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Welcome to

Wargrave Local History Society

Founded in 1981

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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

January meeting report

The River Thames – liquid history

Graham Horn

14 January 2025

Graham took us to one of the most well-known sections of the river - Windsor and Eton, and told us tales of locks and boats, of swimmers and divers, of bridges and ferries

New section added

From the archives
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

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