2021 Events

NEW YEAR'S EVE

We saw out the auld year and brought in the new one with a wee party. It was a warm evening and with Omicron in every's thoughts, but we partied! Mark & Sherridan provided live music all evening and through the bells. An excellent night was had by all. We have some New Year's photos.

SANTA'S VISITS

Santa made several visits to The Swan: twice to meet the local children and once in secret to take some selfies. You can see our pictures of Santa's Visits through the Christmas period.

WINTER FAYRE

What an evening! The Green Room Winter Fayre and a performance for the Windsor & Eton Living Advent Calendar all rolled into one. Absolutely cracking. See our diary for what happened at the Winter Fayre and Living Advent Calendar for 2021.

MARKET & BBQ

On a very cold Sunday afternoon we held our regular market and barbecue throughout The Swan. A number of our regular stalls plus a new 2nd hand clothes one too. See more on our diary page for the day.

WINDSOR HOMELESS PROJECT

We hosted another Coffee Morning with proceeds going to our chosen local charity: the Windsor Homeless Project. See more on our the WHP coffee morning in our diary page for the day.

CHILDREN IN NEED

Over the day we had a number of mini-events to raise cash for Children In Need. It included a Bake Sale, waxing Micky's legs, live music, BBQ, rowing and much more.

To learn more about the day, please visit our Children in Need page. Thank you.

BONFIRE NIGHT

Not a speare table or seat at The Swan for the ever popular Bonfire Night. We had fire, Guys, a BBQ, live music from BackTrak, and the usual sparklers, toffee apples and popcorn and the likes!

Some Bonfire Night photos are available here.

HALLOWEEN

It was a packed Halloween down at The Swan. A mini-market, live music, fancy dress, a BBQ, pumpkin carving and some spooky goings on too. It was a fab day that was appreciated by all.

Some spooky Halloween photos are in the diary.

POPPY APPEAL

We held a coffee morning to raise funds for The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. With some fantastic donations of home bakery ensuring a success, the local community once again turned out for this very worthy cause. Thank you!

Some photos of the Poppy Appeal coffee morning are in the Evemts Diary.

DR BIKE

Expert mechanics spent approximately 30 mins on each bike, carrying out a light service and where necessary replacing consumable parts, and carried out minor repairs.

The WCH thought that it was a great bike weekend! Some 30 bikes checked by Dr Bike and over 20 bikes security marked by @thamesvalleypolice.

See the TVP and WCH working in our diary.

OKTOBERFEST

Bavaria game to The Swan again for a weekend of Oktoberfest. German bier, bratwurst and live music over three days. Well two as the weather was pretty crummy on one day. However it didn't dampen our spirits.

See our Oktoberfest weekend page.

MINI-MARKET

It was the last Sunday of September so time for our mini-market and BBQ. A good selection of stalls were avaiolavle, along with a BBQ brunch and some fine ales too.

See the September mini-market in our diary.

BIKE SECURITY

The Windsor Cycle Hub who are based at The Swan held a bike security event with the fantastic help of Thames Valley Police. As well as marking bikes, there were interesting talks too. And the Bike Kitchen was available for tweeks where required.

We took some piccies of the Dr Bike session to record the event.

MACMILLAN COFFEE AM

We held another coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support - we managed to get it on the official day too! A fab selection of cakes were on offer - thanks. GR6 provided the baristas.

We raised over £300. Huge thank you to all those involved.

See our diary page for theMacmillan coffee morning to take in the event.

PIRATE'S DAY

International Talk Like A Pirate day was celebrated down at The Swan. The place was bedecked out in a pirate theme with a special drinks menu, special themed food from the BBQ and live music at night.

You got to see our diary for International Talk Like A Pirate's Day.

CREATIVE DRAWING

The first week of a three week creative drawing class held in The School Room. A professional artist was leading the activities.

See the Creative Drawing class photos to see what happened.

CHEESE & WINE

The return of The CheeseMunger along with specials on wines made this a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The cheese & wine event is recorded in our diary.

MINI-MARKET

The August Bank Holiday weekend was perfect timing for our Mini-Market and to have another BBQ. Again they both proved very popular with the locals. Some pictures of the August Bank Holiday mini-market are in the diary.

SWANFEST

Guest ales, music and kids events. What more can you want? Come down and join us any time on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.

. This is essentially our 2nd birthday party that was postponed due to Covid restructions. See our SwanFest page that brings it altogether for the full weekend.

You can see each of the days individually: Preparations, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

SATURDAY BBQ

Saturday BBQs are alway popular. However this day we had a wee shower or two that kept people away. Well, shower should read deluge. Have a peek at the Barbecue Event for pictures and videos.

JULY MINI-MARKET

The Courtyard and The Coach House were full of a wide variety of stalls, and of course the BBQ too. It was a good afternoon with a lot of people coming down to buy produce and craft fare, and take in a wee refreshment too. See the photos of the July mini-market.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Our AGM was held on what is supposed to be our 'Freedom Day'. This marks the end of covid restrictions and the start of normal life ... well that is what we are told.

Usual format in The Courtyard, update from each of the main areas that are involved in The Swan. See the AGM videos and pictures recording the event for posterity.

COFFEE MORNING

We held a charity coffee morning for our chosen local charity, the Windsor Homeless Project, a very worthwhile cause. We raised nearly £250 for them and added another £100 from our Euro 2020 sweepstake. See the WHP coffee morning in the events diary.

WIMBLEDON FLOWERS

Lavender Green Flowers donated flowers to The Swan during and after Wimbledon. These were a mixture of cut and potter plants. See more in our more in the fabulous flower arrangements from Wimbledon.

SUNDAY MARKET

Another market and BBQ was reasonably well attended despite the unusually cold weather. Stalls varied from cards, to cheese, to chilli jam to crafts. Read more in our June mini-market diary entry.

VOLUNTEERING MATTERS

The charity Volunteering Matters was on a great British cycle ride stopping off and celebrating the significant contribution of volunteers. One of our own was recognised, see our volunteering matters champion.

MONDAY MARKET

Another fabulous day and we had our first Monday Market. Lots of varied stalls brought out the local community to get some excellent and tasty products. See some piccies of the May Bank Holiday mini-market.

WINDSOR CYCLE HUB

The Windsor Cycle Hub had their launch event from their current home, The Swan. There were a lot ogf things to do, and it was a gorgeous day, so the local community came out to support an participate. See some photos of the Windsor Cycle Hub launch in our Events Diary.

THE WEDDING

We were delighted to help the new Mr & Mrs Brown celebrate their wedding. See some photos of the newly married couple in our Events Diary.

THE BROWNIES

The 6th Windor and the 1st Clewer Brownie groups came to The Swan for some hot chocolate and biscuits. Whilst here, they were drawing and colouring in. See more of the visiting Browie packs in our diary.

ST GEORGE'S WEEKEND

Despite having our music events curtailed, we still got into the spirit of celebrating St George's Day throughout the weekend. Special beers, place was decorated, and some covid friendly things for young and old too. See more of our St Georges celebrations.

DR BIKE

Feee bike safety checks were performed in The Coach House and Courtyard. THis has the uspport of The Prince Philip Trust Fund and Windsor Cycle Hub. See more of the Dr Bike session and the great work they do in our diary.

RE-OPENING

Lockdown 3 has officially finished and the pub was allowed to re-open. Some took advantage of the good weather and the recently tidied Courtyard to have a wee drink or too whilst meeting friends for the first time in many months. You can share our re-opening after lockdown in our diary.

THE COURTYARD CLEAR-UP

Anyone that was passing got roped into clearing up The Courtyard so the pub was ready for opening on April 12th. There was a lot to do and they got really stuck in. Huge thanks to all involved. We took some photos of the volunteers clearing up The Courtyard for our diary.

ONLINE BINGO

What may be our penultimate online bingo night was held on St Paddy's Day. And the players didn't disappoint getting into the spirit of the occasion. And we had some Bingo too! See St Paddy's Day bingo photos here.

ONLINE QUIZ

Many thanks to quizmaster Rachel from The Friends and also to the Windsor Homeless Project who received all donations mafe on the night. Winners are recorded in our Online Events Diary for that evening.

RACING AND BEER NIGHT

An excellent evening of horse racing with themed beers to match! The 'Clewer Gold Cup' was a noisy event as our "punters" cheered on their horses. Some pictures can be found on our Race & Beer Night page.

ONLINE BINGO

Fortightly Bingo returned and so did our regulars who were great to see. Did Richard Douglas continue his winning streak? See our Online Bingo events for the answer.

ONLINE QUIZ

Many thanks to quizmasters RubyQ (Fiona, Andrew & Caitlin) for a challenging evening. Winners are recorded in our Online Events Diary for that evening.

ONLINE BINGO

This is the night of all nights - Richard Douglas on the fourteenth time of asking actually won a game. There were other winners but only one will be remembered on this evening. See our Online Events Diary.

ONLINE QUIZ

Set by regular Paul Drake, this quiz really got the grey cells going!. Thanks to all who participated and also fdonated, we raised over £100 of the night. Winners are recorded in our Online Events Diary for that evening.

BEER & CHEESE

A very popular online event to help get us through Lockdown 3. Seems people like beer and cheese with a little entertainment thrown in too. See our Photo Diary for that evening.

ONLINE BINGO

Another evening of pure escapism under the watchful eye of 'resident caller' Richard Allen saw many more bingo winners. See our Online Events Diary for that evening.

ONLINE QUIZ

Set by regulars Colin Armfield and Sue Rigby, this was a quiz with a twist and allowed us to share some of their holiday locations. Winners are recorded in our Online Events Diary for that evening.

ONLINE BINGO

Another night of bingo saw a phenomenal result as Sue Rigby scored a hat trick of wins. See our Online Events Diary for that evening.

ONLINE QUIZ

First quiz of the year was set by Anne Tebbatt and as usual was well attended. Winners are recorded in our Online Events Diary for that evening.

ONLINE BINGO

Eyes down for the first bingo session of the new year. Some were rusty when "39 more steps" was interpreted as 39 and not 78. See our Online Events Diary for that evening.