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Easts Boathouse 1896 Ref: 37173
Easts Boathouse 1896
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I think this boathouse was where the Reading Working Men's Rowing Club was based. I remember boys from the Forest Grammar School rowing on the river here and the extraordinary pain in your arms as you rowed the last few strokes of a race!

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A memory of Reading in Berkshire shared on Thursday, 1st June 2006.

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RE: RE: Rowing

I used to row for Reading Bluecoat school from the Reading Working Men's Boathouse, before the school had its own boathouse. At that time, this was the last structure on the river bank in Reading before open fields and Sonning

Comment from Roger Gibbons on Saturday, 6th September 2008.

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