This area is made up of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. It includes Reading Museum which has an amazing full size copy of the Bayeux Tapestry in its collection.
Seeing the past
Meet us
We are John and Loretta - two teachers who have spent a lifetime visiting historical places in the UK and abroad on holidays, school trips and any time we’ve had spare.
Seeing the Past was created to bring to life the stories behind historic buildings and events.
No need to go to France to see the Bayeux Tapestry, go to Reading Museum instead. It’s there in its entirety for all to see and its free! Whilst you are there, have a look at the Silchester exhibition, the story of the old Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum that was abandoned and returned to agricultural land. Behind the museum are the remains of Reading Abbey, one of the largest in the country and the burial place of Henry I.