Monthly Archives: October 2015

AA few odd notes on Wolseley Street. During the fifties Coley Boy’s Club was held in a hall at the bottom of Coley Hill, just before you crossed the road into Wolseley Street. I always knew it as the Mission … Continue reading →

The Josey’s live in Howard St. They were quite a big family. I remember Terry, who was blonde haired and stocky. He was a couple of years older than me. Margaret his sister was a year or two younger. She … Continue reading →

For those interested in Geoff Weller’s post below, here is that photo again.

I would just like to add to Dez’s comments about Di’s Articles about Coley.They are beautifully written and I can remember well all of those fond memories, about Charlie Martin the pig man, he used to live in Parnell Street … Continue reading →

John – they are lovely stories, beautifully written with such graphic detail. Although I never lived in Coley, the activities and neighbourliness described in the stories were typical of where we lived in West Reading (Mason Street) and later in … Continue reading →

It was Rock and Roll – Yeah!! In 1950 when I was six, a local girl Jeanette Mayo, who was a professional dancer started giving weekly lessons in the function room over the Blue Lion pub at the end of … Continue reading →

Bonfire night With bonfire night fast approaching and with the National Press debating how childhood is far less adventurous than it used to be, a couple of weeks ago I was fascinated to watch a video of little boys playing … Continue reading →

Snotty Noses and Toboggans. In our street every front garden had a small wooden seat by the front door. On warm summer evenings residents would sit outside and gossip, and naturally keep an eye on what we youngsters were up … Continue reading →

My memories of Wolseley Street There are nearly two hundred two up two down terraced houses in our street; every house has a small front garden, and nearly all of the gardens have a rickety wooden seat built for two … Continue reading →

Hi Di Thanks for your email contribution. Very interesting. When I first read your comment on Charlie Martin’s pigsties – I thought – que? But eventually the penny dropped – a great memory prompter- thank you very much! I would … Continue reading →

I used to do a bit of writing and did a few stories on Coley. [I lived at 51 Wolseley St.] A couple of the stories were published in Best of British Magazine a couple of years ago. Grandmother lived … Continue reading →

Hi Dion – thanks for the email and the comments – much appreciated. Any further Coley information would be gratefully accepted.

Re the Bricklayers Arms photo – 28 is tony mackay and 27 is terry mackay