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READING’S cattle market was filled with very different kind of stock in 1976, when it held their first auction of vintage and other classic motor vehicles. The cars on offer ranged from de-luxe sports coupes, to motorised horse boxes and fire engines, with buyers paying anything from £100 to £1,000. Pictured at the sale was a Daimler SP 250 Dart “twin carb” sports car, which sold for £1,375 and if sold at auction today would probably reach over £35,000. After winning a talent competition at a Butlins holiday camp 44 years ago, 11-year-old Fiona Hill was off to the finals at the London Palladium. The young singer was hoping her comedy skills would tip the balance with judges and she told the Chronicle: “I enjoy making people laugh because that is what they like to do.”