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  • NOSTALGIA: Step back in time with the Berkshire Bygones

    A NEW automatic letter sorting machine nicknamed “Alf” which could deal with 18,000 items an hour, was delivered into the sorting office in Friar Street in 1969. The four-and-a-half ton ‘monster’ had to be hoisted into the premises by crane and

  • Young patients give feedback to hospital staff

    YOUNG patients who went to the Royal Berkshire Hospital for their clinic appointments recently took part in a feedback event about their visit. More than 70 children, from toddlers to teenagers, took part in the two day event where they were asked