Wargrave
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Wargrave books (12 available)
Maidenhead Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Berkshire Pocket Album
Paperback
Newbury Living Memories
Paperback
- 3 photos on Wargrave appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Wargrave
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Wargrave and Berkshire
Wargrave memories
Read and share memories of Wargrave and Berkshire inspired by Frith photos
An Idyllic Childhood
I grew up in Wargrave and my memories of the village and the surrounding areas will always be etched in my heart. I lived with my parents in "Ivyhurst", Victoria Road which at that time had a small orchard to the side of the house. The warm, lush summers meant that there was always an abundance of fruit, so much so that my mother used to hang bags of apples and pears on the gate posts for passers-by to take. We lived there during the 1950s and early 1960s and at the beginning I can still remember the Muffin Man who used to walk up Victoria Road ringing a hand bell and calling "Hot Muffins, come and get your Hot Muffins". ...read more here
Contributed by Catherine Edwards
Wargrave. My adventure playground.
Born in 1950, our first home was the old Nissan huts at Hare Hatch. We moved down to Hamilton Rd in 1953 and I lived there until January 20th 1964. Yes, a date engraved in my memory as it was the end of my great Wargrave adventure playground.
I've started a blog recording my life and times as I remember them at;
http://platignumpete.blogspot.com/
I hope to see you there.
Pete.
Contributed by Peter Moring
Berkshire memories
An Idyllic Childhood
I grew up in Wargrave and my memories of the village and the surrounding areas will always be etched in my heart. I lived with my parents in "Ivyhurst", Victoria Road which at that time had a small orchard to the side of the house. The warm, lush summers meant that there was always an abundance of fruit, so much so that my mother used to hang bags of apples and pears on the gate posts for passers-by to take. We lived there during the 1950s and early 1960s and at the beginning I can still remember the Muffin Man who used to walk up Victoria Road ringing a hand bell and calling "Hot Muffins, come and get your Hot Muffins". ...read more here
A memory of Wargrave contributed by Catherine Edwards
Wargrave. My adventure playground.
Born in 1950, our first home was the old Nissan huts at Hare Hatch. We moved down to Hamilton Rd in 1953 and I lived there until January 20th 1964. Yes, a date engraved in my memory as it was the end of my great Wargrave adventure playground.
I've started a blog recording my life and times as I remember them at;
http://platignumpete.blogspot.com/
I hope to see you there.
Pete.
A memory of Wargrave contributed by Peter Moring
Extracts From Wargrave & Berkshire books
The ferry has long gone, but this view from the Oxfordshire bank looking north-east captures the river’s character well. To the right is the ferry slipway behind the St George and Dragon pub. The central trees hide Wargrave Manor with its parkland; further along the bank there are now a number of larger Edwardian and later houses.
An extract from from"Down the Thames Photographic Memories".
The photographer has captured a sleepy Thames-side village just on the point of modernising to meet new demands from the middle classes, who were building along the river and around the villages. A brand new terrace of shops on the left replace some cottages, and soon after 1890 the Greyhound and Burgis’ stores were rebuilt more grandly.
An extract from from"Down the Thames Photographic Memories".
Many years before
Wargrave grew in
popularity as a riverside
village, Edith, wife of
Edward the Confessor,
held the manor, and at
that time it was known as
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".
The church of St Mary was burnt down in 1914 and rebuilt by W Fellowes Prynne. What remained of the old building
was the brick west tower dating back to around 1635. It has polygonal buttresses and a re-set Norman north doorway
with one order of colonnettes and zig-zag moulding, which had probably been moved. The scalloped capitals have
shallow lobes and are hooded.
An extract from from"Berkshire Churches Photographic Memories".
The village of Wargrave has
an Edwardian feel to it, but
its origins date back many
centuries. The Bull, seen on
the left, was once a popular
coaching inn, close to the
busy Bath Road.
Villages of the Thames
An extract from from"Berkshire Photographic Memories".