A PICTURE OF A SOUTHERN TOWN: LIFE IN WARTIME READING, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945 - Two mothers enjoy a chat as their children play in the sitting room of a house on the Southcote Estate in Reading. The room has French windows which lead onto the garden. According to the original caption, a "house like this could be brought before the war for under £800 or through a Building Society paid for with repayment rent of about £1 per week. To-day these houses are rarely obtainable, sell for about £2000"

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