Abbey – Neil Thompson

September 11, 2015September 10, 2023

Reading Museum Stores, Heritage Open Days 2015

It’s time once again for the annual Heritage Open Days when interesting places all over the country open their doors as payback for public money received. Last year I went into the Reading Abbey, which is normally closed to visitors, and this year I went to the Reading Museum stores. Here are held all the …

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September 18, 2014September 10, 2023

Reading Abbey, Heritage Open Days 2014

Once a year places of historic interest that wouldn’t normaly be open to the public throw open their doors for Heritage Open Days. I read somewhere that these places are obliged to do so annually as part of the conditions of government/lottery funding, although I can’t find any evidence to back that statement up. Either …

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