Summer Outings Early on in the 1900s, children didn’t have many outings, but tended to go to local places that were easily accessed. The Library School children went to Grazeley in 1906 as the school treat. The Band of Hope … Continued
Last month we had an enquiry about the Basingstoke Road which prompted some research in the area and the following two businesses were recorded from our memories file. Ash Cottage on the Basingstoke Road was occupied by the Belcher family. … Continued
This month’s contribution is some of the snippets from an article which will appear in our new village book. It concerns the village hall which was given to the church in 1911, in memory of Mary Charlotte Hunter’s father from … Continued
During August we have concentrated our efforts on completing the book about Three Mile Cross Chapel and it is almost finished. It is subject to a review at present. Some research has been undertaken about non-conformity locally and the following … Continued
The day dawned bright on the Saturday morning of the Memorial Service. We had done everything we could to advertise the event. We had put notices up in all of the village communal places – Spencers Wood, Three Mile Cross … Continued
Last month’s article requested items to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee this year and this prompted a memory of mine when I met Her Majesty, in 1968, in Queen’s Road, Reading. I had worked for the GPO and on marriage had … Continued
October 2011’s article for Loddon Reach is taken from the introduction composed by the late Barbara Debney of the Group’s first book called Our Village of Spencers Wood. The village originally lay within the boundaries of the Royal Windsor Forest. … Continued
Edward VIII in Reading In April we received a photo of Edward VIII (not this photo) which we thought related to the Chapel in Spencers Wood. Since then, we have discovered that the Prince of Wales as he was then, … Continued
A Street Party in The Square On the day a commoner, Catherine Middleton, married into the Royal Family, the commoners in “The Square” partied in celebration! The Royal Couple Louize Bovey and a group of helpers had applied for the … Continued
Celebrations for Christmas in the past are recorded in archives of the Spencers Wood Local History Group. In the nineteenth century there was a workhouse in Grazeley, where destitute men, women and children were housed in return for hard work … Continued