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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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The story of The Christmas Day Truce 1914
Many thanks to Wiki for this study of the amazing tale of the human family's desire to express friendship during… Read more…
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Incredible website to incredible maps!
Arborfield historian Steve Bacon, sent a link to an incredible website which overlays old maps onto new ones ! The… Read more…
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1856: Cholera arrives in Wokingham
Flush the loo, turn on the taps and wash your hands; a simple act which came from decades of debate… Read more…
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2013 Centenary: Wokingham's First Cinema !
We have now mostly identified the names on the town’s memorial and have tried where possible to provide details of… Read more…
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The Great War: “I just think of all the poor mothers”
Mother's Day: Thinking of Mothers Past. Although we have posted over 200 biographies of the men of Wokingham on this… Read more…
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We continue the conversation between Ken Goatley and his old friend Cecil Culver. Ken: "You were talking about the milkman… Read more…
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Tales from the Dark Forest – Rosa Rose 1869
This week local historian ROGER LONG tells of the mysterious story of Rosa Rose, accused of murdering her son and… Read more…
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WW2 Garth: Wokingham's Destroyer
Jim Bell provides us with a fascinating insight into Wokingham's contribution to World War Two. Here we learn of how… Read more…
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Remembrance Day – The Incredible Story
Written by Mike Churcher As we stand for the first of the two minute's silence at 11 am, we try… 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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