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  • Man jailed for historic sexual offences

    A MAN has been jailed for 17 years for committing sexual offences against boys in Sandhurst and West London. David Witts, 73, of Merryfields Way, Lewisham, was jailed for at Reading Crown Court on June 21. After a ten day trial at the same

  • Then and Now: Who remembers Jacksons?

    THIS week, our regular trip down memory lane takes us to the junction of Kings Road and London Street. Here we look closely at Abbey Corner where Jackson’s Duke Street Stores once stood. Every week the team at The Reading Chronicle pores through

  • Bygones: Find out what made the news in 1975

    The future of one of Reading’s old buildings was hanging in the balance in 1975, as Reading Borough Council’s planners wrestled with ‘improving’ its town centre or preserving one of its historic structures. The Reading Dispensary, Chain Street,