Month: March 2012

There is continued confusion for walkers at the start of the Thames Path in London. Thanks to the 853 blog it is now possible to look at the latest changes and work out a route. More closures are due during the Olympics.

Three never seen before paintings by Stanley Spencer are to be auctioned in May. All depict the Cookham area and include a view upstream of the Thames. All three paintings have come from the estate of the artist’s late niece Pamela Spencer. The sale is at Bonhams at the end of May.

Convoys Wharf on Saturday saw a remarkable occasion. The riverside site in Deptford is one of last wharves to still cause walkers a long detour. But this weekend a tent had been erected by the developers who were seeking local views on the redevelopment of this very large site. The wharf, at the end of […]

Johan Zoffany lived at Strand-on-the-Green for the last thirty years of his life so it’s no surprise that the Zoffany exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts features Thames scenes. The star attraction is Mr and Mrs Garrick by the Shakespeare Temple at Hampton. Hampton is upstream beyond Hampton Court and today the Temple is […]

Abingdon has changed its name to Abingdon-on-Thames to attract more visitors. The town used to call itself Abingdon-on-Thames and now the town council has won approval from the district council to make the old name official. The welcome signs will be changed soon although the best welcome would be the reopening of the Nag’s Head […]

The plan to replace the stolen Altwood statue on Ray Mill Island with a new cast looks like being fulfilled soon thanks to generous donations from Maidenhead councillors. The story is in the Maidenhead Advertiser. See Boulter’s Lock on pages 99 and 100.