Life's about experiences. These are mine.
I’d been planning to visit the Thames Valley Police Museum for quite a while, but it is only open from 10 a.m. to midday on a Wednesday, and that always seemed to clash with something else. In the end, I blocked out the time in my diary so I could go and today was the …
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As I continue to tick off the museums of Reading today I visited one that is only open a couple of times a month – The Royal Berkshire Medical Museum and Archive. I’ve known of its existance for quite a while but have only just got around to visiting and they make it challenging for …
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If you live in the town you will know that over the years Reading has played host to many an important person. It is the burial place of a king, King Henry I, the prison of a poet, Oscar Wilde, and the school of an author, Jane Austen. Only it turns out that Austin was …
There is a shop in Reading that I regularly frequent and takes plenty of money off me and that’s the Oxfam Music Shop on Duke Street. It is a tiny place, not much bigger than my front room but it packs a lot in such a small space. They always have a great selection of …
I really like Heritage Open Days, the national, annual event that opens up places that you wouldn’t otherwise get access to. In previous years I’ve managed to visit the store room of Reading museum and Reading Abbey before it was reopened. There are always interesting places to visit, exhibitions and talks laid on all giving …
It’s that time of the year again when we try and counter the excesses of Christmas and prove that our National Trust Membership is still worth having. This is year six and you can see the previous entries here: 2014/5, 2015/6, 2016/7 (either didn’t do it or forgot to write about it that year), 2017/18 …
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There’s been a bit of a spate of visits to transport museums over the last twelve months – some declared others not – and I think I am beginning to get a bit of a reputation as a transport nerd. This latest post won’t do anything to dispel that myth. There is a local museum …
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It seems that this has become a bit of a “thing”. This is the fifth year of getting out post Christmas to work off some of the chocolate consumed and make the most of our National Trust Membership. You can see the previous entries here, 2014/5, 2015/6, 2016/7 (either didn’t do it or forgot to …
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When I told people that I was going to take a tour around the Reading Prison the general question was “why?” My response is that other than Porridge and on news reports I haven’t been into a prison – not having the pleasure of being at Her Majesty’s pleasure and all that! It’s just not …