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 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
‘The Revd. John Wells Wilkinson – Tales from my Grandfather’s Diaries’
with Gaby Appleby
11th September
‘Flora and Fauna of the Jubilee River’
with Mr Bill Stacey
30th October
‘1919 and the Peace Conference’
with Mr Martin Davey
11th December
‘The Early Days of Fire Fighting in Bray, Eton and Eton Wick’
with Mr Geoff Hayes
The 2018 programme of talks:
‘Rogues and Vagabonds, Prisons and Punishments in 19th Century Windsor’
with Dr. Brigitte Mitchell
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.
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
with Mr and Mrs Geoff Hayes
12th December
'The Curious Disappearance of Major Glenn Miller'
with Tony Eaton.
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
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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
with Mark Oliver
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