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Title: Market Place shop, 1863 [Go to resource]
Description: To mark the Prince of Wales' marriage there was a large and colourful procession though the decorated streets ending up in the Market Place by Huntley & Palmers' shop. The Mayor then planted an oak tree on Forbury Hill, a royal salute was fired and there were sports and fireworks. In the late afternoon large crowds gathered at the station when the newly-weds' train stopped at the station on route to Osborne for them to receive a loyal address from the town. The Market Place shop was closed on 1st Jan 1881 although the building is still standing today on the corner of the Butter Market. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: building
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Edward Prince of WalesTemporal: start=1863-03-01; end=1863-03-31; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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