In the 19th century, there was no 'National Insurance', to provide benefits to those in need. This item from the archive, from the Wargrave Magazine, looks at the local ways in which schemes of help were provided at that time

There are only two bridges at Wargrave across the river Thames, this item from the archive looks at the creation of the newest of them

This item from the archive features a page from a school exercise book written and drawn by a pupil at a little-known school that was evacuated to Crazies Hill during World War 2

Although the Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta has been held in early August for well over a century, it was not always so. This programme dates from September 1888, and comes from the Derek Bird collection