The life of Ferdinand Esser (1856- 1928)
Esser was born in the town of Duisburg in the Prussian province of Cleves (made famous in English History for […]
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 […]
This short series of articles by Margaret Stewart has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]
Hello, I’m Emily. You may know me as a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union, and a militant […]
Thomas Ashby officially founded the Ashby Family brewery in 1796. He started brewing beer in his own house and delivering […]
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 […]
The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC or Cooper’s Hill) was founded in Egham in 1871 on the insistence of Sir […]
This object, a small tin Cadbury’s decorative chocolate box, was part of a wider collection gifted to children attending Egham […]
This blog is about a dirk and scabbard that was donated to Egham Museum in 1982 by Miss Trowbridge. There […]
At over 600, ‘Red Lion’ is the most popular pub name in the UK, referring to either the crests of […]
What is so interesting about a baby powder box? One might ask this question when shown this object. This blog […]
This short series of articles, by Margaret Stewart, has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]
As part of his Undergraduate degree in Video Games Art and Design at Royal Holloway, Tai Ball‘s final project led […]