Broad Street, Reading, looking west, c, 1950. On the north side, the corner of Queen Victoria Street can be seen, No. 24 (Lloyd's Bank) and the corner of Cross Street, Nos. 12 and 13 (Marks and Spencer); No. 11 (True Form shoes); Nos. 9 and 10 (Timothy White's and Taylor's, chemists), and part of the entrance to the Corn Exchange and Market. There is a variety of lorries and vans parked in the street. The overhead wires for the trolley-buses, visible in the coloured version of the card, have been blanked out. 1950-1959: postcard by Valentine's, Photo-type Series, with the caption, "Broad Street, Reading, " and numbered H3997. There is a coloured version at #1427630
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scan of black and white postcard.
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English
Subject:
Broad Street -- Reading -- IllustrationsBanks and banking -- Reading -- IllustrationsDepartment stores -- Reading -- IllustrationsShoe shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsChemists' shops -- Reading -- IllustrationsLorries and vans -- Reading -- IllustrationsSU715734SU716734Street scenes and landscapes -- Reading -- Illustrations
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