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Not South African113 viewsFound this guys number plate amusing. I don't think he's from SA :)
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Oracle 1117 viewsCaught a bus into Reading, and from the bus stop you walk straight into the Oracle shopping centre, it's as big as the Pavilion in Durban. I decided to go take a look inside.
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Oracle 2102 viewsTime to see what they got inside
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Views from outside the Oracle102 viewsMarks and Spencer is like Woolworths in SA, and the Woolworths here is like Checkers.
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Oracle 3110 viewsTook these pictures to send back to SA. I think SA has the same shop, can't recall.
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Oracle 4102 viewsRemember these, if you can, you're old :)
Hours and hours of fun with these books.
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Oracle 599 viewsWas considering buying this camera, because taking pictures with the cell phone is of such low quality.
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Oracle 694 viewsAnyone fancy a 60" HD Plasma TV?
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Oracle 7107 viewsTimberland, my favourite clothing store. My sentiments are shared with Christian, the variety is much larger here than Durban Gateway store.
I went in to try out some jackets, and the saleman was a young chap from Durban, Morningside who'd been here for 4 years.
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Oracle 8105 viewsPretty much anything can be found at the Oracle, here is a semi up market place, occupying 3 levels of the Oracle.
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Oracle 993 viewsTop level of the Oracle, the skylights were awsome, this photo shows one of the passages, and I was half way down the passage.
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Oracle 10115 viewsCute baby clothes. This store just did baby clothes, with a massive collection.
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Oracle 1193 viewsCreate your own Teddy Bear, you get a birth certificate, certificate of ownership and a huge selection of different clothes to dress your Teddy Bear in when you have made one.
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Oracle 1299 viewsKids were going wild in the Teddy Bear shop.
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Oracle 1393 viewsSome of the selection you can find at the Teddy Bear shop.
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Oracle 1495 viewsBoots, similar to Clicks in SA. Very big store.
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Oracle 15100 viewsBoots 2, 2 storey Boots store.
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Oracle 16118 viewsPicture from inside Boots, top floor.
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Oracle 17110 viewsDisney store, took this picture for Tamzyn to see.
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Oracle 1894 viewsCanal running through the Oracle, you walk across a suspended bridge to get to the other side of the Oracle
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St James 198 viewsAfter tiring of walking around the Oracle, I moved outside, and there was a church and graveyard. This church was built in the 1840's. The architecture was astounding.
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St James 2103 viewsThe Church from a different angle.
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St James 398 viewsThe main entrance to the church is made up from thousands of different coloured stones, with stain glass windows above.
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Which way to go?97 viewsOne of the streets in Reading which I didn't have time to visit. All international stores up this street, Virgin, BA etc.
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Burger King98 viewsYip, there burgers are good, decent size portions, and drink as much as you like (soda's only)
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Bank near the church94 viewsThis old bank is still in operation. The size was awsome, almost looks like the Parthenon, with the pillars showing the level of detail these people put into building the bank.
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Disney store 1122 viewsPictures from inside the Disney store.
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Disney store 288 viewsPictures from inside the Disney store.
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Disney store 394 viewsPictures from inside the Disney store.
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Bus station at Reading88 views4pm now, time to head on home, this is some of the stores surrounding the bus station.
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Train station at Reading82 viewsTrain station at Reading, from here you can pretty much go anywhere you like in the UK.
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Bus trip home 197 viewsOn the way back home, double decker bus. I sat upfront and this is the view from where I was sitting.
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Bus trip home 298 viewsIf you don't like the bus, there were many taxis waiting for the opportunity to accommodate you.
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Bus trip home 3100 viewsTown centre, I never reached here by foot, but I'm definately going to come back and look around some more. Here you can see a picture of the Queen, with the Central Church in the background, and the City Hall to the left of the church.
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Statue of Queen Victoria118 viewsStatue of Queen Victoria in Reading Centre, next to the city hall.
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Reading Canal102 viewsMain canal flowing through Reading, this part of the canal is next to the Oracle.
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Reading City Hall124 views
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Monument of commemoration115 viewsMonument of commemoration to the officers and men of the Berkshire regiment
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Monument of commemoration 2125 viewsAwsome lion monument.
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