'3d for lad who showed the way': the history of a vanished chapel
During the lockdown, I have been cataloguing some photos on behalf of the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage.
Wantage historian
Trevor Hancock is a Wantage historian and a volunteer with the Vale and Downland Museum
Trevor Hancock is a Wantage historian and a volunteer with the Vale and Downland Museum
During the lockdown, I have been cataloguing some photos on behalf of the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage.
The 13th May 2020 sees the 100th Anniversary of the opening of the Recreation Ground in Newbury Street which was presented to the town of Wantage as its War Memorial by Mr Edward Brooks Ormond. How did this come about?
The statue of King Alfred in Wantage Market Place is the most well-known point of interest in our town.
THE end of January this year was the 100th anniversary of the death of a remarkable Wantage lady called Jane Cook who, in her time, was a well-known portrait painter, artist and illustrator.
IF you are attending a Christmas service at the parish church of St Peter and St Paul in Wantage this December, please take a look at this stained glass window which was installed in the church just before Christmas in 1861.
These photos will bring back memories for many readers of my page in this newspaper.
The deposition of the banner in this photo at the Vale and Downland Museum in Wantage has enabled me to find more information about the local branch of this organisation.
THE first casualty from WW2, commemorated on Wantage War Memorial was Marine Verdun Loos James Pierpoint who sadly died on the 14th October 1939.
ON July 15, 1908, in a meadow near Wokingham Berkshire, the 6th Annual Meeting of the Berkshire Constabulary Annual Sports began.
ONE hundred years ago, Wantage was in the middle of its peace celebrations commemorating the end of the First World War.
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