Newbury

Berkshire                                                                                           All photos by Hetty

21st May 2021

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15th October 2017

We spent an hour in Newbury walking along the canal

We took bird seed as we expected to find some hungry ducks

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28th March 2016

Shaw House

Shaw House is not far from the city centre. It was built in 1581

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It is now a training centre and Register Office

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It has been restored

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New wallpaper based on the old

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Newbury is on the river Kennet and used to be an inland port

S1050696 copyWhen it rained some of the swans went to sleep – standing up!

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West Berkshire Museum is in the restored Granary and Cloth Hall, near the river

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The Cloth Hall was built in 1626-27 as a cloth factory

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Inside the former granary

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Newbury Town Hall

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The Corn Exchange (opened 1861) in the Market Place is now an arts centre

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Aldermaston Wharf on the Kennet and Avon Canal

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Aldermaston Lock has unusual scalloped brick work

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