Treasures of West Berkshire Museum
Founded in 1908, West Berkshire Museum holds 35,000 items of local interest.
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08 Apr 2021
Women and the Victorian army
Women who married Victorian soldiers joined the regiment and, if they were lucky, might follow their husbands around the world.
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27 Feb 2021
Breaking down brick walls
Chris Broom, a professional genealogy tutor, gives some helpful hints on breaking down those brick walls
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13 Jan 2021
The Mansion House of 1742, demolished for William Adey's town hall
The Mayors of Newbury
Newbury has had 422 mayoral elections since 1596, and the office holders have included businessmen, bankrupts and ballerinas.
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12 Nov 2020
Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepājā, designed by one of Dr Pihlens' family
Who do you think you are? A Latvian FH story
Hugh Pihlens' grandfather lived in rural Latvia until 1905 when he had to escape for his life. What happened to him, and to Latvia, afterwards?
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12 Nov 2020
Alice through the wardrobe
Alice Chaucer was a remarkable woman, thrice married, who lived through turbulent medieval times.
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14 Sep 2020
Workers, widows, wives and wanderers: the women of Tudor Newbury
Women are often left out of recorded history, but their lives lie hidden in records, from where Joan Dils pieced together the lives of five Newbury women in Tudor times.
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14 Jul 2020