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Car Boot Sale
22/05/23
THIS year’s Wargrave RNLI car boot sale will be held at the Piggott School on Sunday, June 18. Sellers are welcome from 7am and buyers from 8am. The entry fee for vehicles is £10 and for buyers it is £2. The village branch of the RNLI is also ...
Bin requested
16/01/23
A NEW bin could be installed in Purfield Drive, Wargrave. The parish council has made a request to Wokingham Borough Council. Councillor Marion Pope said that several years ago there had been a general purpose bin in the street but now there ...
'I was fined unfairly for using car park'
06/03/23
A DRIVER has claimed she was wrongly fined after using a short stay car park. Kate Jones, from Charvil, was ordered by a court to pay £277 after being sent a penalty charge notice for leaving her car for almost eight hours in the Wokingham ...
Rain doesn't stop play for Shakespeare actors
06/09/21
MEMBERS of Wargrave Theatre Workshop are gearing up for a busy weekend in the open air. The group returns to Mill Green tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday with two plays that — as the title of the production suggests — aim to capture The ...
Open day
26/07/21
AN open day is being held at Elizabeth Court in Wargrave on Saturday, September 4. The independent living facility in Victoria Road is for people of retirement age and it is run by the Wargrave Housing Association. The open day will ...
Bangs back
23/09/21
THE annual fireworks display staged by 1st Wargrave Scouts will return this year. It is one of the group’s main fundraising activities, but had to be cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The show will be held on the ...
Family in theft plea
20/09/21
A FAMILY is appealing for the return of precious possessions after their cars were broken into. The vehicles were parked in Braybrooke Road, Wargrave, when they were targeted beween 7.15pm and midnight on September 3. A number ...
‘Important to have jab’
14/10/21
PATIENTS at the Wargrave Surgery are being urged to have their flu vaccine. Dr Jim Kennedy, a senior partner, says the surgery in Victoria Road is hoping to have the vast majority of the population vaccinated by the end of ...
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 ...
Love gone
THE patient participation group at the Wargrave Surgery needs a new communications leader. Jane Love has stepped down after five years in the role. She was commended for her service, particularly during the ...
Festival plan
23/08/21
ORGANISERS of Wargrave Festival have started planning for next year’s event. There will be some new events as well as some old favourites, such as the variety show, Shakespeare on the Green, the trivia ...
Early start
25/07/22
BIN collections in Wargrave parish started an hour earlier this week, at 5.30am, due to the hot weather. The change was made so staff for the borough council’s contractor Veolia could finish earlier ...
Chilly start
24/01/22
Charlotte Narula, from Wargrave, took these photographs, saying one is of a January frost on the River Loddon and the other of a fisherman in the distance
Magical moment
31/01/22
DEBBIE McGEE, who talks about her first serious stage role elsewhere in this week’s paper, and her late husband Paul Daniels always supported the local community. They attended events, performed at ...
Snowdrops and aconites
“First aconites and snowdrops taken near Ewelme,” says Sharon Hewitt, from Wargrave
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