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Victoria Street was opened, cutting through various old properties between Broad Street and Friar Street. Queen Victoria Street at last provided a
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Broad Street was further pedestrianised in 1995, and the bus services that previously used it were diverted onto the loop route around the town's central area, using St Mary's Butts, Friar Street, Market Place and
Minster Street. The street was subsequently remodelled with a red-brick surface
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Butcher Row were joined and became part of Broad Street. In 1879, the first line of the
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521:Norton, Andrew; Poore, Daniel (2007).
1011:Photographs of Broad Street from the
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599:Nash Ford, David (8 December 2007).
523:Excavations in Broad Street, Reading
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473:Serck, Linda (17 February 2009).
333:direct link from Broad Street to
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274:Broad Street was central to the
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159:, sometimes referred to as the
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601:"The Battle of Broad Street"
326:Reading Corporation Tramways
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862:. Reading Transport Limited
832:. BCL Legal. Archived from
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302:in 1689 as William III.
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