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Meeting report archive

A Stroll in the Park

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Peter Halman

13 March 2018

The story of England's royal, private and public parks

Berkshire Churches

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Catherine Sampson

13 February 2018

Catherine gave us a glimpse at some of the many historical, unusual and sometimes hidden churches and churchyards, including some of our most historic small churches, in and around Berkshire and the people associated with them

Activities around the Recreation Ground

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Mick Pope

9 January 2018

Mick has belonged to a wide variety of sports teams within the village and recounted some of his memories of Wargrave's sporting and other leisure activities on the Recreation Ground

Christmas Party - 2017

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Christmas Party

12 December 2017

Christmas get-together

Living Heritage

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John Harrison

14 November 2017

John leads the team of bell ringers at All Saints, Wokingham, he told us about the social history of bell ringing and the lives and times of ringers in an English market town from the 18th century to the modern era

Fox-Talbot in Reading

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Martin Andrews

10 October 2017

William Henry Fox-Talbot is famous for his pioneering work on photography. What is less well known is his connection to the Reading area, Martin told us about the town's place in the development of photography

The Berkshire Women's Institute

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Wendy England / Judy Palmer

12 September 2017

There have been several branches of the WI within the parish of Wargrave and within the County as a whole their history stretches back a century or so

Wallingford

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Local History Walk

10 August 2017

As an additional 'social' event, we had a guided afternoon walk of historic Wallingford

Kingston Bagpuize

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Local History Visit

19 July 2017

This year we had an afternoon visit to Kingston Bagpuize House, an interesting manor house and gardens that was also featured in the television series Downton Abbey

More about Antiques

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Thomas Plant

15 June 2017

Another 'sell-out' occasion, which took place in the Woodclyffe Hall on a Thursday evening. The well-known antiques expert Thomas Plant - familiar to many from several television series, and a director of Special Auction Services at Newbury, was accompanied by his fellow director Neil Shuttleworth

Historic Village Walk

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Wargrave Village Festival

11 June 2017

A gentle stroll around Mill Green, Church Street and the High Street, hearing about people, buildings and episodes from over 900 years of Wargrave's history

Airships

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Peter Trout

9 May 2017

Peter told us about the early history of airships

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