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His second life in Slough
January 2012: Winter swimming in the Thames
Taking a dip on Christmas Day
December 2011: One Great Seal
The Tudor Boy King in wax form
November 2011: Plenty of Scandal
Shocking behaviour nearly topples engineering company
October 2011: A Berkshire Ferry
Long lost piece of transport on the Thames
September 2011: You're Right to Use Oxo
Vintage Berkshire packaging
August 2011: How to Live Longer in 1610
It seems that advice on maintaining health in old age given in 1610 is still applicable today
July 2011: Berkshire and the South Sea Bubble
Why banking disasters are nothing new
June 2011: Death by Football
Old Gunter sticks something worse than his boot in
May 2011: The Really Old Apprentice
More Alan the Butcher than Alan the Sugar
April 2011: The Royal Wedding, 1947 Style
Huntley and Palmers' cake
March 2011: The Speenhamland System 1795
Berkshire's attempt to halt rural poverty
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