Retro

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  Last updated: 14 Jan 2010 07:00

  Retro: Mystery postcard house - UPDATE

  THIS week's picture is from a set of three postcards from the studio of H A Giles.

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  Published: 7 Jan 2010 09:00

  Retro: College that never was

  RECENTLY I was looking at the Reading local papers for 1950 in connection with a talk I was about to give, on the history of the motor trade in Reading.

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  Published: 1 Jan 2010 09:00

  Retro: The plane facts about rare tree

  THIS 300-year-old print of Montague House was in a rather sorry state when I rescued it a few weeks ago.

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  Published: 24 Dec 2009 13:00 (1)

  Retro: Ace clues will solve mystery

  I WAS handed this badge recently by a man I met in a pub in Caversham - such is the price of fame!

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  Published: 17 Dec 2009 11:00

  Retro: Mapping the way to town's past

  UNTIL Friday last week, I thought I knew just about every old map which showed Reading as something bigger than a dot.

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  Published: 9 Dec 2009 08:00

  Retro: A glimpse inside an elusive hall

  I HAVE wondered what the inside of the Victoria Hall looked like for some time, and now, thanks to a piece of card found in a box of old photographs, I know.

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  Published: 3 Dec 2009 09:00 (2)

  Memories of a childhood in Newtown

  CHARLIE Wheeler's reminiscences have been enriching the pages of The Chronicle for years and on November 19 he was invited by New Town Primary School head Linda Sujeewon...

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  Published: 26 Nov 2009 14:00

  Retro: Trooper Potts' other act of gallantry

  EARLIER this month The Chronicle reported how the families of the town's only Victoria Cross recipient, Trooper Fred Potts, and the Reading man he saved at Gallipoli, Trooper...

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• Retro: Four mystery cottages
• Retro: Reading Rep again
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• Retro: Our own Wild West
• Retro: Yielding to modern needs
• Retro: Location, location, location - but where?

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  Published: 12th March, 2010 12:00pm

  'Bridge needs to replace level crossing'

  by Lauren Everitt

  PUTTING in a footbridge "would not be impossible", says Wokingham's council leader.

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  Published: 12 Mar 2010 10:00

  Campaigning mum honoured

  A DEDICATED mum has picked up a top award at a glitzy ceremony.

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  Published: 12 Mar 2010 09:12

  Robbery charge against Devon man

  A DEVON man has been charged with two counts of robbery in South Bucks in June last year.

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  Published: 12 Mar 2010 09:00

  Laying foundations for new pre-school

  TEACHERS, parents and politicians have launched a £100,000 fundraising drive to give pre-schoolers a decent home.

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  Published: 11 Mar 2010 16:19

  Pedalling for pounds

  PEDAL power was the key to raising money for an African school.

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  Published: 11 Mar 2010 16:16

  Reading hero mourned on return to UK

  CROWDS lined the streets of Wootton Basset this afternoon to pay their respects to fallen Reading army hero Coporal Richard Green

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  Published: 11 Mar 2010 16:00

  X marks the spot!

  YOUNGSTERS were welcomed to the wacky world of science.