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Sandra Swan
9 November 2004
Sandra told us about the changes that occurred in her time as one of our village doctors
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Patrick Fennessey
12 October 2004
Patrick told us about skiff and punting activities on the River Thames
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Ann Bushnell
14 September 2004
The School moved about 40 years ago from Victoria Road to Beverley Gardens. Ann (Headmistress for much of that period) shared with us her memories of the school, at both sites
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Local History Visit
7 July 2004
Visit to the Pendon Museum followed by tea at Dorchester Abbey and a chance to hear about the recent archaeological and restoration work
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David Nash Ford
8 June 2004
David talked to us about his research into the history of the A'Bear family, who lived in Wargrave for over 600 years
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Colin Henwood
11 May 2004
Colin is a boatbuilder specialising in traditional Thames boats and told us about some of the historically interesting boats of the River Thames
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Geoff Briggs / David Bounds
13 April 2004
Geoff and David showed us one of their special audio-visual presentaions, this one concentrating on the local market town of Henley
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AGM - 2004
9 March 2004
The AGM followed by a chance to look at a number of objects and photographs relevant to our village history, brought in by our members
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Bob Whiteley
10 February 2004
Bob has researched the Almshouses, and shared with us their history and what previously occupied the site
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Margaret Houlbrooke
13 January 2004
Margaret has made a special study of the Suffragettes (who, reputedly caused the fire at St Mary's Wargrave in 1914)
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Christmas Party
9 December 2003
Members met over a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie to view some interesting slides of previous Society visits from Geoff Brigg's collection
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Bruce Maidment / Tom Berman
11 November 2003
Bruce and Tom told us about this peaceful area of the village