The Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) has organised a spring into Katesgrove event at Waterloo Meadows for Saturday 23 March.
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Katesgrove spring jamboree at Waterloo Meadows on 23 March
Elgar Road
Thames Valley Police come to the KCA at the Waterloo Meadows children’s centre on 13 March
KCA noticeboard
The Katesgrove neighbourhood policing team will be attending the Katesgrove Community Association meeting on Wednesday 13 March at 7.00pm at Katesgrove Children’s Centre, Waterloo Meadows, Elgar Road.
Waterloo Meadows litter-pick planned for 9 March
Waterloo Meadows clean-up, 13 October 2018
Thames Water, the Katesgrove Community Association and the Friends of Waterloo Meadows will join together on Saturday 9 March to clean litter from Waterloo Meadows.
Thames Valley Police come to Katesgrove Children’s Centre on 9 January
The Katesgrove neighbourhood policing team will be at the Katesgrove Community Association AGM on Wednesday 9 January at 7.00pm at Children’s Centre, Waterloo Meadows, Elgar Road, Reading.
Volunteers needed for litter pick at Waterloo Meadows on Saturday 13 October
Reading Rescue Event 9 October 2015
Mini police litter haul
Waterloo Meadows clean up
Volunteers are needed to help the Friends of Waterloo Meadows clean up the meadows on Saturday 13 October.
Robbery and assault at Waterloo Meadows
Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery and an attempted robbery near the Katesgrove Children’s Centre at Waterloo Meadows, Elgar Road, Reading on Tuesday 25 September.
Katesgrove talent shines on a rainy night in Basingstoke
Katesgrove based carry-on country band the Rumpo Kidz and the bard of Elgar Road Nigel Pounds crossed borders into Hampshire last Saturday to perform at the White Hart, a lovely big old boozer at the old end of Basingstoke town. After negotiating the consumer-Narnia of a shopping mall at the heart of the new Basingstoke, our redbrick troubadours traipsed through the heavy rain with all their gear on their backs.
Planning application 180164 and 180165 : 160 Basingstoke Road (the old Peugeot salesroom)
160 Basingstoke Road
Reading
RG2 0HJ
Planning application 180088 : 192 Elgar Road
192 Elgar Road
Reading
RG2 0BN
Winter sessions at Katesgrove Community Allotment from 13 January
The Katesgrove Community Allotment at Waterloo Meadows off Elgar Road will run free, tutor-led sessions from 10am until 12 noon on Saturday 13 January, Saturday 10 February, and then weekly from Saturday 3 March.
Hoardings go up at Former Lok n’Store site
Hoardings have gone up around the former Lok n’Store site on Berkeley Avenue. Site clearance work is taking place behind the metal barriers.
Alpine Street grit bin 2017
Continuing our series of photographs of Alpine Street grit bins, the 2017 model is in place and pictured above.
Bollards at the junction of Waterloo and Elgar Roads
Two of the bollards at the junction of Waterloo and Elgar Roads by the bottle banks disappeared last week.
Southampton Street, Elgar Road and Pell Street singled out for rubbish treatment
Waste and rubbish collection services in Reading are struggling to meet targets set for recycling and Reading Borough Council (RBC) will target four areas where contaminated recycling bins are an ongoing problem.
The Historic Katesgrove Industries Tour
Reading, from the South Hill 1882. reproduced from Illustrated London News.
The Historic Katesgrove Industries tour was available for the first time on 8 September 2017 during the Heritage Open Days weekend. The two hour walk started at the foot of London Street outside Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) and, after a loop around Katesgrove, ended outside Great Expectations, next door to RISC.
Waterloo Meadows BMX track renovated ready for summer holidays
From left: Lynne Reynolds (RBC project officer), Sarah Hacker (RBC councillor for sport), Andrew O’Hare (local BMX enthusiast)
The BMX track at Waterloo Meadows has been cleared of vegetation and renovated with newly profiled jumps.
Lance-Corporal Cross of Elgar Road
by John Dearing
Among the inscriptions and memorials in St Mary’s, Castle Street is a memorial to Corporal William Henry Cross of the 58th company of the Imperial Yeomanry, killed at the battle of Bethlehem on 7 July 1900 during the conflict variously called the Second Boer War or South African War.
Paradise lost in a corner shop
Former corner shop on Collis Street
Former corner shop on Elgar Road
Former corner shop on Waterloo Road
Former corner shop on Edgehill Street
When I was growing up in Wales, my local corner shop was called Eva’s after the homely purveyor of goods and gossip who lived on the premises with her doddery black mongrel, Paddy.
Bank holiday view of Katesgrove
One of the more surprising views of Katesgrove is from the western side of the Kennet on Berkeley Avenue.
Elgar Road pavement improvements
Improvements have been made to pedestrian access at the crossroads at the north end of Elgar Road. Famous for being the meeting place of a road (Elgar), a lane (Katesgrove), an avenue (Berkeley) and a street (Pell), it had become a bit of a bottleneck.
