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Hi Marcia, I used to go down those steps on roller skates, you may remember I don’t know. Sue Henderson used to hold up the traffic so I could zoom over towards the river. Mum went b…..nuts. we both got … Continue reading →

Hi Geoff. Robbie Wicks’ mum would make me sit on her front doorstep and eat 2 bowls of bread pudding, because she thought I was so thin. Mind you I didn’t put up much resistance. Last time I saw Robbie … Continue reading →

Hello Robert – I remember yourself and brother. The fish and chip shop was run by Gerry Allerton, who I later worked with at Reading Telephones or BT as it is now. I also worked with Bob Wicks on BT … Continue reading →

Yes Steve at the bottom of Coley steps. Robin had 2 brothers and a sister Paul is the youngest Lyn is the name of his sister. Still trying to remember his other brother’s name. When I moved to Ringwood RD. … Continue reading →

Hi Robert – I remember the Sayers from Dover Street, we used to go to Coley School in Wolseley Street together in the 50’s. I think Robin had a brother Paul and sister Lyn, though could be wrong due to … Continue reading →

Hi Steve. I lived at 27 Dover Street, my best mate was Robin Sayer who lived at 11. I moved to Tilehurst in 1961 and lived in Ringwood Road, my brother Cyril still lives there, I moved out of Ringwood … Continue reading →

Hi Robert – I lived at number 1 Dover Street untill we moved to Wolseley Street in 1956. I got married in 1985 and moved to Tilehurst also, I now live in Romsey Road. and Hi Marcia – I remember … Continue reading →

Hi Steve, Thanks for your info, my two elder brothers were teddy boys and I remember them buying trousers and taking them to your mum who took them in to 14″ widths. We moved from Dover Street in 1961, to … Continue reading →

Hi Robert. The lady you are thinking of who did the trouser alterations was my mother. We lived at 127 Wolseley Street and her name was Irene Mills. She was married to my father Alfred who used to like a … Continue reading →

Hi Marcia. Do you remember the Beardmore family?  I think they lived next door to the Jenkins, but I’m not sure. Cheryl used to frighten the life out of me, coz I always thought she was going to smack her … Continue reading →

Hi Pauline, you are right of course, it was Pam, Joan is her elder sister. Their dad, my uncle, was G.H. Marshall who had the oil fired central business in Carey Street. I also have another brother called Cyril, who … Continue reading →

Hi – I was born in 1956 in Reading, my mum was from a Reading family, her name was Rita Cook who married my dad Raymond, always known as John Chapman. They will both be celebrating their 80th birthdays this … Continue reading →

Yes Robert – your brother was at school with me – I thought the head girl was Pam Marshall. My husbands auntie lived next door to that corner shop in Field Rd, and she was married to my father-in-law’s brother, … Continue reading →

Hi Robert – I remember those steps – yes there were 52 and those bars – Cheryl Fowler used to go over and over on those holding her ankles and Laurie Fowler went from top to bottom of Stoney Hill … Continue reading →

Hi John, My father Leonard Fullbrook cannot remember Geoff Weller, and he was with Spring Gardens Band from soon after the war in mid 1940s and throughout the 1950s. He remembers playing in national comps in London and Belle Vue … Continue reading →

To Pauline Winterbourne – my brother Alan was a Prefect at Katesgrove and my cousin was head girl – her name was Joan Marshall. Alan was born in 1939. We all lived in Dover Street No.27. Also – were you … Continue reading →

These memories are amazing to read 🙂 It’s hard to believe this community spirit existed in Reading once upon a time. You’ve done a great job in pulling people together here on your website 🙂 Hope all is well in … Continue reading →

My Dad Bertie House who lived at 72 Wolseley St also played for the Spring Gardens band with Ted and George Watkins. Do you remember him? In the band he used to take us to the Forbury Gardens on Sundays … Continue reading →

I have just found a photo of Coley School Coronation Celebrations in 1953,  where we are dressed as Elizabethans.  Back row from left –  Veronica Pyke, Ann …., Wendy Smith, Pamela Hathaway, cant’ remember, Janice Watkins, my Sister Wendy Weller,  … Continue reading →

Hi Carole What instrument did your Dad play?  I must have known him.  I included a picture previously of myself and Derek pictured in Bright St.