Windsor Then and
Now
A Pictorial Series
of Windsor Views from the past and present
The Eton Boathouses
from the Windsor Bank
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We are indebted to Danny Beaman of Canada
who sent us this image. We are hoping to identify the photographer
and date though it is believed to be from the 1870s. We might
even find out who some of the staff are posing for the photographer!
Although commonly known as Eton College
boathouses, not all the buildings were used by the college. The
centre boathouse for example has a banner proclaiming 'The Brocas
Boat House Limited, Boats to let'. The buildings were owned by
the college and were leased to other businesses.
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| This promotional
post card for the Bridge House Hotel, on the upstream side of
Windsor Bridge, dates from the 1920s or so when Joseph T Halligan
was the proprietor. The Bridge House Hotel should not to be confused
with the House on the Bridge Restaurant downstream of Windsor
Bridge and illustrated as it was in the early 1900s later in
this story. |
Humane Society Sports Day on the
river, probably around 1910
| A Frith's
postcard from the 1930s showing the boathouses at that time,
with the Jacob's steamer, Windsor Castle, coming in to the landing
stage at Windsor promenade
after a river trip upstream. |
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Swan
uppers depart from the boat houses as they are these days
[July 2000] |
The Downstream Boathouses
from the Windsor bank, early 1900s
| Here is
a rare postcard view once again looking from the Windsor bank,
but this time just below Windsor Bridge. The George Inn is visible
far left, Husted's Boat House (which is now [2004] the House
on the Bridge restaurant) and an advert for an antique shop to
the right. This postcard was postally used in 1912 although the
view may well have been taken several years earlier. |
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