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

When was the last time you sent a postcard or wrote a letter to family or a friend? Perhaps in […]

By Cara Ross The grand façade of the Holloway Sanatorium is the brainchild of one William Crossland, a Yorkshire architect […]

Article by Jack McLoughlin Preamble: First examining these objects not so much as an expert in numismatics as someone who […]

An exhibition, curated by Katie Smith, which engages with the photographs and objects from the collections of Egham Museum to […]

One of the most famous pieces of imperial material culture ever produced was ‘The Empire Map’, with Britain’s imperial territories […]

Although imperial popular culture did exist prior to the nineteenth century, the pace of its distribution and production began to […]

Royal events were a chance to showcase and celebrate Britain’s Imperial Conquest to the wider British public. This jubilee mug […]

The impact and legacies of the British Empire is still being felt today, and for many nations that were once […]

One hundred years ago, the total land coverage of Britain’s imperial possessions covered 25% of the world’s land surface. But […]

Training Colleges After the 1857 Indian Mutiny, India officially became a territory of the crown. Queen Victoria was crowned Empress […]

1600: The East India Company is founded, and brings back spices from across the world back to Britain. 1662: Catherine […]

Significant to Egham, these trade cards [1] were produced by Thomas Holloway, the founder of the nearby Royal Holloway College […]

‘In the late nineteenth and well into the twentieth century, the empire was a frequent backdrop for commercial advertising. Advertisements […]

Article by Joshua Whalley This week, we will be looking at the ARP badge and whistle. The ARP badge was […]