There are four talks planned for this year. They are:
4 Bridges and a Ferry presented by Josh Lovell on 10th April
A Stroll in the Park presented by Peter Holman on 29th May
The Miracle of Bletchley Park with Gillian Cane on 31st July
Maidenhead and the Movies with Richard Poe on 30th October
The meetings of the Eton Wick History Group will be held at the Village Hall commencing at 7:30 pm.
The entrance fee will be £4.00.which includes light refreshments.
Well, we have had our first two ‘après-covid’ talks and they went very well, and we were pleased to see very encouraging audience numbers (you do know that these events are open to all, there is no membership list?). The first talk was given by Josh Lovell and his topic was ‘Thomas Lawrence and the Waterloo Chamber’ – Josh’s presentations are always extremely professional and full of information and illustrations – Thomas Lawrence was commissioned to paint many of the portraits in the Waterloo Chamber, of people (mainly military) who were significantly involved in the Battle of Waterloo; you will see, in our 2022 programme, below, that Josh has kindly agreed to entertain us again next April, with his talk on Frogmore House in Windsor Great Park. The event we enjoyed in October was a talk given by the eloquent Nigel Smales on ‘Willie and Ettie: The Souls of Taplow Court’ – a fascinating account of the heady days of fun and frolics that various members of the aristocracy and other notables (probably all listed in the ‘Who’s Who’ of the time!) enjoyed there; often, an over-spill had to be accommodated ‘up the road’ at Cliveden! Taplow Court’s current inhabitants are the gentle members of a religious sect: they open their doors to the public on one or two occasions every year so that individuals can have a look around and (certainly prior to Covid) enjoy afternoon tea.
Our final talk in 2021 will be at 7.30 pm on Wednesday, 8th December, when Dr. David Lewis will entertain and inform us with his talk titled ‘A Window on Windsor’s Medieval Past: the town’s property deeds’; after the talk, there will be ‘festive refreshments’.
Our Programme for 2022:
12 January ‘A History of Herschel Park, Slough’ with Elias Kupfermann
23 February ‘The History of Natural History at Eton College’ with George Fussey
13 April ‘Frogmore House in Windsor Great Park’ with Joshua Lovell
25 May [Speaker invited – awaiting response.]
13 July [Speaker invited – awaiting response.]
14 September ‘The Village History Through the Website’ with Steven Denham
26 October ‘The War Horse Memorial’ with Alan Carr MBE
14 December ‘Woman of Wax’ (the story of Madame Tussaud) with Tony Weston
The programme is currently incomplete and is subject to change.
This article was written by Teresa Stanton, History Group Honorary Secretary and was first published in the December 2021 edition on The Eton Wick Newsletter.
