Reading Observer 09-1919

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>9ui1i "ct!, rod brick."
y:e 'Pa.t.te~ed, very; much In the
~' 10B6. ~en tbe1~ were only 28 hOllses m the
t.O"'n.~ ThfJ~,~J ·Q.~-ihe eleventh century 'va ~ not
,~t1)II~.p,.,i~,of ItCadlng'.\ pal miest da.VIf The t own
.h.d"k,!io~n ! j>ot~.. times. Once tbere bad been
57 ~outel, belldes a. church and two mills. in.
~a<liD~. But in 1086 evil d.yi fild f. llen on Lhe
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'-own! ' T\'Venty.nille of the hou~s were In nlln o: '
There ·rema.lncd only the. 281. .. all belongLng to

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l\ g~d many bousel'i in Rea.rlm-'1: noW'
.almost all, belOD,4ing to the landlord F: Therel are

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Broad,street. atoM.

Stansbawe r ond,

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~miD'o~ thoroY~!i(a.re runnin.ll' from Greylnr1ls rond
to OnWrihJm rind~ ,contAin!! as many bOll~(,' a ~
'did · th~ • w~ol. ~ of h ..W.bl. )tc.ding eJ ~~ '
~dT<d .,dd ye..... ago. .
~~~ ~t'~ , t1l1 ~ :n~sy l:r b~llt ~f red hi Ie.!. "
.,.'•• ' tHE ~B:OR'r'EST STREET
.,'. ,;lie!.h~~~i!~ 1(t.re8~ in Reading I ~ Thorn'place
;..JUab runs,,; off Chatham· l!t.rt!ct If rou count It
carefully y.ou. will tind that there IS just one bouse
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r X jlJ ' t~e ~nlv letter of the alphahet wbtch doc~
not"tijture ".the mitla ] letter of the name of some
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, SOme'" Q.( our FtreeUi seem to have I been na.med
qtiite, trrationalh' a.t .tlie WhlD,l of the builder
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}fG.n.q,urt and Minnow-court are of thts vaflet\"

Hope1stt'eet and Prospect !ltreet see m to b n.",c
be~~l )uilt bv a.n opttml~t
Rut there are no
apa.rt'OWB m Sparrm'{"-CJ)llrt lInl~:,!8 thf') hlln ~ m.
eag" ,from th e ,l(nnlV Wlnno\\.5dl :o; N or dr)€s t.he
pl~a!A.nt. cIustf't"t'd gr ~enery of the , me ~ ffo rd
'!}iBde to Grnpe·pa!!!~c ,
Some ,trects, sut'h as

Ma."k~t'l?lace. :lre

Sln.tion tond

ob\,tO\I!\lv

nftmed

Rnd the
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na.nled from the

dlfCctl0n In "hich they lea.d , \ HI'
ftUch as Ci\V'ars.h"m~rnad and O:dord road
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.others bf':Ot III their na.mes the lmp!l(d d ,lte ~ r iii ~t
their constrlt'::h GIl Sueh, for u :amp'e, a s Quel' r. i
Victoria'.litn."t=t lnrl ,lllbilee-ronti
A 2'000 many Reading !it r~dl'! are nam ed aftcr
Mnple,
Blngra,ve"ttreet and Valry street. nre

""-fill kunwn, Zmzan·streel and l.orne 'Etree t are.
oth e1's, whlle John A'LMder bn s twelve "

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to hlm!5clf.
If' rome Ctl~C!l paucitv of Invent'nn has lerl to
ns.mes bem~ hotTO,,,ed Ifrom the Clh' of London )'
tiueh [I. ... Cheav,!!!d.e: 'J'hb re HI 1\ Cockney TI Ill ; too I

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IN OI,~EN DAYS
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The J<:ltznbeUtull eqict that all tho
t)J.e sa.me U mv~terle :,' !!UO\lld li,'c IU, lhert 0\\ n
pn.rt of the toW"1"I may ;'1 ccount for Hn"'l £' r ~tJe-eL
..,d Merchants"place , 1 Orts, road In tIm C;l~ ~ . 15 I

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~ unhn.Pl'lly na1!led,

Orts,

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the time of Ehzabrt b,

refuse or rllbbui11
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HistoriCAlly na.f\led ilre EdgchiU,slreet a.nd
Newa.rk-!tnet..
Cromwell's (t.rmies pulled down the rortlficabon ~

Dleant.

or Re841ing durin~ the CLvl1 \Var,

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th~ GO~ernor of Re.ding. Sir Arthur A'Lon, bad

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tried
raise a. t..roop of horse for t.he KIng ' Un
fortunately- Charles I. {orRot to -'1:1ve tbc
Sir Arthur any money to Pil! them, n,ud

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'°,1 AM ENDING' IT ALL."
BOGUS MESS'AGE LEFT ON RIVER
-, BAlNK AT MAPLEDURHAM.
READING YOUTII'S SILLY HOAX.

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THe ,hOIl'J: season ha.s now begun

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The )l.cadlDg case IS not. Cunny
But It m~bt casll,. have

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c8.ll!cd cndless

troubl~ ~.nd· DaID, I
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It ....... at h~1f-pa st five on Sunday cvcllihg \vh f' n l N~ ed
• ""<'lna..n \\alk'tng along the 'fl\'Cr bank at. Map'Ic- li S I
durh.,.J '!law a ph~togrn.ph lYlDg on the ground - J l It S
'Via.1t ov~i ill 8bnpc., aLout. thrce Inches by t. .... o, and jl hlll

was that of a :outb apparC'ntly a.bout. Uillctecn
years old.
He hare a. l\\ccd i;U lt.. tunl cri 00\\0

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pel~ll. ~ ~as UU5 barf ly lcg lble m C'sSiltic
U Deo.r Dlld,-I can ~tand lh's
hfc no
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A' Reaomg nddress appeared at the lop
Th& ~lIqfGgt aph ",IS oh"lou~ly Ii chrap onc and
prmtflO ~n 11; po!t~ard In Indian mk was :stamp<'rl
tb~ data •• $cpt.embcr 8t,h"
Th o \\ n Lln" \\ ,u,
b'aa .';tt -;~gcstcri ..'hat the l'I"nt C' r ' ''<\s P:t \~d l
tltltlca~ll,. -:: 'l"ho wOlds" Dear Dacl" '\ C1C shakI lY
trace \~.o et"lHtais
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' Tho ""oman who f ound the ph oto~r"3.ph, 1\1 15
l!un'::t, lof 24, C-o ... ~nlQ -road. Rurllng, naturally
" ,ttat l.ti wa'!. the Inst. cv'ld cll(,~ of a. tragclJ).
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t60~ 1t. to t.be polrl:C
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' ,eotlm; ."O/- the Rc:.dmg pphcp., Loo l. up t he Inl'J ut r J ,, (' I'
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about to .:uk th~ C(L\ crsh am potll e to dra,g 0)\ ~hc
tho .fivt;"r at. Maplcdurbam, but, fust of all , nsk C'ci selr.
Qna~ Of 'two r~id<cnG m tblLt. end of t.he io" n It
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.4hey Q031d ldeontl(Y the phot ;g ra.ph
· T}r.us~ wu t.he hoa.x found OUL
Its au thor, sc('m~
th~' '~\·i~a.nt atiowll)g the phOt.ogtD o.h l"o someone
In thlJ"-Jltreet. came lin ~pfl. con.fo!ssed
Tb,e . oun~ man-for ;J I' Yotll.l£ ma.tl , t ,.as-had III:)
qla.f!c Il,..seriOUS error H e' had p ut h IS oWn Dddl l'S:'1 n't. )01ll
oll".th~ · hlclc of tho photogl'a.pb
It ~as to the -b O I
"ou~h.I.. home tbat Setgt. Messer .. as gOln, " he n
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ho WfLS It.oPl"ed · ,
l · ~ Th ~r pb(,togr.u.phJ accol<ung to biS story, was that
~ i"' :~)j.m ,:workug at WoolWi ch Arsenal.. H e hact
qllty U rlcd out tillS ~, lI y trtck, 50 he e~phullr.uJ
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