Events

I usually shout at earache inducing volumes but that wouldn’t have been appropriate at the weekend when I visited the residents of a care home near Marlow. I had been asked to come and give a talk on being the town crier and was slightly apprehensive because this would be my first time delivering a…

An historic day as President Michael D Higgins become the first head of state of the Republic of Ireland to make a full state ceremonial visit to the UK. Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the President at Windsor on Datchet Road and a full cavalcade drove up to the castle. I was out from…

Three announcements made at Windsor town centre urging people to head down to the King’s Road roundabout where Her Majesty would shortly be unveiling the new ‘Windsor Greys’ statue. We then walked down the long walk and joined the crowd to watch the Queen, Prince Phillip and Prince William arrive, welcomed by the Mayor and…

I was lucky to be asked by the Mayoress to help with the Mayoral Couple’s charity variety gala on March 22 at the Desborough Suite in Maidenhead Town Hall. The show comprised lots of local acts performing song, dance and comedy numbers in order to raise money for three local good causes. These were the Maidenhead…

At Windsor’s Guildhall a new exhibition of finds from the Wessex Archaeology excavation in nearby Horton went on show today.  The Neolithic, Bronze age, Iron Age and Roman artefacts will be on display in Windsor town centre for the next 12 months. I spent the morning in town, handing out fliers about the finds and…

I was lucky enough to be asked to play a small role in both the Windsor and Maidenhead Christmas Lights switch on events over the last two weekends. Windsor’s event included a lantern procession and carols by the castle and appearances from a range of talented performers. It had a lovely atmosphere and felt very…

I was kindly invited to lead the procession at the Sunninghill Street fayre on Sunday 17th November. This weekend was the first outing for the new hat, and I am really pleased with the result. Doug at Ascot Top Hats has been spending most of the summer experimenting with bits of fabric and leather in…

I just got back from a short trip to India where I was lucky enough to be asked to perform a few cries for a private birthday party in Jodhpur. The party was a lavish affair at the Umaid Bhawan Palace, the former residence of His Highness the Maharajah. A stunning setting for a great…