Programme of talks for 2025:
9th April - The Myths and Legends of Swans with Daniel Keel
28th May - The History oof the Basingstoke Canal and Canel Boats with Roger Cansdale
30th July - Subject To be Confirmed - This meeting will be our Summer party
29th October - George Pocock Boat Builder of Eton with Tom Wigley
Programme of talks for 2024:
29th May - A Stroll in the Park with Peter Holman
31st July - The Miracle of Bletchley Park with Gillian Cane
30th October - Maidenhead and the Movies with Richard Poe
Programme of talks for 2023:
22nd February 'Rock Steady — 'The Gibraltar Story': with Major (Retd.) Paul Whittle TD
12th April 'The Great Water Conduit of Windsor Castle — a wonder of 16th Century engineering': with Dr. David Lewis
24th May 'Brownsea — A Secret Island': with Mr. Tony Weston
12th July Speaker invited — 'More than Biscuits, Beer and Bulb - Reading's other industries': with Jo Alexander-Jones
13th September '
25th October Speaker invited — 'Heathrow - A Smooth Operation': with Alan Clare
13th December 'Eton Wick's William Simmonds - sculptor, puppeteer and engineer
presented by Teresa Stanton
and The Mystery Picture presented by Caryl Cullum
The 2022 programme of talks:
with Mr Nigel Smales
8th September
‘Thomas Lawrence and the Waterloo Chamber’
with Mr Josh Lovell
‘Willie and Ettie: The Souls of Taplow Court’
with Mr Nigel Smales
‘A Window on Windsor's Medieval Past’
with Dr David Lewis
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:
The 2018 programme of talks:
The 2017 talks were:
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
with Keith French/Peter Tarrant
with Douglas Hill
with Keith Parry
with Bill Stacey
with Gil Jones
with Colonel David Axson
with Mark Oliver
with Mr Nigel Crompton
Speaker: Mrs Iris Brown
‘Have you ever heard of Datchet Bridge?’
with Mr Josh Lovell
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
2001
Social Evening A Review of Past Achievements
Industry’s Influence on Slough.
Speaker John Denham
The History of Inn Signs
Speaker Dr. Judith Hunter
July 10
Eton College Collections
Speaker Miss P. Hatfield
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
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
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
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