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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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Journey to the centre of the dark Forest
In last week’s article we discovered the origins of the Royal Windsor Forest and its influence on the early communities… Read more…
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Welcome to Wokingham's Halloween !
Aside from the plastic pumpkins, fancy dress witches, sweets and latent threats which accompany the Trick or Treater, there lies… Read more…
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The true story of Berkshire's California
This week’s contributor is Trevor Ottlewski; researcher, author and Chairman of the Wokingham History Group. Trevor has a wide knowledge… Read more…
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Names on St Paul's Church Memorial: St Paul's Church was built by John Walter, entirely at his own expense, during… Read more…
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They remembered. What if we forget?
Six brothers of Emmbrook's Potter family joined the Great War. Only three returned home and two badly injured. Anna Matthews is… Read more…
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Barkham Remembers Barkham Parish Council is recognising the sacrifices of local men and centenary of the outbreak of WWI by… Read more…
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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… 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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Wokingham Families: The Purseys, Brants, Rances and Alexanders
Wokingham Families and the Great War. Recalling the 1914-18 war often involves descriptions of military strategy and the bewildering numbers… Read more…
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Tag Archives: Truce
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 the first Christmas of the First World War: The 1914 Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Aspects of World War One
Tagged Armistice, Great War, Truce, World War 1
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