Terry's Reading Walkabouts

06/02/2025

We were depleted in numbers, but not enthusiasm & fun for our Walkabout today!

And we were able to celebrate the Walkway from Ebb & Flow (Friar St) to the station being open. A great improvement in the area!

05/02/2025

Yesterday afternoon (after 2 hours of strenuous garden digging) I delivered a short talk on Reading for one of my current charities - Reading & West Berkshire MND at there February meet up in Calcot. I so like to get involved with my charities and this was the 2nd opportunity.

Plus I was given the opportunity to Talk next week to Purley-on-Thames WI, as their planned speaker has had to drop out.

01/02/2025

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Jennifer Clarke, Caroline Jones

30/01/2025

One of my Walkers Shaun has for many years now, has been trying to find any images of the Green Monkey Road House / Restaurant, art deco built in 1936 which was located at Shepherds House Hill (A4 London Road) at Earley near Reading Berkshire.
This was an attractive building with a green pantiled roof, white walls and latterly sporting a large green monkey cartoon at the front.

Sadly it was bulldozed in the mid 1960s due to road widening. He is particularly interested in any 1950s Photos that seem almost impossible to find.

Shaun, is a ken painter & this building is special wrt his family & growing up, if you can help, please comment below or message me or email me.

Shaun, please add anymore details as you wish.

30/01/2025

Wow - Todays donations have taken me over raising £2,000 for both - https://www.mndassociation.org/support-and-information/local-support/branches/reading-and-west-berkshire-branch & https://www.abctoread.org.uk/?

Imagine if you couldn’t read the labels on your food, emails from your friends or the instructions for operating a Smart phone.

30/01/2025

What a great sunny day to do the 1st brand new Kendrick CA Walkabout with Richard Bennett (the photographer).

So good to have several local people present with their experiences of living in the area.

Plus a bonus from Shaun, who spoke about the memories he had about his Grandparents house in Morgan Road!

11 of us went into MERl for Cuppa, great cakes & to chuckle at m old UoR RAG mags. Plus a wonderful donation of £160 to my charities.

If you are booked on the the two repeats coming up, you are in for a treat!

30/01/2025

So sorry to hear that Reading girl Marianne Faithfull has died. A remarkable lady in may ways, RIP!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8k931j423o

29/01/2025

Thus us Great!

Reading Society of Model Engineers' miniature steam trains will be in action at the Prospect Park Railway this Sunday, February 2, from noon to 3.30pm.
Tickets are 60p per ride or 10 rides for £5. Light refreshments will be available.
The entrance is off Bath Road at the south east corner of the park and car parking is free of charge. Reading Buses' routes 1 and 2 serve stops close to the entrance.
- Click the link for more details https://www.rsme.uk/

29/01/2025

Yesterday morning I had the privilege to lead teachers & year 4 pupils from Redland school around their local area.

We got as far as Reading School & I squeezed in a few wow factors about RBH!

They were so well behaved, a testament to their parents & teachers & the helpers we had.

We had many road crossings & they were perfect.

They had invited me back from last year when I delived a talk on the ocal area.

28/01/2025

Good to see Reading Museum & Abbey Gateway (her only formal schooling) connection to Jane Austin on BBC TV in the 250th Anniversary of her birth year!

She features in my book - Influential Women of Reading and in Part 2 of my Women of Reading Walkabout coming up on 20th February 2025!

Why not come and join us!

27/01/2025

NB I have just realised I had set up 2 Walkabouts on the same day at the same time, sometimes I can be cleaver, but even I can't be in 2 different places at the same time!!

The 3rd New Medieval Reading WB has now been moved to Thu .6th March 2025 at 10am.

26/01/2025

This is a great information!

💙 How your kind donation helps make a difference to a loved one & their family living with Motor Neurone Disease 🧡

https://localgiving.org/rwbmnda

25/01/2025

And this is the link to my website, which complements this FB page -

Friendly guided walks (Tours) around Reading's Culture History, Heritage. local sites & its famous people, Suitable for all ages & abilities.

25/01/2025

Great to see many new followers, this is a link to all the walks coming up in FB - https://www.facebook.com/terrysreadingwalkabouts/events

22 Themed walks of My Home Town, I cover history, culture, events, people in a fun & entertaining way. I ask for a £5-£10 donation for adults to Reading charities (that change each year), I'm non-profit making, so far I have raised over £23,000 in 8 ye

25/01/2025

Wow what a wonderful winter day, the best of the year thinks me?

I really need the sun today to do my Reading Proud Photographic Heritage WB for some fellow members of Reading Rock Choir!

Then will have what is bound to be noisy social in Revolucion De Cuba in Friday street!

22/01/2025

I have made an opportunity to do - My Terry's Reading's Architecture Walkabout 'The New, Old, Good, Bad, downright Ugly and Missing'.

On Friday (as 3 of my Walkers asked for) on 7th March at 1pm., for 2.15 hours.

Can yo all let me know if you can make this day & time before I set up & launch, please!

22/01/2025

Just to let anyone know who is coming on my - Special Terry’s Edible Reading Walkabout - tomorrow that is is going ahead.

There is a chance of rain especially towards the end of this Walkabout.

As it is town centre orientated, there are several places that I can stop & talk that are under cover like the Forbury Band Stand, Abbey Gateway, Corn Exchange (Market Place), Oracle etc. if necessary.

So see you all tomorrow who are coming, this is one of my favorite WBs.