A BOROUGH historian has looked back at the town’s coverage in the news.
Jim Bell published eBook, Wokingham in the News 1858-1999, back in 2016.
He has now extended this back to 1771, covering items about Wokingham from the earliest days that the town was featured in the local press.
The records explore the growth of trade in the town, the building of the Town Hall and the establishment of a Town Council following a scandal about poor standards of drinking water.
The book looks at efforts around the town during the first world war and second world war.
And it also documents celebrations associated with important visitors, coronations and jubilees and stories of local people doing extraordinary things.
The Wokingham Society is hosting the revised eBook.
To read it online, visit: www.wokinghamsociety.org.uk
