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Doing Porridge
During the First World War, about 16,000 men were recorded as conscientious objectors.
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Fire from the Sky
On Wednesday, 10 February 1943 Newbury and Reading both experienced their most significant bombing raid ...
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January 2013: Lost in the Snow
On the freezing morning of Tuesday 18 January 1881, haulier Robert Thatcher bade farewell to ...
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Some Christmas Cheer
This month we take a look back at a local newspaper for tips on Christmas ...
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Memoirs of an eighteenth century man
This is the volume of memoirs of William Savory of Brightwalton, an apprentice for an ...
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Good Works in Clewer
This month’s highlight shows the interior of the chapel at one of Berkshire’s lost buildings.
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A New Toll Collector for Cookham Bridge
This photograph was taken as a house-warmer for Arthur and Ethel Sewell.
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Local runner goes the distance
The second of our Olympic highlights again concentrates on long distance running, but this month ...
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Marathon Man
Here’s something from the very first London Olympics, which took place in 1908.
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Call the Midwife!
You may have seen the popular BBC programme 'Call the Midwife' recently.
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