http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/retro/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:35:33 +0000 Copyright (C) 2012 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 54 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/rc_logo_500x75.png http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/retro/ We hope you have a great time over the holiday season and we're looking forward to bringing you the latest local news throughout 2012. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/ Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000 General TWO BELGIAN students are appealing for help in finding out more about a Second World War soldier from Reading buried in their homeland. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/11/25/49499-belgian-students-search-for-a-heroic-ww2-soldier/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/11/25/49499-belgian-students-search-for-a-heroic-ww2-soldier/ Thu, 25 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000 News I CAN remember this scene from the day I first set eyes on Reading in the 1960s, shortly after arriving at Reading Station. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/10/07/48800-retro-paper-memories-of-store/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/10/07/48800-retro-paper-memories-of-store/ Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:30:00 +0000 News THIS attractive and accomplished watercolour has the words 'Cooper's Farm, Tilehurst,' written on the mount, and so far, I have been unable to find a Cooper's Farm on old maps of Tilehurst, or in directories. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/17/45438-retro-history-down-on-the-mystery-farm/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/17/45438-retro-history-down-on-the-mystery-farm/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0000 News READERS have been getting in touch with their reminiscences about the Reading Ace Motorcycle Club, following David Cliffe's article a few weeks ago. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44434-what-an-ace-club/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/21/44434-what-an-ace-club/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 News THIS week's picture is from a set of three postcards from the studio of H A Giles. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44216-retro-mystery-postcard-house--update/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/14/44216-retro-mystery-postcard-house--update/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000 News RECENTLY I was looking at the Reading local papers for 1950 in connection with a talk I was about to give, on the history of the motor trade in Reading. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44217-retro-college-that-never-was/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/07/44217-retro-college-that-never-was/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 News THIS 300-year-old print of Montague House was in a rather sorry state when I rescued it a few weeks ago. http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/01/44218-retro-the-plane-facts-about-rare-tree/ http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/01/44218-retro-the-plane-facts-about-rare-tree/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000 News