Crown Street, Reading, seen from the corner of Southampton Street, c. 1975. On the left, a puzzling sign, "Cattle Market, " appears to point to the yard behind the Red Cow public house. On the right, the old St. Giles's School can be seen, and the row of three shops, Nos. 49 and 51 (Cleanerhomes Ltd., vacuum cleaner suppliers); No. 53 (Seaspray, fish and chip shop), and Nos. 53a and 53b (Alibear, shopfitters and display contactors). The gable end has the old painted sign advertising M. Venner and Sons, Berkshire bacon curers, whose premises were once adjacent. 1970-1979: scan of a photograph by Terry Allsop