Windlesora 39

Published

Published 2025.

Front Cover

Cover image: Carols on the Hill by Michelle Gregory

Carols on the Hill	Susy Shearer
Written in Stone	Alison Haymonds
Clewer Park Gate Pillars	Bob Mitchell
Joseph Pote	Leslie Grout
A Vansittart Move	Eric Fitch
Windsor & Eton Express Files	Brigitte Mitchell
The Magna Carta Quilts	Ken Sutherland
The Goswells Transformed	Sue Ashley
Edwin Lutyens and Windsor	Tony Davenport
“Stolpersteine“, Stumbling Stones	Brigitte Mitchell
Windsor in 1874 and 1876	Jane Cockman
Labour Camp in Windsor Great Park	Norma Wood
Book Review	Ken Sutherland
Obituary – Beryl Hedges ^(*)	Brigitte Mitchell
Obituary – Geoff Try ^(*)	Margaret Kirby

Articles marked with a ^(*) then the full article is available online by clicking the link.

Editorial

Welcome to Windlesora 39.

In this issue, our cover picture and first article celebrate the 75-year-old Windsor tradition of Carols on the Hill.

The story of the rescue of the archive of Windsor & Eton Express newspapers is told by Brigitte Mitchell. Brigitte also returns to her childhood home in Düsseldorf to finally honour two of her Jewish neighbours in a very moving ceremony.

There are articles involving Edwin Lutyens, Daniel Gooch, a dedicated team of gravestone readers, a series of quilts to celebrate the Magna Carta, and various recollections from Victorian times up to the 1960s.

Sadly, we have to report the deaths of two of our most stalwart members: Beryl Hedges at the start of the year and Geoff Try, suddenly in September. Both gave so much to the Group, and are sorely missed.

WLHG Out and About

Our annual Open Day on 2nd November 2024 was well attended, and we had a small stall at St Andrews Christmas market in December and a larger presence at the Eton Action Fair in September. Come and see us at this year’s Open Day on 8th November 11 am to 4 pm at the Windsor Baptist Church. We would love to meet you!

Our Website

Our website has gone from strength to strength. The Explore History and News & Events pages are regularly updated, including a comprehensive section on blue plaques. There are now many back issues of Windlesora available to view online, and physical copies may also be ordered.

We hope you enjoy this issue of Windlesora.