Cars are neatly parked
in driveways; visitors'
vehicles are kept firmly
on the other side of the
municipal green and
flower beds; and their
owners are enjoying
a quiet kick-about to
break the
This view from Caversham Heights, north-west of the village centre, gives
a good impression of the scale of Reading in the Edwardian period and
before Caversham itself expanded far to its north and
All of this area of the sea
front is now part of the
Exmouth Fun Park, a
modest theme park for the
young and not so young
who want a break from the
miles of sandy beaches.
Portland prison was a grim institution during Victoria's reign, with convicts spending long days breaking stone in
the nearby quarries with pickaxe and crowbar.
Before the Town Bridge was strengthened, heavy carts had to ford the river from either the ramp at the sunlit break beyond the trees or another ramp on the right beside the bridge.
The hotels and restaurants in the High Street offered a welcome break to travellers, who could also fill up their tanks with petrol from the single petrol pump at the garage.
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