This happened in #Caversham, down the road from where I grew up and where my relatives still live.

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 #Reading ...

https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/caversham-attempted-murder-arrests-after-27485786

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
#caversham #ReadingTown #landscapeoilpainting #oilpainting #oilpaintingonpanel #pleinairpainting #pleinair #art #riverthames .

@Keironmb small world, I lived in #Caversham for a large part of my life....

Reading is associated with various #festival And a month from today it will be the #EastReadingFestival on the #spokenword stage . Along with #Poets Cafe, (and other poetry events) , My Voice in Power Radio, Stand And Deliver Comedy, and Short Stories from #Caversham #Writers

Be there or be elsewhere?

our Friend from #caversham #writers @fourbearsbooksuk for prompt night last night

#WritingCommunity #fiction #berkshire

Four other schools’ OFSTED reports, written in the Autumn term of 2022-2023, read similarly to #Caversham #RuthPerry: Inadequate on just one count, but Inadequate overall. Why might this be? #school #teachers #England #OFSTED @YorksBylines @BylineTimes https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/education/five-failing-schools-the-autumn-term-ofsted-mystery/

Creative evening last night with #caversham #writers in #FourBears #bookshop. #amwriting #writersofmas .

Five Of The Best Cellar Doors In Western Australia https://soperth.com.au/travel-wa/five-of-the-best-cellar-doors-in-western-australia-78217 #MargaretRiver&theSouthWest #RockcliffeWinery #SandalfordWines #LeeuwinEstate #MargaretRiver #Eats&Drinks #CullenWines #grapevines #VasseFelix #Caversham #TravelWA #grapes #winery #Perth #wine

I took a small detour on the way back from #Caversham, 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).

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..

My first post! I've just eaten this at #vegivores #caversham

My first post! I've just eaten this at #vegivores #caversham

You can see here why from 1943 to 2018 the #BBC picked #Caversham (on the border of #Reading #Berkshire and South #Oxfordshire) as a good place for #radiomonitoring (it is high up on the Chiltern hills). The signal from Radio Caroline (250 km away at #Orfordness, #Suffolk) 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..

It is a bit surreal staying the night in the attic room of my aunts house in #Caversham - 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.

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 😁

Visiting relatives at #Caversham, #Reading 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)

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... #rdguk #ReadingBerks #Caversham

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... #rdguk #ReadingBerks #Caversham