Saturday July 4, 2009, will be the first Taplow Heritage Day. The highlight will be
an exhibition at the Village Centre. The day is intended to be interesting, fun and informative, bringing a taste of Taplow's rich heritage to people, young and old. The aim is for the Heritage Day to appeal both to those who have recently moved into the village, and may not be aware of what a special place they live in, and to those who have lived in the village for most of their lives.
In conjunction with the Heritage Day, St Nicolas' School will be running a Heritage Week where the emphasis will be on using the local heritage to make history more fun and relevant to the everyday life of its pupils.
The Heritage Day is the brainchild of Marc Boden and Miv Wayland Smith who discovered that they both had a interest in Taplow's history when they were bidding against each other for an item relating to Taplow on the Ebay auction site.
It was soon apparent that one exhibition cannot do justice to the enormous wealth of heritage associated with Taplow. It was therefore decided to focus on this first occcasion on just eight subjects: Houses & Shops; Sports; Military & Aviation; Film, Music & TV; The Railway; Art & Artists; The River; Taplow in the Future. The prospect for an annual Heritage Day is good
The exhibition will run from 10.30am until 5.30pm. Entry to the exhibition will be £1 for adults, children free.
An evening event will be held in the Village Centre where the combination of the visual surroundings and flowing wine is sure to bring the telling of many colourful stories of days gone by. Tickets will be £15. All proceeds will go to a local charity.
The search is on for old photographs of Taplow, or events in Taplow, up to the 1970s to be stored in digital form and kept for permanent reference in the Village Centre
To contribute by lending old items of interest for exhibition, writing related articles, joining one of the teams assembling exhibits or to obtain more details of the Heritage Day, contact Mark or Miv.
Marc_boden@talk21.com or
mivvictoria@aol.com
