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Replacing the railway bridge, 29th May 1966.
Railway Bridge, June 1990 (John Allen).
Repainting the railway bridge, October 1992 [Ivor Speed].
Repainting the railway bridge, October 1992 [Ivor Speed].
Replacing the railway bridge, May 1966.
The High Street railway bridge in its new livery, June 2013
The High Street showing the 1786 Town Hall, from a Carte de Visite by E T Brooks of Newbury, dated in pencil on the back "1865". The first 1862 railway bridge can be seen in the background.
Crowd in lower High Street ? reason (Moya Dixon collection)
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