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The Little Book of Manchester is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the city, from its Roman origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions the city made to the history of the nation, learn about the individual communities and how they came together to form the modern city and meet some of the great men and women, the eccentrics and the scoundrels with which its history...
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DID YOU KNOW?
• Reading Football Club was founded in 1871, the same year as the FA Cup, and is the oldest football league club south of the River Trent
• Newbury Racecourse housed a prisoner-of-war camp during the First World War
• The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's current coat of arms features three acorn sprigs — one for each of the Middleton children, who were born in Berkshire
The Little Book of Berkshire is an intriguing, fact-packed...
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