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Reading collections and rural communities
What did the Canadian-born Berkshire landowner Horatio Bland (1802-1876) have in common with an American called Lavinia Smith (1870-1944) who came to live much of her life in the English countryside?...
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Digitising MERL’s Local Photographic Collections
Written by Danielle Mills, Digitisation/Data Officer for Reading Connections. Local photography is one of the themes of the Reading Connections project and a large part of my role is to digitise and...
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New gadget alert!
Written by Danielle Mills, Digitisation/Data Officer for Reading Connections MERL have recently had an ICAM ‘GUARDIAN’ camera installed for the ‘Reading Connections’ project, funded by Arts Council...
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Berkshire in The First World War History Project visit to MERL
Danni Mills (Reading Connections Digitsation/Data Officer) and I recently hosted a visit from Berkshire in The First World War History Project group . They were keen to see the sort of archives we...
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The word spreads about ‘Reading at War’… even Tony Blackburn’s talking about it!
At this time of year many of us will reflect on those who have fought for their country and, in particular, on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. As we approach Remembrance Day, the local...
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Reading Connections – the half way point
The project has reached the half way stage and the project team have achieved a lot so far: Reading at War Phillippa Heath and, project volunteer, Jeremy Jones have been to talking to Tony Blackburn on...
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