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Anthology I to X (1974 - 1983)

Here is a list of articles published in the first ten issues of the Wherwell Anthology accompanied by links to corresponding PDF booklets

Issue I (1974)

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Anthology 1974 Cover

  • A Brief History of Wherwell Priory
  • Wherwell Legends (The Cockatrice & Romsey Nuns)
  • The Church of St Peter and Holy Cross
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Wherwell Cricket Club
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “By the Test” by Sally Chetwyn
  • Poem “The Death of the Elm” by Jeffrey Rowles
  • Poem “Moonlight on the River” by Jeffrey Rowles
  • Poem “Pretty Wherwell” by Private A J Parker

PDF Booklet 1974 (opens in a new tab)

Issue II (1975)

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Anthology 1975 Cover

  • Wherwell Over the Years
  • Village Crafts
  • The Spelling of Wherwell
  • Wherwell Cricket Club
  • Local Birdlife
  • Our River, the Test
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Summer” by Jeffrey Rowles
  • Poem “The Simple Things” by Sally Chetwyn

PDF Booklet 1975 (opens in a new tab)

Issue III (1976)

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Anthology 1976 Cover

  • Wild Plants around Wherwell
  • Wherwell’s Railway
  • The Wherwell Cyclecar
  • “The Penance of Aelfryth (Elfreda)”
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Daydreams” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1976 (opens in a new tab)

Issue IV (1977)

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Anthology 1977 Cover

  • The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Celebrations
  • Seventy Years Back (1906)
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Wherwell Table Tennis Club
  • Wherwell’s Royal Show Champions
  • Wherwell in the Early 19th Century
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “We Wandered into Wherwell” by Sally Chetwyn
  • Poem “The Reality of a Dream” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1977 (opens in a new tab)

Issue V (1978)

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Anthology 1978 Cover

  • The War Memorial
  • The White Lion Hotel
  • Sport in Wherwell
  • Wherwell Station
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Reluctant Spring” by Jeffrey Rowles
  • Poem “Wherwell School” by ‘Class 3’
  • Poem “The River Test” by Sarah Moore

PDF Booklet 1978 (opens in a new tab)

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Anthology 1979 Cover

Issue VI (1979)

  • John and Grace Morgan
  • The Pound Tree
  • Stories of Wherwell
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • The International Year of the Child
  • My Village by Lisa Fieldsend
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Thoughts Wherwell 1940” by Sally Chetwyn
  • Poem “Awake” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1979 (opens in a new tab)

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Anthology 1980 Cover

Issue VII (1980)

  • The Church of St Peter and Holy Cross
  • Vintage 1900 (The Life Story of Lady Brecknock)
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Gift to Wherwell Village from the Casebourne Family
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Heaven and Earth” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1980 (opens in a new tab)

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Anthology 1981 Cover

Issue VIII (1981)

  • Opening of the Brecknock Sports Area
  • Wherwell Church Embroideries
  • The Abbey and Church Street
  • Wherwell Toll Road
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Cornfield” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1981 (opens in a new tab)

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Anthology 1982 Cover

Issue IX (1982)

  • Jeanne Margaret Nolder
  • Our Sunday School
  • The Church of St Peter and Holy Cross
  • Wherwell Model Railway 1910
  • Brecknock Sports Area – Tennis
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “The Backward Look” by Sally Chetwyn
  • Poem “A Quiet Place” by Jeffrey Rowles

PDF Booklet 1982 (opens in a new tab)

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Anthology 1983 Cover

Issue X (1983)

  • Wherwell Over the Years
  • Wherwell Football Club
  • Local Bird Life
  • The Wherwell Cyclecar
  • Opening of the Brecknock Sports Area
  • Sports Day Programme
  • Poem “Reluctant Spring” by Jeffrey Rowles
  • Poem “We Wandered into Wherwell” by Sally Chetwyn
  • Poem “Pretty Wherwell” by Private A J Parker

PDF Booklet 1983 (opens in a new tab)

 

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