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Thumbnail for Aerial view over the east end of Reading town centre, looking east, c. 1949. St. Laurence's Church and the Municipal Buildings are in the centre of the picture, with Forbury Gardens beyond. Railway sidings are top left, and some of the large warehouses of Sutton and Sons, seedsmen, can be seen between The Forbury and the Market Place. The bomb damage to The Arcade, and to the offices of Blandy and Blandy, solicitors, at the end of Friar Street, is still apparent. 1940-1949

Aerial view over the east end of Reading town centre, looking east, c. 1949. St. Laurence's Church and the Municipal Buildings are in the centre of the picture, with Forbury Gardens beyond. Railway sidings are top left, and some of the large warehouses of Sutton and Sons, seedsmen, can be seen between The Forbury and the Market Place. The bomb damage to The Arcade, and to the offices of Blandy and Blandy, solicitors, at the end of Friar Street, is still apparent. 1940-1949

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