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Visit your local Reading library and see our curated book displays, celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

In commemoration of VE Day, we have this book called Are You 17? by Alan Sandall, telling the stories of people involved in fire fighting in WWII across the country and Reading in particular. Available to read in the library or borrow . #ReadingLocalHistory

If you moved to Reading/the UK you have a story to tell! Reading Rep Theatre are running a free storytelling workshop from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 31st May with Reading Central Library, Abbey Square, RG1 3BQ. Bring an object to help you tell your story. Free refreshments

Central Library Coffee Morning Monday 19th May 11am -12pm Deaf Awareness Talk Come along and meet Lyndsey from Reading Deaf Centre. There will be a short presentation and an opportunity to learn some sign language. All welcome, free event.

A more modern picture this week from the late 1960's, taken in Broad Street close to where Boots is today, featuring a yellow mini, a Reliant car, and a British Road Services van, plus cyclist! #ReadingLocalHistory

Visit your local library on Sat 24 May for the launch of Reading loves reading. We’ll be decorating library scarecrows and holding a Scarecrow Art Competition for 5-11yr olds to win a family ticket to Reading Reps’s Christmas Show! Free events, all libraries. Reading Rep Theatre

This May Half Term we have lots of FREE events happening in all our libraries as we launch Reading loves reading. There’ll be a special event at Palmer Park Library on Wed 28 May 9.30 – 11.30am with planting sessions with RISC, crafts and a Teddy Bears Rhymetime. See you there!

If trains are your thing, you may enjoy this book, written by the son of the Thomas the Tank Engine author! It looks at a lesser known aspect of railway history. Find it in Reading Library to borrow at qB/CU. #ReadingLocalHistory

The area where this photo was taken has changed enormously with the arrival of the IDR, but the Holybrook is still there, it now runs alongside Mallard Row. The caption suggests that the path over the bridge ends up at Holybrook House on Castle Hill. #ReadingLocalHistory

If you moved to Reading/the UK you have a story to tell! Reading Rep Theatre are running a free storytelling workshop from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 31st May with Reading Central Library, Abbey Square, RG1 3BQ. Bring an object to help you tell your story. Free refreshments

Which Reading loves reading challenge will you take? The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge 2025, Story Garden for 5-11yrs or their Mini Challenge for u5s? Or for teens and adults will you be brave enough to try Reading Libraries’ Book Bingo? Starts Sat 24 May.

Join the May Half Term fun at Reading Libraries! There will be plenty of free activities to choose from - check out the brochure for more details: rdguk.info/oTPCy #ChildrensFestival2025

South of Reading and the M4, is the village of Spencers Wood - find out more about it's history with this book, which can be borrowed from Reading Library (on the shelves at BYR/D). #ReadingLocalHistory

The Crowne Plaza Hotel that is on this site now is currently undergoing changes, but this photo shows the hotel that was on the same plot back in the 1930s, back when it had a lovely green lawn and trees running down to the river! #ReadingLocalHistory

Oliver Dixon was a young man from Ireland, who loved horses and built a business at Mockbeggar Farm. Alfred Sutton School was built on his field. Find out more about him, in this book by Caroline Piller, at Palmer Park and Reading libraries. #ReadingLocalHistory

Central Library Coffee Morning Monday 16th June 11am-12pm Early Closing Day: Air Raids in Reading in WW2 Come along to a fascinating talk by local historian Mike Cooper. Learn what happened on 10th February 1943, the day of Reading's only fatal air raid. Free event, all welcome

This is Caversham's iron panelled public lavatory at Chiltern Open Air Museum. Previously situated on the east side of Caversham Road, it was originally built in 1906, & was dismantled & moved in 1985, before being officially re-opened at the Museum in 1991 #ReadingLocalHistory

Join us during Refugee Week at the Welcome to Reading information hub at Reading Museum RG1 1QH. Find services and events and enjoy free refreshments. Look around the Museum and join the Everybody’s Welcome Make & Take Craft Sessions. Families, half-hour sessions 10am – 1pm.

True life crime, especially murder, always seems to be a popular topic with some people, and this book covers 30 such cases from across Berkshire, between the years 1800 and 2003. In Reading Library at B/EY. #ReadingLocalHistory

A lovely sunny photo of Broad Street, Reading, taken around 1965, with a no. 17 trolleybus passing in front of Heelas. It would appear to have been taken from an elevated position outside the Marks and Spencers store. #ReadingLocalHistory