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Historic maps of Eton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Eton maps
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Eton books
Displaying 3 of 8 books about Eton and the local area. View all Eton books
Thames Valley County Memories
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Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
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Berkshire Photographic Memories
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7 Eton photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Eton
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Herbert's Supply Stores Eton High Street
My Great-Great-Grandfather William John Herbert established the Herbert's Supply Stores seen to the right of this photograph. The stores were made of twenty four departments and held the Royal Warrant for Queen Victoria, the Empresses of Russia and Germany, and many minor royals from across Europe. Following a fire in 1896 the building was rebuilt as seen here. The business became... [more]
Shared on 17 April 2009
Berkshire memories
Fishing on the Thames at Romney Island.
As a teenager living in the Old Kent Road back in the early 1960s, Windsor was surprisingly accessible to me. I spent most summer Saturdays fishing the lock cut at Romney Island. A number 53 bus would take me to Lower Marsh, which was the rear entrance to Waterloo Station. A short walk up the slope past Dewar's bottling plant and... [more]
Shared on 15 July 2009
I always understood that these were wheel stops to prevent the carriages rolling back down the hill and were not to tie the horse to.
Shared on 23 March 2008
My Mother owned the Kings Head and i worked in the reastaurant with her she done all home baking and had Eton College lads and there familys eating there,also a great trade was the Army lads from both barracks,I married one in 1956,we are retired to somerset but my heart will always be in Windsor,we served teas to the queues of... [more]
Shared on 23 January 2008
My Nan, Esa Victoria Manning owned the Kings Head and lived there with her family. She was a great cook.
Shared on 21 December 2007
1964-1967 There was a time when nearly every Winter Sunday was spent walking from the Egham side, through the Beechwoods then up the Long Walk to Windsor for an early cream tea, then back through all the leaves and cob nuts to the small pub somewhere on the Egham gate side.
You had to hurry at times as there... [more]
Shared on 18 December 2007
Outstanding memories of times gone by are the Olive Branch Tea Shop (just before the Theatre Royal) who made the most delicious doughnuts and a little further up the hill was a family run chocolate shop - E.V.Tull. Mr. Tull made the most exquisite chocolates and at Easter and Christmas there were the most magical displays all in chocolate. ... [more]
Shared on 13 November 2007
Warning, it should't rain inside the bus
I have two early memories of Windsor. One, not far from here and having my photo taken with a huge parrot. The second is a bit funnier. We lived in Chalfont St Peter and when I was about 9 in 1964 my elder brother and his mate took me for a day out to Windsor. We bought Rover tickets and bottles... [more]
Shared on 07 October 2007
Extracts From Eton & Berkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Eton, inspired by Frith photos.
Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories
As might be expected of the world's most famous English public school, Eton College chapels have a host of stories to tell about their early days. Lower Chapel, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, was built in 1889-92. Queen Victoria and her daughters, Empress Frederick and Princess Beatrice, visited the new chapel on March 19, 1891, when the Empress unveiled a statue of the... [more]
This is an extract from Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories.
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At the junction of Common Road and Slough Road, two College schoolboys, one carrying a cricket bat over his right shoulder, are seen walking past the 'Burning Bush'. They may be going to the famous Playing Fields of Eton. A horse and carriage approach from the direction of the High Street.
This is an extract from Windsor Photographic Memories.
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This magnificent building has a history all of its own. 'No part of Henry VI's scheme for a college was of greater importance than that of a church', according to the Eton guide book. The charter was signed on 11 October 1440, and he laid the foundation stone on Passion Sunday 1441. Thomas Bekynton celebrated his first mass as Bishop of Bath and Wells on 13 October 1443. The King... [more]
This is an extract from Southern England.
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