Wargrave Local History Society
Next meeting
Tuesday December 12th 2023
Christmas Party Event
Lifting the Lid on Wargrave
Diane Evans
Diane will tell us about Wargrave through the eyes of a fourth-generation villager with stories of school and work in the village during the 1950s and 1960s. It's the place she will always call home
Featured articles
November meeting report
Brunel and the Great Western Railway
Lionel Williams
14 November 2023
Lionel Williams charts the years from the railways’ inception to the British Rail era. The talk looks at Brunel’s forward-thinking ideas and the legacy that he left, enabling the GWR to be one of the most progressive railways of its age
October meeting report
Royal Blue coach services
Peter Delaney
10 October 2023
Peter, the society secretary, who is also the archivist for the Thames Valley and Great Western Omnibus Trust, recounted the history of Royal Blue - from horse drawn carriages to the express coach services which ran to the holiday areas of the south and west of England