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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 (32,625 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!!
Edited by daib0, 1 Aug 2011, 10:15 AM.
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Old Berks - 'robbed' by Oxfordshire



Abingdon Gate

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Abingdon Town Hall

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Faringdon Parish Church

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Faringdon Centre

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Wallingford Wide

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Wantage Market

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Reading - 1611


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Reading station opened on the 30th March 1840. It was a temporary western terminus of the original line of the Great Western Railway; development was soon carried on past the Berkshire capital. Reading station was one of the Great Western Railway's busiest. It was rebuilt in 1897 and extended to provide ten platforms to deal with the increased amounts of traffic and services. Reading railway station (formerly Reading General) is a major railway station and transport hub in the English town of Reading. It is situated on the northern edge of the town centre, close to the main retail and commercial areas, and also the River Thames. Adjacent to the railway station is a bus interchange, served by most of Reading's urban and rural bus services.
Reading is a major junction point on the National Rail system, and as a consequence the railway station is a major transfer point as well as serving heavy originating and terminating traffic. In terms of passenger entries and exits between April 2010 and March 2011, Reading is the ninth-busiest station outside London. The station is served by three train operating companies - First Great Western, South West Trains and CrossCountry. It is sponsored by ING Direct and the University of Reading.
The station was originally named Reading and became Reading General on 26 September 1949 in order to distinguish it from the ex-South Eastern Railway station nearby. The "General" suffix was dropped from timetables in 1973, but some of the station nameboards still stated "Reading General" in 1974. In 1989 a brand new station concourse, included a shopping arcade named after Brunel, opened on the western end of the old Reading Southern station site, linked to the platforms of the main station by a new footbridge.


Plague of Henry West, who died in the construction, result of a freak tornado in 1840

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Station approach - 1865

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The Great Western Railway's Reading station, with motor and horse drawn vehicles at the station entrance, 1910

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Reading Station - 1930s?

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Reading Station 1960

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Reading Station new Annex - 1989

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Station Road Approach - recent years

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The Great Western applied to Parliament for railways between Reading to Newbury and Reading to Basingstoke, known as the Berks and Hants Line, and although the plans were sanctioned in 1845, the southern fork to Basingstoke was not completed until 1848:

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Aldermaston

The station buildings were typical for the period and location and similar styles were adopted for Pangbourne, Thatcham, Midgham and Theale. Built in the 'chalet' style with roofs extending over the buildings' outline to form an awning right to the edge of the platform, the buildings were both functional and pleasing to the eye.
Alterations to the station included a new signal box in 1920, and later, as commuter services increased, platform extensions with a new, if rather heavy looking, platform awning shown on the extreme left of the picture. With the reduction of goods traffic, the goods shed, shed road and the down trailing crossover were removed in late 1967.

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The branch line to Abingdon station originated from a junction with the main line from Oxford to Didcot close to Nuneham Courtenay. At this junction, a halt was built for the exchange of passengers for the broad-gauge single branch line and this halt remained in use until a new station was built at Radley, one mile north of the junction. The original Abingdon station built by the Abingdon Railway was a very dismal place, and despite the many letters of complaint, nothing was done. Occasionally, trains would overrun the buffer stops causing a little damage, but on the 22nd April 1908, a goods train overran with such force to demolish a large area of the station building.

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Slough Station - 1890

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Newbury Station 2007

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I read that the following photo was Reading district taken in 1949, but I can't place it - any ideas anyone?


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Thatcham - 1908
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Thatcham - 19??
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Thatcham - 1944
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Thatcham - Early 1900s
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Thatcham-Newbury area - 19??
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Good additions Clyde, are you based around Thatcham yourself?
Well, anyway, there's a couple more Thatcham photos on post #34 ...
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