Reading, University College 1912

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I remember as a child being taken to see father Christmas in the coop which was in west street where primark is now. You walked through a sort of corridor which was beautifully decorated to get to Santa's grotto and I remember thinking this was totally magical.

hi everyone we were at monksbarn in the 60s there was pam, linda,ivy,joy,jimmy. we had to put our best clothes on for church sundays, then it was willies and coat to play out in the garden ,there was a small shelter we called a den. the scout came at christamas for the day. we had a sweet tin in the cupboard in the hall. the school was in the grounds.

Rag Days , who knows why they were called rag days I believe Reading Uni is now rated as one of the top 100 unis in the world , as far as i can ascertain the rag day parades have gone now mores the pity they were fun days and brightened bleak times. My last memories of them where based on where i worked at the time which was the 1960/70s i worked at Wolfe and Hollanders who were Furnishers in broad street when ...see more

Great memories of my years as a student at Reading University in the 1950's. At that time there was only one campus, and on entering through the covered London Road entrance (on the left of the photo) the cloister-bordered campus seemed so green and peaceful, with the library and clock tower at the centre. I boarded at St. Patrick's Hall (on Northcourt Avenue), many of the students then had completed ...see more