Who We Are: Moving Stories As part of our exhibition, we are thrilled to share the fantastic outcome of the dance and movement workshops run by Reading's Reside Dance: Who We Are: Moving Stories from
Hugh Faringdon by Terry Dixon and Mark Thompson For the Abbey's 900th anniversary Terry's Reading Walkabout created a video exploring the life and death of Hugh Faringdon, the final Abbot.
Setting the scene: 19th century Reading An introduction to the history of Reading, noting its industrialisation and the "Three Bs" of Reading's industry.
From market town to railway town A history of Reading from the Early Modern period until the arrival of the railways in the middle of the 19th century.
Reading's nineteenth-century boom The history of Reading's rapid expansion into a large industrial town.
The other Bs: beer, bulbs, and bricks A brief history of Reading's other three major industries: Simonds Brewery (Beer), Suttons Seeds (Bulbs) and the brick kilns of Coley and Tilehurst (Bricks).
Reading after Huntley & Palmers Reading's industrial history since the departure of Huntley and Palmers in the 1970s.
The first Huntley & Palmers biscuits The naval origins of the first biscuits made in Reading by Huntley & Palmers.
