Car Leasing Deals Reading
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Reading Leasing Did You Know?Reading is a large town on the Thames and Kennet rivers in southern England. It’s known for the annual Reading Festival, an outdoor rock music event. Shops and riverside restaurants dot the town centre. The Reading Museum contains exhibits on the town’s history and displays a Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry. The 18th century saw the beginning of a major iron works in the town and the growth of the brewing trade for which Reading was to become famous. ... In the 2011 census, the urban area around Reading had an estimated population of 318,014, making it one of the largest towns in the UK without city status. One reason for the building of the Reading hospital was the large number of serious injuries occurring during the construction of the Great Western Railway.The first patient treated at the Royal Berks was George Earley, a railway worker aged 15. Many famous faces hail from Reading including Hollywood starlet Kate Winslet. A whole host of other celebrities also come from the town including Kenneth Branagh, Ricky Gervais, Chris Tarrant, Jeremy Kyle, Natalie Dormer and Nicholas Holt. As well as this, the one and only Kate Middleton is also from Reading. Reading Football Club is a professional association football club based in Reading, Berkshire. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Reading was home to the first ever Little Chef restaurant opened in 1958. During the second world war, Reading was considered a safe town in that it was unlikely to be bombed. Many children from London were evacuated to the town early in the war.But it was not entirely safe. In an air raid on 10 February 1941 41 people were killed and 153 were injured. n THE READING CAR LEASING SPECIALIST Smart Lease is a trading name of Leaseline Vehicle Management Ltd. We reserve the right to withdraw any offer, service or price without notice. Errors and omissions excepted. |