Read more about the article Bandsman John Charles Harvey, 1914 – 1940
Charlie and his mother showing a strong family likeness. This must have been taken soon after enlistment.

Bandsman John Charles Harvey, 1914 – 1940

Eric Saxton tells the story of an East Ilsley man who was caught up in Dunkirk

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Read more about the article The Talbot family of barge builders
Lucy Talbot & Sons

The Talbot family of barge builders

Elizabeth Lloyd delves into her heritage, "sparked by the stories my Grandma told me of the forest of masts she could see over the roofs when she grew up in Rotherhithe in the 1890s."

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An Ancestry Review

Tim Powys-Lybbe asks can I verify some of the ancestry of Annie Powys, my great-great grandmother?

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Read more about the article Purley’s Japanese Prisoners of War in World War Two
Stanley prisoner of war camp

Purley’s Japanese Prisoners of War in World War Two

Catherine Sampson takes a look at some local men’s experiences in the Far East. VJ Day has always been something of a poor relation to VE Day, yet many Berkshire villages had men who were in the Far East, Purley included. Several villagers, including subsequent incomers, would laterbriefly recall their ordeal in the camps, including one of Purley’s rectors.

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Read more about the article What price a wife?
Wife Sale by Thomas Rowlandson [public domain]

What price a wife?

Penny Stokes takes a look at a long gone substitute for divorce

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Read more about the article William Watkins Waite and his travelling family
William was born on September 8th 1811 in Abingdon, Berkshire. His parents were William Watkins Waite and Martha Edgington. They were Congregationalists and William’s birth was registered at the Meeting House in Kings Road, Reading. William Snr. was an artist and owner of a stationer’s shop in Abingdon marketplace.

William Watkins Waite and his travelling family

Fred Waite tells the story of a much-travelled ancestor - William Watkins Waite and his travelling family

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Breaking a brick wall

Richard Croker explains why he joined Berkshire Family History Society

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