Wednesday August 15th.  V.J.Day The announcement of an end to the war with Japan caused some local confusion. Many had waited for the decla...

The hard fought battles of 1944 had brought a foreseeable end to the war in Europe.   A public meeting,   held at Eton, discussed plans for ...

On 16th December the Germans   launched a surprise counter – offensive against the weakest sector of the   Allied line.   The battle became ...

D ecember Disbandment for the local Home Guard Battalions was held at Windsor Castle on Sunday, December 8th. Among the Home Guard units o...

  Eton Home Guard Platoon On May 14th 1940 Anthony Eden, War Secretary in Churchill’s Government , broadcast to the nation regarding the thr...

September Four days after the capture of Antwerp on September 4th. the Germans launched the first V2 rocket attack against London. The V2,...

August. After the very late spring frost of April and the beautiful summer weather of the Whitsun and August Bank Holiday’s brought an influ...

Tuesday June 13th The attack by V1's, known as Doodle Bugs commenced, having been launched from the Pas de Calais area of occupied Franc...

D-Day Map The invasion of Europe created a great amount of activity by the Allied Air Forces which were heard and seen locally as part of th...

The acute shortage of housing in the district had the Council considering what could be done to refurbish any derelict houses.  One such pre...

Post War photo of the Blue Bus Eton Wick demands a better bus service. Bitter complaints at liveliest meeting held for many years - so ran t...

Note. 240 pennies were equal to £1  How and Where they lived in the Village   No person can be an Island and no community can really i...

Mr and Mrs Henry Burfoot Jnr were active members of the community for nearly half a century. Mr Burfoot was secretary of the Village H...

Moores Lane is named after John Moore, who came to Boveney New Town (as it then was called) from Rotherhithe, Kent. His daughter Anni...

Ron Clibbon cuts the ribbon on the seat presented to the village by the Eton Wick and Boveney Women's Institute to mark the Bucki...

Harry (left) and Bill were both very keen gardeners and accustomed to being on the winner's rostrum. Here they are pictured as All...

MEMORIES OF ETON WICK I moved to 72, Eton Wick Road to live with Aunt Ella Pardoe and my memories start here. A pathway ran through ...