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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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Cecil Culver. Introduction by Jim Bell
Today we start a magnificent series of recollections by Cecil Culver, one of the great cornerstones of the Wokingham community.… Read more…
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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… Read more…
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Chemical warfare starts October 1914.
Chemical warfare enters in October 1914. Sneezing powder. The Germans used 3,000 shells containing the Niespulver, mixed with shrapnel and… 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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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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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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Wokingham news throughout 1914 Jim Bell transcribes the Wokingham news section from the Reading Mercury throughout the whole of 1914.… 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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Another casualty of the Great War: Wokingham's Mayor.
Our focus on the government of the Great War tends to be at national level, but Jim Bell’s extensive research… Read more…
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