FIRE DRAMA: The Duke Street Grill went up in flames To make it easier for Reading Corporation bus customers purchase their tickets, a new machine was being installed on services. The new-style contraptions, it was hoped, would speed the entry of passengers on to the “jumbo” buses by using a photographic-type process. A spokesperson for the corporation told the Chronicle: “Each device costs £300 to install, they should have come into operation when the new buses were introduced, but the delivery was delayed.” TICKET TO RIDE: A new machine was finally installed on the buses The first cinema organ to be installed in any UK cinema for over 30 years was put through its paces at the Regal in Henley by none other than “Mr Blackpool”.