Wargrave Local History Society
Next meeting
Tuesday February 11th 2025
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The life and travels of the wife of a bridge engineer!
Julia Freeman
Julia is a ‘local’, having lived in Wargrave for 43 years
She tells us about her life as the wife of Anthony Freeman, who was the third generation of bridge builders in his family’s highly respected firm, Freeman Fox and Partners
Before joining, he had already proved his worth by working on the M5 bridge at Avonmouth, where he and Julia met; and projects in Hong Kong, Germany, North Wales and Bangkok
News
From the archives - new item added - The re-consecration of St Mary's church in 1916
The Society holds an extensive collection of objects, documents and photographs related to Wargrave and the surrounding area, this new section of the website will showcase a number of these items and will be updated periodically
December meeting report
Christmas Party - More from the Archives
Peter Delaney
10th December 2024
The December meeting was the Christmas Party. Peter Delaney presented some items from the Archive. This time, instead of
photographs and documents, they were examples of 3-dimensional objects in the society’s collection