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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> is also divided in half by the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RiverThames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverThames</span></a> - there are only 3 points to cross it - at <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> Bridge, Reading Bridge and just outside in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Sonning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sonning</span></a> - even this afternoon that bridge must have been <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/flooded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooded</span></a> , as <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Wokingham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wokingham</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Council" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Council</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TVP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TVP</span></a> (Thames Valley Police) had closed off the road (adding to the traffic on the remaining two bridge crossings). The Council wants to build a third bridge but surrounding Councils are against it</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v6p7rzpn3o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v6p7</span><span class="invisible">rzpn3o</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> again this weekend visiting relatives (saw my uncle on his last day in UK before he flies back to Malaysia). </p><p>Took me over an hour just to get across Reading yesterday, due to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/roadworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadworks</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> (the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RiverThames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverThames</span></a> had burst its banks). </p><p>Just having a chilled evening (as there is little these days I would want to do in the centre of Reading and I would only end up in the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/trafficjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trafficjam</span></a> again)</p><p>(there is another cat, but she is camera shy)</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Visting my relatives in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> again and listening to <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RadioCaroline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioCaroline</span></a> on the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Philips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philips</span></a> D-2122 <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/receiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>receiver</span></a> from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> before bed - some QRM from a Spanish PSB and fading, but the 648 KHz signal from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Orfordness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orfordness</span></a> is getting across 186 km <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/AM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AM</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MW</span></a></p>
Paul H :tinoflag:<p>One more photo from the family album. This one is titled, "Temperance Procession" and was taken in 1922 by my Great Uncle. I suspect the photo is taken in South Road, Caversham, near Laing Street. (My family back then were staunch Methodists. For years my grandfather wouldn't even play cards on a Sunday, but in his old age, he relented. He and I spent many an hour playing cribbage on his Sunday visits to our home in the late 1960's.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/%C5%8Ctepoti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ōtepoti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Dunedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dunedin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Temperance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Temperance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/FamilyPhotos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyPhotos</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>This happened in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a>, down the road from where I grew up and where my relatives still live. </p><p>1 teenage lad stabbed, 2 arrests, entire GP surgery locked off due to crime scene investigations and emergency patients diverted 1,2km away (0,75 miles) - and this is an affluent middle class suburb of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> ...</p><p><a href="https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/caversham-attempted-murder-arrests-after-27485786" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">getreading.co.uk/news/reading-</span><span class="invisible">berkshire-news/caversham-attempted-murder-arrests-after-27485786</span></a></p>
Jan Gaska<p>I had a great day yesterday painting in Reading with Mick McNicholas. View of Caversham weir from Reading bridge. Oil on linen panel, 24 x 18 cm<br><a href="https://socel.net/tags/caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caversham</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/ReadingTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingTown</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/landscapeoilpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapeoilpainting</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/oilpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilpainting</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/oilpaintingonpanel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilpaintingonpanel</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/pleinairpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleinairpainting</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/pleinair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleinair</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/riverthames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riverthames</span></a> .</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Keironmb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Keironmb</span></a></span> small world, I lived in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> for a large part of my life....</p>
Pam Jarvis<p>Four other schools’ OFSTED reports, written in the Autumn term of 2022-2023, read similarly to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RuthPerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuthPerry</span></a>: Inadequate on just one count, but Inadequate overall. Why might this be? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OFSTED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFSTED</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@YorksBylines" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>YorksBylines</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@BylineTimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BylineTimes</span></a></span> <a href="https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education/five-failing-schools-the-autumn-term-ofsted-mystery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/ed</span><span class="invisible">ucation/five-failing-schools-the-autumn-term-ofsted-mystery/</span></a></p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>I took a small detour on the way back from <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a>, and ended up outside the parish church (Our Lady and St Annes) where I attended Mass with my parents fairly regularly during the 1980s (my younger sister went to the primary/junior school next door). </p><p>It was built in 1902 (with various bits added over the years, and still looks much the same as it did 35 years ago, other than new entrance doors and a fairly extensive CCTV scheme..</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>You can see here why from 1943 to 2018 the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> picked <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> (on the border of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Berkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Berkshire</span></a> and South <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Oxfordshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxfordshire</span></a>) as a good place for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/radiomonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiomonitoring</span></a> (it is high up on the Chiltern hills). The signal from Radio Caroline (250 km away at <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Orfordness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orfordness</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Suffolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suffolk</span></a>) just about reaches here by night, and signals from a 500 kW TX which is apparently at Beijing at 8180 km away are quite strong..</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>It is a bit surreal staying the night in the attic room of my aunts house in <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a> - last time I did this was 37 years ago - had to do this when I started high school to get a place at Highdown as my parents then lived in Tilehurst (4,5 miles / 7,24 km away) so I would have been out of catchment area. </p><p>My cousin was not at all surprised I shut off the Alexa in the guestroom *and* the Philips smartlamp for security reasons and instead brought along a portable MF/HF receiver 😁</p>
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK<p>Visiting relatives at <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> in SE England (where I lived for many years of my life) for Christmas, got there without too much hassle on A12/M25/M4 (but A12 road surface has got even worse) and managed to avoid dreaded 120mm tall kerb (nearly all the locals cars have badly scuffed alloys), it did take me a while to park as I was taking it slow (been bit by this kerb before and had to fork out a few quid getting alloys refurbed)</p>
Kim Peirce<p>Crafters of Reading! If you're free on Monday mornings, why not bring your work-in-progress to the Weller Centre in Caversham and meet other crafters over a cuppa. There might even be a mince pie... <a href="https://home.social/tags/rdguk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rdguk</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/ReadingBerks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadingBerks</span></a> <a href="https://home.social/tags/Caversham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caversham</span></a></p>
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