Windsor Berkshire

Windsor Boys' School will be involved in a four-year partnership with Eton College.

According to the BBC, Schools Minister Andrew Adonis announced partnerships as a "new era for independent/state schools partnerships. " The purpose is to share sixth form expertise, including "raising aspirations" about university applications.

Eton has recently come under fire over its charitable status designation and is actively pursuing policies such as this that demonstrate how it helps a wider community and why it should retain that status.

Labels: college, education, eton, School, Windsor Boys

For the past 18 months the gas meter meter at the Jolly Gardeners pub in Old Windsor, Berkshire has wrongly been measuring consumption in feet rather than metres. This led to bills of close to £2,000 per month in winter and the Landlord had to turn off the heating, resulting in loss of business. British Gas now admit the mistake and have offered £500 compensation. However the pub Landlord has asked them to rethink that offer which he does not believe represents a fair settlement of the matter. Didn't we go metric in the early seventies? You might think the gas people could have sorted things out after close to 40 years.

Labels: British Gas, Jolly Gardeners, Old Windsor

This year (2008) the giant Ferris Wheel will once again stand in Alexanrdra Gardens from 28 June to Sunday 2 November.

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According to The Sun newspaper (sic), one of this season's characters appearing on the tv show "The Apprentice" has been allegedly behaving badly with a young lady in a back alley in Windsor.

What the Sun fails to ask is why the soldiers weren't called out from the barracks to march this young man off to Slough straight away?

Alright, having an occassional fumble down the Goswells is something we may all regret in our pasts, but ... appearing on The Apprentice? Oh, the shame of it!

Labels: Apprentice

A couple of weeks ago Prince William was appointed to the Order of the Garter. He is the 1000th member of the order which was founded here in Windsor by King Edward III, 660 years ago in 1348

Labels: King Edward III, Order of the Garter, Prince William

Following the announcement that Dan Eastmond (38) has been chosen to take on responsibility for the Arts Centre, the re-opening date has been set for September 2008.

The centre, which closed over Christmas is one of Windsor's gems, set in a beautiful old fire station at the bottom of St Leonard's Road.

Now is a great opportunitiy for local residents to talk to Dan about their wishes and perhaps offer practical support to ensure this new chapter in Windsor's cultural history is a huge success.

Call Dan on 0845 652 0272

Labels: Arts Centre, culture, old fire station, St. Leonard's Road, Windsor Arts Centre

Good news that local resident and actor Kris Marshall is making a great recovery following an accident last week and is already heading back to work.

Kris will shortly be appearing in a new west end comedy and we are very much lloking forward to supporting him by attending the show.

Labels: accident, actor, comedy, Kris Marshall