Category Archives: My Coley

Hello Mick I saw Jean Weller nee Mayo,yesterday and we were remembering some of Coley,and its characters.I believe you are distant cousins,is that correct.I remember you lived in Garnet St and of course you played for H &P,S and Reading … Continue reading →

Hello Tami I have replied to your Dad and just to tell you he really did play beautifully,its good to hear he is still playing,and thank you for your contact,It brought back lots of lovely memories best wishes Geoff Weller

Hello Ken How good to hear from you ,I hope you are well.It seems a very long time ago that we played together in Spring Gardens,with Derek.Am I right in thinking that you were taught by George at Ashmead before … Continue reading →

In the Bricmakers Arms photo – No 12 is my mother Nancy Millam And No 22 is my sister Margaret. I am still studying the picture to see if I recognize anyone else, memory is not good. MM

Hello Jo, Are you with Spring Gardens? I was with them in the “Watkins” era and they were responsible for me having music which helped me to make so many friends in my working and playing life.

Hello Geoff. Will be more than happy to get in touch. I am living in France, having worked here for a long time. Am now retired and getting back to spending more time with music.

🙂 Ken is my dad, if you send me an email I will pass it on to him. He is still playing and still really good 😉

I remember tin baths – it used to hang on our back wall in Wolseley Street and like Geoff Weller I was the youngest of five boys and the last one in the bath – not a great experience.

I was 4 years old when VE day happened and I must have been either staying with or visiting my grandmother in Lorne Street (off the Oxford Road) on VE Day because I have this vivid memory of going out … Continue reading →

My parents had what they called a bungalow bath it was about four to five foot long which was hung outside on the back fence until such times it was needed. They had a shower put in by the council … Continue reading →

Haha, I thought this was funny! David is a very good friend of mine and I made him aware of your site as he has lived in Reading all his life and has a strong interest in the history. He … Continue reading →

We had a tin bath in Bright Street untill the houses were pulled down,to make way for the Ring!!!!! Road in the 60’s.It hung up on the wall outside. Friday nights were bath nights and the youngest (me) was the … Continue reading →

I remember seeing Tin Baths that hung on the wall, in the back yard, so yes old houses in Coley had them in the 50’s !

Ah, reminds me of the good old days…………………………!!

I received the message below from David Turner this morning – I initially thought the guy was pulling my leg – then I recalled that we had a tin bath! Anyone else remember?

Have only just been made aware of this site, very interesting. As a housing officer at RBC in the early 70’s it was one of my jobs to visit every house in the Coley area that were council owned to … Continue reading →

My married name is Donachy –  I attended St James from 1949 til 1955. I now live in West Yorkshire and was classmates with Marie Walsh sister of Ailish -Barbara McNiff- Veronica Hutchinson- Patricia Delaney sister of Maureen-Margaret Swift- Mary … Continue reading →

Geoff Weller – my father, Carey Moore, did his apprenticeship at Herbert and Lascelles in the 50’s. Do you remember him – if so, I have put you in contact.

Sorry to get in on the conversation but Ken Gresswell learned to play at Ashmead School when George Watkins was teaching at several Reading Schools I believe.He later joined Derek Watkins and myself in Spring Gardens Band.We also came fourth … Continue reading →

Yes David – the milkman is standing outside 80 Wolseley Street in Coley and the photo was taken in 1945. Mrs Rushton was living there at the time. The man sitting outside 84 is Mr Bryant. I’m guessing the two … Continue reading →