| Date | 18 December 2015 |
|---|---|
| Source | Slough Observer |
| Reference | VP-0089 |
| Volume | Views of the Past |
| Collection | Views of the Past |
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Last-minute presents
AS CHRISTMAS approaches, I would like to bring your attention to a couple of last-minute gifts which will appeal to all who are interested in local history.
The first is my book Royal Windsor: Images of a Bygone Age which acts as a companion volume to the bestselling book Vanished Windsor.
The other publication I would like to bring to your attention is the Windsor Local History Group’s annual journal Windlesora which this year has some rather lavish colour illustrations.
Royal Windsor: Images of a Bygone Age brings together collections of photographs of Windsor covering three reigns from the 1840s, when photography had just started to the end of the Edwardian period. Included in the book is one of the first photographs ever taken of Windsor. The photographic collection in this book includes photographs which have never been seen or published before.
One such collection of photographs which make their debut in the book – these come from Leicester and were taken by George Moore Henton in the 1880s while visiting his friend Alfred Nutt, who was surveyor of St George’s Chapel. These photographs are very atmospheric and really bring Windsor to life. There are also photographs contained in the book which illustrate the many Royal, military and civic processions which came to Windsor over the decades.
Windlesora, the journal of the Windsor Local History Group has an over-arching theme of anniversaries which range from the Battle of Agincourt which took place in October 1415 to the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which includes the story of Trooper Tom Evans, from Old Windsor who fought at Waterloo.
There is also an article which covers the anniversary of World War I the story of ‘A’ Squadron in Gallipoli.
Nearer home, another article chronicles the history of the Windsor Great Park Women’s Institute during World War II. The Women’s Institute being founded one hundred years ago.
Royal Windsor: Images of a Bygone Age (£10) and Windlesora (£5)
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