Esser was born in the town of Duisburg in the Prussian province of Cleves (made famous in English History for […]

My attention was drawn recently to two 1916 newspaper items concerning legal cases brought against two of the Canadian Foresters […]

Nathaniel Louis Cohen (22/05/1844 – 14/01/1913) was the youngest surviving son of Louis Cohen and a member of a Jewish […]

The ‘Egham Visions’ project, funded by the Arts Council of England, draws on the Egham Museum’s John Hassell watercolour collection, painted in […]

This short series of articles by Margaret Stewart has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]

This short series of articles by Margaret Stewart has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]

The identity of a Cooper’s Hill man was an ideal to live up to. The Cooper’s Hill man was ‘a […]

At over 600, ‘Red Lion’ is the most popular pub name in the UK, referring to either the crests of […]

What inspired me to write a series about men called William? It began when I was looking at Egham’s pubs […]

Free exhibition open May 2023 – September 2023 Monarchs of the United Kingdom have been acknowledging their favoured suppliers since […]

What does this remind you of? An avant garde art installation or something from Downton Abbey? The latter is a […]

by Margaret C Stewart 6.            William Blenheim, electrical engineer 3 Grange Road  Why am I including in this series a […]

Margaret C Stewart Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close […]

Article by Hannah  It is ‘a rather cold and misty day’ on 4 September 1909 and 11,000 Boy Scouts are […]

Margaret C Stewart Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close […]