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Mary Russell Mitford was an English author & dramatist best known for Our Village sketches of village scenes and vivid characters.

Joseph Huntley opened his bakery in London Street, Reading in 1822. The name Huntley and Palmers Biscuits is well known throughout world.

The Queens Road Car Park was opened by Cllr Maureen Lockey on 30 January 1990 during her Mayoralty.

Neil Goldsmith’s red plaque is on a boulder which is set in the small garden to the front right side of Wokingham Road Fire station.

David Barnes’ plaque is on one of the boulders which are set in the small garden to the front right side of the Fire station in Reading.

It is recorded that Lennie Lewington, better known as ‘Lenny the Tramp’, lived for 84 years. He was a familiar face in Reading.

Geoff Goddard is remembered for his work in the popular music industry during the early 1960s as a songwriter, singer and instrumentalist.

Born in Didcot, Maurice was a Berkshire lad (only Oxfordshire since 1974)) who played for the county town side.

Gustav Holst’s plaque is located at the University of Reading, London Road Campus mounted on a pillar in the Great Hall.

Edith Morley studied at the Oxford Honour School of English and English Literature. She achieved a first class in her examination in 1899.