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Wargrave Local History Society

28/10/21

THE society was able to return to meeting in person rather than via the internet for its October meeting. Dr Margaret Simons, a respected local historian, gave an illustrated presentation on “Reading in the First World War: the Home Front 1914-18”, ...

Wargrave Local History Society

27/06/22

AS part of Wargrave Village Festival, Wargrave Local History Society arranged an historic Wargrave exhibition in the Woodclyffe Hall. On display were documents from 1635 to recent times, photographs from the 1870s to 2022 and a variety of objects ...

Wargrave Local History Society

02/11/20

AS Wargrave Local History Society’s experiment with the Zoom program had worked well, it was able to hold its October meeting using the same process. Even more members were able to enjoy Joy Pibworth’s presentation on “The heroes of Woodley ...

Wargrave Local History Society

26/03/18

MEMBERS were given a talk on parks and gardens at the March meeting. Chairman Peter Halman gave a presentation on the history of gardens, which date back to Babylon in 800BC and began in this country with the Normans. Parks were originally ...

Wargrave Local History Society

05/10/20

IT is not possible, under the present covid-19 restrictions, to hold Wargrave Local History Society meetings in the normal way. However, as an experiment, September’s planned presentation was given using Zoom. The speaker was Joan Dils, ...

Wargrave Local History Society

22/10/18

AUTHOR Paul Lacey spoke about the history of Smith’s Coaches of Reading at the October meeting. He told how the company was founded by Alf Smith, a former gardener and apprentice mechanic. Smith served in France during the First World ...

Wargrave Local History Society

25/06/18

MEMBERS were given a talk on Fair Mile Hospital in Cholsey by Ian Wheeler, the author of a book about the Victorian asylum, at the June meeting. Mr Wheeler’s great grandparents worked at the hospital and he lived with his ...

Wargrave Local History Society

03/12/18

DR DAVID LEWIS spoke about the history of Old Windsor at the society’s November meeting. The modern area of Old Windsor dates from the Thirties but the original Saxon settlement was further east on the area known as Ham ...

Wargrave Local History Society

25/02/19

THE speaker at the February meeting was Graham Horn who talked about the history of the Kennet and Avon Canal. His work brought him to the Reading area in 1983 and he joined the local canal society as a way to meet ...

Wargrave Local History Society

23/03/20

THE March meeting of the Wargrave Local History Society began with the annual meeting, when the past year was reviewed, a new committee elected and details of the 2020-21 programme were given. Following the formal ...

Wargrave Local History Society

05/03/18

MEMBERS were given a talk about churches in Berkshire at the February meeting. Catherine Sampson said churches are often the oldest surviving buildings in a community, being at the hub of villages and towns. The ...

Wargrave Local History Society

09/01/23

WARGRAVE Local History Society’s December meeting was the Christmas party, when members enjoyed delicious festive fare prepared by Wendy Smith. During the evening, the society’s secretary showed some items ...

Wargrave Local History Society

31/10/22

FOR Wargrave Local History Society’s October meeting, Dr David Lewis gave an interesting and enlightening presentation on the medieval hospital of St Peter, Windsor, along with that of St Mary Magdalene ...

Wargrave Local History Society

30/01/23

AT Wargrave Local History Society’s first meeting of 2023, Joy Pibworth gave an illustrated presentation called “Scrambling into a little education”, about the time when the author Jane Austen was at ...

Wargrave Local History Society

02/05/22

WARGRAVE Local History Society began its new programme year with an illustrated presentation by Richard Marks on the arrival of the railways in Reading, drawing on the research for his PhD. The ...

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