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Old & New Reading & Berks - Great Photos !; for ALL those who are interested in our past and present
Topic Started: 31 Jul 2011, 09:47 PM (32,628 Views)
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Not exactly football pure and pure, but these photos surely shaped the lives of all at the club and the local population generally.
The majority are from the sixties, and some just before that era.
Photos are roughly in newest first, oldest last order – more or less!
It's true I dedicate this to Suffolk, William & Hayes - their interest and knowledge of the town is without question, but it's equally interesting for anyone who takes a pride in what Reading used to be like, and where it has come from!
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Reading Broad Street – end of the 60s
http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/664140/broad-street-reading-england-1960s


Reading Town Centre (trolley bus) - 1968
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50780708@N02/4969220184


Broad Street about 1965
http://www.francisfrith.com/reading/photos/broad-street-c1965_R13085


Friar Street, about 1965
http://www.francisfrith.com/reading/photos/friar-street-c1965_R13076


Reading Technical College about 1965
http://www.francisfrith.com/reading/photos/technical-college-c1965_R13094


Tilehurst – The White House Junction, about 1965
http://www.francisfrith.com/tilehurst/memories/tilehurst-1960s_59351 ç


Tilehurst – near Tilehurst Triangle 1960s
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/561924


Reading (Southern) Station frontage in the 1960s
http://www.semgonline.com/location/reading_01.html


The Mod Scene in Reading – late 50s and 60s –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-12821828
(see photos by clicking on them underneath the first large picture)


Caversham Bridge, about 1955
http://www.francisfrith.com/reading/photos/caversham-bridge-c1955_R13048


Tilehurst Triangle, about 1955
http://www.francisfrith.com/tilehurst/photos/the-triangle-c1955_T48020


varying old pictures going back to early 20th century …
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8249000/8249338.stm


Suttons Seeds – 19th century!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/features/2003/06/beer_bulbs_biscuits.shtml

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You-Tube – rare footage of Reading in the 60s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQOY13U4SOI





Hope you enjoy them, my friends!!
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Down-stream further -


Cookham - High Street, about 1910
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Cookham - river scene, about 1910
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Cookham - Holy Trinity Church 1910-20
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MAIDENHEAD -


Maidenhead - Boulter's Lock, about 1910
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Maidenhead - Technical School and Drill Hall, about 1910
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Maidenhead - High Street, 1910-20

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WINDSOR -



Windsor - St. George's Chapel, about 1910
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Windsor - Castle Hill, 1910-20
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Windsor - St. John's Church, 1910-20
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Windsor - The village, 1910-20
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Windsor - Albert Road, 1910-20
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Windsor - Bridge, 1910-20
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Windsor - View from the river, 1910-20
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Windsor Lock - 1920-30
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ASCOT -



Ascot - High Street, about 1910
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Ascot - Cheapside, about 1910
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Ascot - Racecourse 1910-20
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and SUNNINGDALE -

Sunningdale - Cowarth Road, about 1910
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BRACKNELL -

Bracknell - High Street, at about 1910
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Bracknell - The same High Street, 20 years later
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Bracknell - Station Hotel, at about 1910
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Bracknell - Holy Trinity Church, at about 1910
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Bracknell - Wokingham Road, about 1910
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Bracknell - Binfield Road, at about 1930
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WOKINGHAM -

Wokingham - All Saint's Church, 1910-20
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Now a section of great very old pictures of Tilehurst -


The Roebuck Hotel
Phto taken about 1907. The hotel was built some 25 years previously, to accomodate anglers and boating parties.

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St Michael's Church
See these two photos. The first was in 1805, before rebuilding took place. The second is exactly one hundred years later, in 1905, with its new spire.

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Another comparison - the Tilehurst Potteries

The first photo was taken before the First World War - the firm was founded in 1885. This looks back on today's Kentwood Hill.

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The second photo is directly after the war in 1919 ...

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Norcot Road area

The first photo is of Norcot Farm in 1905 - today housing estates!

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The White House Pub in 1908 ...

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Norcot School in 1916 - the school 'Nigger Troop' wouldn't be let loose today, because of being 'politically correct'...

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Over to the other school - Park Lane school in the 1920s

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and close by - Chapel Hill. This was a diagram of the very Chapel that once stood there, built in the late 18th century

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And also nearby - School Road, pictured in 1914

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