hospital Windsor
Speaker Mrs Sally Kemp
September 9th 2009
A Victorian Bobby’s Notebook
Speaker Mrs Christine Weightman
October 21st 2009
The Royal Berkshire Regiment and Victoria Crosses
Speaker Dr. Roger Jago
December 8th 2009
Christmas Customs
Speaker Mrs Valerie Batt-Rawden
2008
January 9th 2008.
Social Evening
Special guests Vivienne and David Gibson: Boveney Lock Keeper
February 20th 2008
History on wheels - The Museum
Speaker Return of Tony Oliver
April 9th 2008.
The Penn family & Stoke Park
Speaker Mr Lionel Rigby
May 21st 2008.
Dorney Court - Crusaders, Courtiers & Courtesan
Speaker Mr Robbie Gibbs
July 9th 2008.
The military Knights of Windsor
Speaker Major Richard Moore
August 20th 2008.
The Thames from Oxford to Windsor
-Shaping Lives over the Centuries-
Speaker Mr Peter Holman
October 8th 2008.
The Royal Berkshire Regiment and Victoria Crosses
Speaker Dr. Roger Jago
November 19th 2008.
Victorian shopping and Christmas Customs
Speaker Mr. T. King
2007
January 24th 2007.
Wildlife on the Jubilee River
Speaker Mr Brian Clews
March 14th 2007.
The Penn Family and Stoke Park
Speaker Mr Lionel Rigby
April 18th 2007.
Margaret Oliphant - Writer & Woman
Speaker Mrs Hester Davenport
May 30th 2007.
Charles Knight
Philanthropist & Professional Publisher
Speaker Mrs Valerie Gray
July 11th 2007.
An evening with Tony Oliver
Garden Shed to Eton Wick History on Wheels
Speaker Tony Oliver
August 29th 2007.
A Barnardo Childhood
Speaker Mr D. Sloan
October 10th 2007.
Eton’s Big Store
Speaker Tony Cullum
November 21st 2007.
Remembrance
Speaker Frank Bond
2006
January 11th 2006.‘History of Ditton Park, Datchet, in Pictures’.
Speaker Janet Kennish
February 22nd 2006.
‘The Provosts of Eton’
Speaker Sir Eric Anderson K.T.
April 12th 2006.
‘The Penn Family and Stoke Park’
Speaker Lionel Rigby
May 17th 2006.
‘The Forgotten Industries of Cookham’
Speaker Brian Boulter
June 21st 2006.
‘Decades of Discipline — the Workhouses of Windsor, Wallingford and Wokingham’
Speaker Margaret Houlbrooke
July 26th 2006.
‘Listed Buildings, Churches, Shops, Theatres, Hospitals, Pillar boxes, Restaurants & Bridges’
Speaker Peter Virgo
September 13th 2006.
‘Old Photographs’
Speaker Jean Debney
October 25th 2006.
‘History of White Waltham Airfield‘
Speaker Richard Poad
December 13th 2006.
Christmas Social
Programme of talks for 2005
January 12th 2005
‘Friends of Friendless Churches’ (with special reference to Boveney)
Speaker Mr Matthew Saunders. MBE; MA; FSA
February 16th 2005
Then and Now
Speaker Frank Bond
March 30th 2005
History of the Windsor Chair
Speaker Mr Stuart King
May 11th 2005
Schooling for the Poorest Children in 19th century Windsor
Speaker Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
June 22nd 2005
Burnham Beeches during World War II
Speaker Dr. Helen Read
July 27th 2005
‘Flying High’- A Pilot’s View (aerial photographs, local. UK, Europe and further afield
Speaker Mr Richard Poad
September 14th 2005
The Parish Fire Engine and its place in history. (with special reference to Eton and Bray)
Speaker Mr Geoff Hayes
October 19th 2005
‘Boom Town’ — Maidenhead in the Coaching era
Speaker Mr Brian Boulter
November 30th 2005
Xmas Social Evening
Programme of Talks for 2004
January 14th 2004
Medieval Windsor
Speaker Dr. Judith Hunter
February 25th 2004
Bray - Yesterday and Today
Speaker Richard Russell C.V.O
March 31st 2004
Dolly Mops and Magdalens (the problems with prostitution in 19th century Windsor)
Speaker Dr. Bridgitte Mitchell
May 12th 2004
Watermills on the Thames from South Oxford to South of Windsor
June 23rd 2004
Francis Frith - the man and the Company Victorian pioneer photographer)
Speaker Mr David Edney
July 28th 2004
Name, Fame and The End Game of Eton
Speaker Mr Tony Cullum
September 29th 2004
‘Victorian Millionaires’ Houses along the River Thames
Speaker Mr Brian Boulter
November 10th 2004
Eminent Etonians
Speaker Mrs Penny Hatfield
Programme of Talks for 2003
15 January 2003
‘Village
Sayings’
with Mr Hugh Granger
19 February 2003
‘Development of Windsor
Garrison to the end of the 19th Century’
with Dr. Bridgitte Mitchell
26
March 2003 ‘
Thames
Valley Buses’
with Mr Paul Lacey
14
May 2003
‘Sir William Herschel’
with Commander A. E. Fanning M.B.E.,D.S.C.
25
June 2003
‘From Hunters and Gatherers to Televised Rowing’
with Mr Frank Bond
30
July 2003
‘Henry VI and Eton College’
with Mrs Penny Hatfield
10 September 2003
‘Eton Memories’
with Mr N. J. T. Jaques
22 October 2003
‘Medieval
Windsor’
with Dr. Judith Hunter
26 November 2003
‘Christmas Social Evening’
2002
The programme for 2002 is currently missing. If anyone has a copy of the published programme for this year we would be delighted to be able to add the information about these missing events.
2001
November 27
Social Evening A Review of Past Achievements
Social Evening A Review of Past Achievements
October 16
Industry’s Influence on Slough.
Speaker John Denham
Industry’s Influence on Slough.
Speaker John Denham
September 11
The History of Inn Signs
Speaker Dr. Judith Hunter
The History of Inn Signs
Speaker Dr. Judith Hunter
July 10
Eton College Collections
Speaker Miss P. Hatfield
May 29
All at Sea
Speaker T. Cullum
April 17
Ted’s Country Talks
Speaker Ted Cox
All at Sea
Speaker T. Cullum
April 17
Ted’s Country Talks
Speaker Ted Cox
Eton and the River Thames
Speaker Frank Bond
The Victorian Expansion of Datchet
Speaker Janet Kennish
2000
January 5
Millennium Social Evening
Quiz , Punch and refreshments
February 16
A Century of Local Change
Speaker In House
March 29
Dorney Wildlife
Speaker Peter Tyler
May 10
Illustrated Pageantry of Windsor
Speaker Polly Reagan
June 23
Exhibition of Village History Photographic and memorabilia Members Invitation Only (social buffet)
June 24th and June 25th Saturday & Sunday 2 to 6pm Public Exhibition days
September 13
The Jubilee River - Maidenhead/Windsor/Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme
Speaker Colin Martin
October 25
Old Photographs - What can these tell us?.
Speaker Jean Tyler
November 29
Victorian Windsor with Slides
Speaker ………. Leslie Grout (1981 Mastermind Winner)
29.09.99 The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle
14.07.99 Past Manufactures and Craftsmen of Eton
26.05.99 The Changing Face of Eton as viewed through the Mark Bell Slides
14.04.99 The History Of Burnham Beeches
24.02.99 What Became of Trooper Ashman and Others? 1914/18 War - Speaker Frank Bond
26.10.98 Archaeology of the Flood Relief Channel — The Thames Water Archaeological Unit
16.09.98 Decline of Local Farms and Horticulture
08.07.98 Local Fetes, Carnivals and Concerts
27.05.98 Village Shopkeepers — Past and Present
15.04.98 History of Local Bridges - Speaker John Denham
04.03.98 Press Gangs
21.01.98 History of Salters Steamers
10.12.97 The Old Christopher Inn
29.10.97 Old Photographs of Eton and Eton Wick
10.09.97 Eton College Rowing Lake — Talk by Oxford Archaeological Unit
July 97 Visit to Eton College Rowing Lake Oxford Archaeological Unit Dig
25.06.97 100 years ago. 1897 — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
12.03.97 The Changing Face of Eton
22.01.97 Festive Evening Quiz
13.01.96 Eton College through the Archives
27.11.96 Talk by Members — Various Subjects
23.10.96 Slough—Windsor Railway - Speaker John Coke
04.09.96 History of Local Council
22.05.96 History of the Thames Middle Reaches
17.04.96 Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Cliveden
08.03.96 History of Dorney Court and the Village
24.01.96 Festive Evening, Local Picture Quiz
03.12.95 History of Inns Taverns and Alehouses
08.11.95 History of Boveney Church and Village
27.09.95 History of British Legion Poppy Appeal
28.06.95 Characters and Benefactors
17.05.95 V.E. Day 1945
22.02.95 Eton College Rowing Trench
11.01.95 Pubs and Punch - Speaker Frank Bond
07.12.94 Storms, Floods and Frost
19.11.94 1914/18 War Casualities
14.09.94 Archaeology — The Earl of Cornwall
01.06.94 After Herberts Store — Cullums Garage, Eton - Speaker Tony Cullum
13.04.94 Family Tree
23.02.94 Eton Wick in WWII
12.01.94 Herberts Supply Store, Eton
10.11.93 The Commons and Lammas Lands - Speaker Frank Bond
29.09.93 Boveney New Town and West of Bell Lane Southside Walk No. 2
26.06.93 Life in 1893
14.04.93 A Walk Round the Village — No.1
16.02.93 Floods of Yesteryear
12.01.93 Farming
October 25
Old Photographs - What can these tell us?.
Speaker Jean Tyler
November 29
Victorian Windsor with Slides
Speaker ………. Leslie Grout (1981 Mastermind Winner)
Talks, topics and dates prior to 2000
republished here from the Photographic History of Eton Wick and Eton
10.11.99 Celebration to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Slough to Windsor Railway
29.09.99 The Fire and Restoration of Windsor Castle
14.07.99 Past Manufactures and Craftsmen of Eton
26.05.99 The Changing Face of Eton as viewed through the Mark Bell Slides
14.04.99 The History Of Burnham Beeches
24.02.99 What Became of Trooper Ashman and Others? 1914/18 War - Speaker Frank Bond
13.01.99 Eton College Through the Archives - Speaker Mrs. Penny Hatfield, Eton College Archivist
09.12.98 Group Members Exhibition
26.10.98 Archaeology of the Flood Relief Channel — The Thames Water Archaeological Unit
16.09.98 Decline of Local Farms and Horticulture
08.07.98 Local Fetes, Carnivals and Concerts
27.05.98 Village Shopkeepers — Past and Present
15.04.98 History of Local Bridges - Speaker John Denham
04.03.98 Press Gangs
21.01.98 History of Salters Steamers
10.12.97 The Old Christopher Inn
29.10.97 Old Photographs of Eton and Eton Wick
10.09.97 Eton College Rowing Lake — Talk by Oxford Archaeological Unit
July 97 Visit to Eton College Rowing Lake Oxford Archaeological Unit Dig
25.06.97 100 years ago. 1897 — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
12.03.97 The Changing Face of Eton
22.01.97 Festive Evening Quiz
13.01.96 Eton College through the Archives
27.11.96 Talk by Members — Various Subjects
23.10.96 Slough—Windsor Railway - Speaker John Coke
04.09.96 History of Local Council
22.05.96 History of the Thames Middle Reaches
17.04.96 Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Cliveden
08.03.96 History of Dorney Court and the Village
24.01.96 Festive Evening, Local Picture Quiz
03.12.95 History of Inns Taverns and Alehouses
08.11.95 History of Boveney Church and Village
27.09.95 History of British Legion Poppy Appeal
28.06.95 Characters and Benefactors
17.05.95 V.E. Day 1945
22.02.95 Eton College Rowing Trench
11.01.95 Pubs and Punch - Speaker Frank Bond
07.12.94 Storms, Floods and Frost
19.11.94 1914/18 War Casualities
14.09.94 Archaeology — The Earl of Cornwall
01.06.94 After Herberts Store — Cullums Garage, Eton - Speaker Tony Cullum
13.04.94 Family Tree
23.02.94 Eton Wick in WWII
12.01.94 Herberts Supply Store, Eton
10.11.93 The Commons and Lammas Lands - Speaker Frank Bond
29.09.93 Boveney New Town and West of Bell Lane Southside Walk No. 2
26.06.93 Life in 1893
14.04.93 A Walk Round the Village — No.1
16.02.93 Floods of Yesteryear
12.01.93 Farming
03.11.92 Eton Wick — Now and Then
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