WINDSOR FOOTSTEPS

Take a walking tour of Windsor with your mobile.

Listen to a history of twelve sites in the town.

Dial 020 7098 7050, and when prompted, enter the number of the building you want to know the history of.......and enjoy!

1. Windsor Royal Station
2. Harte & Garter Hotel
3. Edinburgh Woollen Mill
4. Market Cross House
5. The Guildhall
6. Engine House
7. Masonic Hall
8. Air Mail Post Box
9. 13 High Street – Leapfrog
10. Parish Church of St John the Baptist
11. HSBC
12. Breakneck Alley (Goswell Hill)

Windsor Footsteps is now live and leaflets are available at many places in the town. These include the Windsor Information Centre in the Central Station. The leaflet includes a map showing the location of each of the historic sites that are covered. The scripts were written for people standing in front of the site but you can also dial and listen from your own landline telephone anywhere in the world. From abroad dial +44 20 7098 7050

Windsor Footsteps is written and recorded by members of The Friends and sponsored by ComXo

Windsor is a vibrant town with a long history.

• There has been a military presence here for many hundreds of years.
• The town was a pioneer in the training of young seamen and aeronautical engineers, and the birthplace of Sir Sydney Camm, designer of the Hurricane.
• In Victorian times there was an Anglican Convent that sent Sisters to set up hospitals in India and in the poorest parts of England. This closed in 2000.
• Shakespeare visited the town and wrote a play about real people that lived here. There is a long theatrical tradition in the town.
• Three local men, the Windsor Martyrs, were burnt at the stake.
• Our magnificent Guildhall has been the scene of several National events recently.

Since 1991 members of the Friends have been campaigning for a dedicated exhibition centre with workroom, office and lecture room for the 6,000 artefacts and documents about the town and the rest of the Royal Borough which are in store in Windsor. Many tourists express surprise at the lack of a Museum they can visit, while our schoolchildren have to travel to other towns to study local history! There is a small exhibition in the local studies room in Windsor Library but this is not enough. There is also another local museum stored in boxes. This is Clewer Church Museum, which needs a home and we would like to provide one.

If you are a local resident or hope to visit the town some day and think that the TOWN of Windsor should have a public exhibition of its history we need a donation from you now. Click here to see how you can help.

How You Can Help
Help Windsor to get its own museum.

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