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  2. Reading, Berkshire - Wikipedia

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    Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / ⓘ RED-ing) [2] is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire.Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer suburbs are parts of neighbouring local authority areas.

  3. Banker's lamp - Wikipedia

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    An example of a banker's lamp. The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade, and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name. Banker's lamps have become iconic, often used in libraries and offices in films and TV ...

  4. Tilley lamp - Wikipedia

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    In 1919, Tilley High-Pressure Gas Company started using kerosene as a fuel for lamps. [13] In the 1920s, Tilley company got a contract to supply lamps to railways, and made domestic lamps. [12] During World War II, Armed Forces purchased quantities of lamps, thus many sailors, soldiers and airmen used a Tilley Lamp. [12]

  5. Reading Museum - Wikipedia

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    Reading Museum (run by the Reading Museum Service) is a museum of the history of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, and the surrounding area.It is accommodated within Reading Town Hall, and contains galleries describing the history of Reading and its related industries, a gallery of artefacts discovered during the excavations of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Roman Town ...

  6. Culture of Reading, Berkshire - Wikipedia

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    The remaining Huntley & Palmers building was an arts centre for a while. Reading has a history of grassroots arts movements. The unoccupied 21 South Street, previously a school and an unemployment office, was temporarily squatted by artists in March 1985 [20] and this action eventually led to its becoming a council run arts centre.

  7. Anglepoise lamp - Wikipedia

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    The protagonist of Salman Rushdie's 1980 novel Midnight's Children, Saleem Sinai, makes repeated references to the Anglepoise lamp in the light of which he writes. Peter Gabriel's "Shock the Monkey" 1982 video features "dancing" Anglepoise lamps. UK post-rock band Fridge released the "Anglepoised" EP in 1997, compiled on Sevens and Twelves.