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Windsor, Tethering Ring 2004 (ref: W111739)

cab rank, wheel stop
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.

Posted: 23/03/2008 00:17 by First Name Last Name

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Windsor, Church Street c1960 (ref: W111094p)

Year: 1948 The Good Days
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 people visiting our late Kings floral tributes,my late father was a porter at the castle for awhile,all my four daughters were born in Windsor and i had many friends who still live there,The kings Head has changed so much like the many public houses have,the pub at the end of church street was called The Ship pity they couldnt leave them with the same name,all our pubs were like land marks to us,i know times change but names should not.I spent so many happy Memories in windsor and i visit often as my daughter lives in Holyport.I used your site when you first started up and it has improved greatly.My daughter is the Mrs jones who told you about her nan she now lives in Exeter.The big attraction to Windsor is the changing of the guards and i loved to watch the Band marching up to the castle,I could write forever about my home town and who knows one day i may return to my roots,but at the moment its just nice to see your photos of it. Thank you.

Posted: 23/01/2008 12:21 by Dorothy Wade

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Windsor, Church Street 1964 (ref: W111120)

Ye Olde Kings Head
My Nan, Esa Victoria Manning owned the Kings Head and lived there with her family. She was a great cook.

Posted: 21/12/2007 19:08 by Deborah Jones

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Windsor, Great Park, Long Walk 1914 (ref: 66999)

Winter Sundays
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 were sunset closing times on some gates. Not the Pub one though!

There truly were beech copses which had cobnuts, Oak, Elm and Plane leaves shin deep, with swirling smoke from Park keeper's cottage chimneys.
We walked miles and miles for fun and because it meant being together but 'behaving' :-)
A visit in 1985 showed it to be largely unchanged and I hope that is still so. Someone else posted about the timeless quality of great monuments, whether stone or landscape. So be It.
Olivia

Posted: 18/12/2007 13:05 by Olivia R-S

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Year: 1949 The Olive Branch
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. Fullers Cake Shop was another treat which with the others have long departed and been overtaken by the likes of McDonalds etc. All very sad! Not much magic left there except the Castle and that is almost too regal for its modern surroundings.

Posted: 13/11/2007 16:37 by Anne Diamond

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Windsor, the Bridge c1955 (ref: W111023)

Year: 1960 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 of Tizer and waited for the bus. We all finished our drinks and then the double decker Green Line bus arrived. We went upstairs, of course, and sat in the back. The only other person was a grown up women half way down. By now my bladder was fit to burst but my brother was adamant that we weren't getting off before Windsor. So, I lifted up the back bench seat and behold, there was a long shallow metal tray. Quietly and quickly I pee'd in this tray until it was brimming. My brother and his mate thought this was a real laugh. We all sat down and a few minutes later I was desperate for another pee and lifting up the seat a miracle had happened. The metal tray was empty. So, I filled it up again and no sooner had we put the seat down than the conductor came up the stairs. "Have you boys spilt anything up here?" he says looking around for evidence of drinks. Five minutes later and he comes back up again, looking around the floor very carefully and quizing us over drink. Then it's time to get off and as we step down onto the pavement we all look inside the bus and it's raining.

Posted: 07/10/2007 13:06 by Donald Macdonald

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Windsor, Norman Tower c1890 (ref: W111504)

Year: 2001 Back to Windsor
I've been here - to this very spot, with the precious women of my life - my Mom when I was a child, and with my children when they were women. How can it be that it looks exactly the same in 1890, 1971 and 2001? I can feel the cool brick under my hand, and see the flowers over the edge. I wanted to jump down and walk there when I was a child and later with my girls. How can it be that the air and the sky is the same. When I want to remember, to feel, to grieve, to rejoice - I go back - back to where memories and feelings are connected - Back to Windsor.

Last edited: 19/07/2006 16:59 by Kelly Mitchell

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Windsor, Castle Hill 1895 (ref: 35380A)

Year: 1976 To Kelly with Love
Windsor Castle, such precious memories come to mind when I think of this place. It connects me to the people I love, and even though they're gone now - the feelings, the thoughts, their presence is real and tangible when I'm there. What a great gift England has given me.

Posted: 19/07/2006 03:59 by Kelly Mitchell

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