 Main approach to Bentley Priory with two WWII fighters
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 One of the spitfires with WLHS members approaching
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 Stained glass window in the entrance hall, created in the late 20th century to show the links between the house, the aircraft, and the aircrew involved in the Battle of Britain
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 History Society members looking at exhibits in the Abercorn Room - there are fighter squadron badges on the wall on the left, and a portrait of King George VI on the wall to the right.
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 Model of the original layout of the Operations Room |
 A Reconstruction of the Filter Room, where reports of incoming raids were plotted and defending fighters were targetted.
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 The Italianate gardens, seen from the Abercorn Room, and looking towards Harrow and beyond.
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 The south frontage of the mansion, with the clock tower added in the 1860s by Sir John Kelk on the left, and the original part of the house with the lower roof line) to its right.
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Following the summer break, the next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 9th, when well-known local historian Joan Dils returns to tell us about Tudor and Stuart Feasts, using contemporary accounts to reveal something of life in Berkshire at that time, and then on Tuesday, October 14th, Barbara Askew will recount the work involved in the Windsor Fire Restoration, following the 1992 disaster.