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Cecil and Ken discuss the schools which existed in the first half of the 20th Century. Cecil: "In 1914, when… Read more…
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Names on St Sebastian's Roll of Honour: Whilst St Sebastian's does not have a War Memorial in the church, there… Read more…
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A story of the unexpected: Wokingham's Town Hall Memorial.
The War Memorial in Wokingham’s Town Hall provides 217 names of men who fell during the Great War. It is… Read more…
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BBC's 'Birdsong' and the story of the miners in The Great War
Birdsong has completed its two episodes on the BBC. Author, Sebastian Faulkes tells us of a story about a soldier… Read more…
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BBC Radio Berkshire 2nd interview with Wokingham Remembers.
In this second interview, Sarah Huxford and Mike Churcher talks to BBC's Mike Read about the emergence of the symbols… Read more…
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1857 Wokingham Elections: Tories and Whigs at war
This article originally published in 1st May Wokingham Paper 2015. In this week’s edition of ‘Wokingham Remembers’ we turn our… Read more…
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1919 Victory ! Wokingham celebrates.
Local Historian, Jim Bell unearths this extensive coverage of Wokingham's Armistice Celebrations: "On Saturday, Wokingham duly celebrated the peace. The… Read more…
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Bearwood Roll of Honour, St Catherine’s Church.
Every now again we come across seemingly small pieces of information, which suddenly provides insights into the changing attitude to… Read more…
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1830 – Wokingham fights back against arson attacks
By Jim Bell (this article first appeared in the Wokingham Paper 24th April 2015) When I first started to research… Read more…
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All Saints Church Memorial and news from 1860
All Saints Church built a war memorial for their parishioners in 1921; a monument situated outside in the grounds and… Read more…
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Category Archives: Visits to Military Sites
Visit to Dachau – Summer 2013.
Here are some notes from a family visit to Dachau in the summer of 2013. It was part of a larger drive from England to Croatia. Dachau is just north of Munich, which saw most of the early days of … Continue reading
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An introduction to visiting the battlefields of the Great War.
Sarah starts this series of articles of her family’s experiences on visiting the battlefields of the First World War. During the First World War the “Western Front” ran from the Channel coast … Continue reading
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