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(Created page with "Category:DING [https://www.facebook.com/groups/Old.Reading/?fref=nf Old Reading] Facebook group (a closed group so you probably need to have an account on Facebook to vie...")
 
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A [https://youtu.be/XegVNISHskw video] made up of pictures blending old photographs of Reading with new pictures of the same views.
 
A [https://youtu.be/XegVNISHskw video] made up of pictures blending old photographs of Reading with new pictures of the same views.
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[http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=34 Memories of Old Reading] on the Reading Forum bulletin board.
  
 
Local artist & illustrator Steve King has made [http://www.steveking-art.co.uk/gallery_275189.html several illustrations] combining old and new views of Reading streets.
 
Local artist & illustrator Steve King has made [http://www.steveking-art.co.uk/gallery_275189.html several illustrations] combining old and new views of Reading streets.
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== WW II ==
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The Imperial War Museum has a collection of pictures of
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[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=life%20in%20wartime%20reading Life in Wartime Reading]
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In 2012 Reading Forum had a [http://www.reading-forum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=7452&sid=ed83ff1e5303997bfc639011b1e43ced post made up of pictures and text from the Imperial War Museum collection]; unfortunately (and [https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html incompetently]) the IWM seems to have changed the links so the pictures no longer show in the Forum post, but here's a
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[https://the-ding.org.uk/History/Reading_Forum--PICTURE_OF_A_SOUTHERN_TOWN_LIFE_IN_WARTIME_READING_BERKS.pdf saved copy] (pdf)
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[https://www.facebook.com/terrysreadingwalkabouts/ Terry's Reading walkabouts] facebook page
 
[https://www.facebook.com/terrysreadingwalkabouts/ Terry's Reading walkabouts] facebook page
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Reading Street Names:
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Reading Street Names:  
 
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[http://tworiverspress.com/wp/abattoirs-road-to-zinzan-street/ Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street] book by Adam Sowan, the late Peter Hay and Sally Castle; Two Rivers Press
 
[http://tworiverspress.com/wp/abattoirs-road-to-zinzan-street/ Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street] book by Adam Sowan, the late Peter Hay and Sally Castle; Two Rivers Press
  
 
Old Maps: the British  Library has a collection of [http://www.bl.uk/search/og/search?q=Reading&Go.x=12&Go.y=16&Go=Submit&filter=0&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&client=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&site=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&ie=UTF-8&ulang=en&ip=81.99.245.5&access=p&sort=date:D:L:d1&entqr=3&entqrm=0&wc=200&wc_mc=1&oe=UTF-8&ud=1&start=0 Fire Insurance Maps of Reading]
 
Old Maps: the British  Library has a collection of [http://www.bl.uk/search/og/search?q=Reading&Go.x=12&Go.y=16&Go=Submit&filter=0&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&client=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&site=public_onlinegallery_firemaps_london_se&ie=UTF-8&ulang=en&ip=81.99.245.5&access=p&sort=date:D:L:d1&entqr=3&entqrm=0&wc=200&wc_mc=1&oe=UTF-8&ud=1&start=0 Fire Insurance Maps of Reading]

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Old Reading Facebook group (a closed group so you probably need to have an account on Facebook to view it)

A video made up of pictures blending old photographs of Reading with new pictures of the same views.

Memories of Old Reading on the Reading Forum bulletin board.

Local artist & illustrator Steve King has made several illustrations combining old and new views of Reading streets.

WW II

The Imperial War Museum has a collection of pictures of Life in Wartime Reading

In 2012 Reading Forum had a post made up of pictures and text from the Imperial War Museum collection; unfortunately (and incompetently) the IWM seems to have changed the links so the pictures no longer show in the Forum post, but here's a saved copy (pdf)


Terry's Reading walkabouts facebook page

Twinning - Dusseldorf

Beer bricks & bulbs

buildings - Waterhouse, Elgar Rd

Jackson's - closure, mannequins, Rafael Gough's staff video interviews

Holy Brook: Mark O'Neill's photographs (Mark's website)

IDR

Kensington St angel of death


Woodley airfield - Polish airmen

University TOBs - wartime hospital? - Douglas Bader?


Reading Street Names: Abattoirs Road to Zinzan Street book by Adam Sowan, the late Peter Hay and Sally Castle; Two Rivers Press

Old Maps: the British Library has a collection of Fire Insurance Maps of Reading