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  Viewpoint: Potholes, Maidenhead golf course, and larger local authorities

  By James Preston Verified

  Apr. 11, 2025

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  Remember When: Teams lined up for Queen's Arms barrel race

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  Apr. 11, 2025

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  Viewpoint: Potholes, Maidenhead golf course, and larger local authorities

  By James Preston Verified

  Apr. 11, 2025

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Windsor, Ascot & Eton Express

Baylis Media Ltd is a well respected and long established independent publisher providing news and information in print and online to the east Berkshire area. Established in 1869, we produce three core newspaper titles every week - the Maidenhead Advertiser, the award-winning Slough & South Bucks Express and the Windsor & Eton Express - giving a combined weekly readership of over 110,000. Online, our website www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk, has over 300,000 unique visitors every month. We also produce two property supplements every week, Advertiser Property and the Property News, as well as a number of special printed publications through out the year. We also also offer a number of other publishing related services including leaflet insertion, contract printing, graphic design, feature writing and photographic skills. Baylis Media Ltd is unique in that its independence is guaranteed by its status as a trust. In 1962 Louis Baylis, the Maidenhead Advertiser's proprietor, created a charitable trust which bears his name. This effectively made a gift of the newspaper to the town with the aim of keeping alive the invaluable tradition of public service it had established. Each year the trust distributes money to local good causes while the newspaper's values of public service and providing an independent voice for the community remain as strong today as ever. The family name continues its legacy within the firm, with Norman Baylis' eldest grandson Jeremy Spooner holding the position of Chief Executive Officer, and Gerald Baylis' eldest son Jason Baylis being the Chairman and IT and production director. The company, is committed to the principles of fair, accurate and impartial reporting of local issues and aims to provide its readers with unrivalled coverage of the area.