October 31, 2024|Uncategorized

“Lost Souls: a WW1 Story” – Brenda Margetts

Sixty eight members of Wickham History Society heard Brenda Margetts talk on Tuesday 22nd October about the traumatic and lasting impact of the First World War on a rural family. It made a nice change to have a talk without PowerPoint and lots of facts, but focussing instead on the people, the family and the community left behind, and Brenda is a mistress at holding her audience!

As the story progressed Brenda added more and more interesting additional twists demonstrating how much research she had done and this was the talk that had more questions at the end than any we can remember – and even more interesting answers! To say more would be to give away the story – so if you missed the talk make sure you keep an eye out for another opportunity to hear it.