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Published: Thu, 13th Nov 7:00AM
THIS is one of my favourite photographs of Reading, taken in Broad Street about 1890 on the day the circus came to town.
The spectacle of circus elephants arriving by train and being led through the streets to the big top is something I can remember from the 1950s, though not in Reading.
Published: Thu, 6th Nov 9:00AM
THIS week’s picture came as something of a surprise to me, so I thought I’d share it with Retro readers.
Published: Mon, 27th Oct 12:00PM
THIS photograph, showing a group of soldiers in front of a rather ornate building, is a bit of a puzzler.
Retro: Coming of age at Eighteen's 
Published: Tue, 21st Oct 12:00PM
ON THE face of it, this is not a very interesting picture, but I was intrigued by the very long building, and what it could have been used for.
Published: Thu, 16th Oct 12:00PM
DURING the summer I have been cataloguing the library’s pictures of Pangbourne.
Published: Thu, 9th Oct 12:00PM
WHEN someone gave this postcard to the library recently, I tried to remember what had happened to the pub in Shinfield Road.
Published: Wed, 24th Sep 12:00PM
DO you know the story of this weathervane at Sonning?
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Controversial waste site expected to get the go ahead
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Sexual assault near leisure centre
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Fears grow for missing Lambourn woman
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Bishops donates books to toy appeal
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