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Time for some fun and games in the archives with Wallis's Wonders of Nature board game. This particular game was owned by Margaret Pullen of Sutton Courtenay and has since found a home with us. #FridayFun #EYAFunAndGames

Did you attend the Harwell Feast yesterday? It is a tradition that goes back many years! We hold some programmes of the event, dated 1985-1994.

In the Searchroom recently was this lovely brochure for the Berystede Hotel, Ascot, from the 1920s. We particularly loved this map of the local area with all the wonderful illustrations 😍 📷 PS/WIC26/1

Today is National Biscuit Day! Here is a fabulous picture of a traction engine made from Huntley, Boorne and Stevens biscuit tins to mark the occasion! Find out more about this collection by searching D/EX2870 on our online catalogue.

This week we had an exciting delivery, the boards for 'Our River Thames' exhibition arrived! Designed by Messrs. Dash & Dare and printed by Hobs Repro, we're thrilled with how they've turned out. Godric's approved them and can't wait to see them in the exhibition.

Roadworks are due to take place on Coley Avenue from 2 June at 8:00am to 3 June at 5:00pm. Please check whether your journey will be impacted before you travel to us. More information can be found on the Reading Borough Council website here: reading.gov.uk/vehicles-roads…

Happy Tuesday from Godric! Our mascot is hard at work, helping out the social media team.

One week until the launch of our new exhibition, 'Our River Thames'. The team have been working hard to prepare everything, including our wonderful conservation team making sure everything is ready for display. The exhibition opens Weds 11 June, at 9am, hope to see you there 😁

This year, Berkshire Family History Society celebrates its 50th birthday! 🥳 We will have a stand at their celebratory conference on Saturday. Come and say hello if you are attending! bit.ly/3HlPIZk

On this day in 1944, the Normandy landings known as D Day began. Eric Simonds wrote this letter to his friend Richard Quarry commenting that 'we are all agog and praying that things have gone right...One feels that so much is at stake in the next few days'.

'Our River Thames' exhibition opens this Wednesday at 9am! Come and see artefacts from the earliest settlers to interviews with current users of the Thames. Open during our usual opening hours until Friday 29 August.

It is International Archives Week! This year's theme is #ArchivesAreAccessible with archives across the world encouraged to share how they are embracing digital platforms. Did you know that we have a digital repository? You can browse it here: berksrecords.access.preservica.com

Congratulations to Berkshire Family History Society on their 50th birthday! We had a lovely time at the celebratory conference on Saturday. Of course, we had to share a picture of the cake!🍰

The Berkshire Family History Society conference on Saturday was held at Wokefield Park. We brought along a printout of this sale catalogue, dated 1936. It was nice to chat with some attendees who had memories of the estate throughout the years.

Last Monday we hosted a private viewing of our new exhibition 'Our River Thames'. It was wonderful for people to finally see the completion of months of hard work and hopefully learn something new about the River Thames. Come along and see the installed version for yourself now!

This month's highlight looks at some of the many sales catalogues we hold and the project to type up the catalogue of the Messrs Nicholas, Auctioneers, Estate Agents and Valuers of Reading collection. Read it here: bit.ly/4lurhIf

Yesterday was a map-happy day! Here are 2 highlights #InTheSearchroom

#DidYouKnow that we have a large collection of aerial photographs dated from 1964 to 1996? They are a useful resource for #LocalHistory research.

Our friends University of Reading History have posted a new blog about 'Our River Thames' exhibition. Go and read it here: unireadinghistory.com/2025/06/19/our…