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Author:   Adam Sowan
Publisher:   Two Rivers Press
Imprint:   Two Rivers Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 21.50cm
ISBN:  

9781901677843

ISBN 10:   1901677842
Pages:   84
Publication Date:   05 September 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction: a very potted history Chp. 1 The Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Mary's Butts: a venerable vertical chessboard Chp. 2 St Laurence, Friar Street: geometry and youth at the Abbey gate Chp. 3 St Giles, Southampton Street: cobwebs and cattle pens Chp. 4 Greyfriars, Friar Street: multi-purpose survivor Chp. 5 St Mary's, Castle Street: comings and goings in a classical context Chp. 6 Holy Trinity, Oxford Road: Brian's treasure-house Chp. 7 St James, Forbury Road: pre-Gothic Pugin Chp. 8 The Sacred Heart, Watlington Street: Save the Rice Pudding Chp. 9 Wesley, Queen's Road: Oxen and honest brickwork Chp. 10 Friends' Meeting House, Church Street: Fox and Penn, Huntley and Palmer Chp. 11 Changing skylines: some suburban and ex-village churches, and places of worship for non-Christians

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Adam Sowan is a local historian based in Reading. An explorer at heart, Adam jumped at the offer of early retirement from the Civil Service and has since spent his time exploring the history and topography of his adopted town, Reading. He is interested in architecture and is an editor of Reading Civic Society's magazine. Sally Castle has designed covers and illustrated over thirty books for Two Rivers Press. She has a reputation for original hand lettering, and a particular interest in linocut printmaking, environmental lettering and mixed media artwork. Notable public work includes the Walking Words panels at Chatham Place in Reading and the Forbury Square stone, also in Reading. As well as commissioned work, her experimental lettering and paintings are regularly exhibited in galleries and exhibitions. Martin Andrews was a museum and exhibition designer for many years and since 1990 has been a Lecturer in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. He is a printing historian, has lectured widely in Britain and abroad and published numerous articles as well as Fox Talbot & the Reading Establishment (Two Rivers Press, 2014) and an extensive biography of the author and artist Robert Gibbings.

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