Simonds Brewery
Heritage board about H & G Simonds brewery in Reading plus information on the history of the brewery and the board.
LOOK DRAW BUILD Bristol Awards Night (5 June)
LOOK DRAW BUILD Bristol Awards Night to be held on 5 June 2025 in the Engine Shed, Bristol, where the winning models will be announced.
Bracknell before the New Town – Walk (12 June)
Talk and walk based on ‘The Story of Bracknell: Before the New Town’ by Andrew Radgick. Taking place in April & June 2025
1-2 Hampden Place, the History
This was undertaken during July 2024 as part of the High Street Heritage Action Zone Project. It highlights the businesses which have been based in 1-2 Hampton Place (now 139-141 Oxford Road) over many decades.
William Henry Fox Talbot
William Henry Fox Talbot was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paler and calotype processes.
Jane Austen 250 – Commemorative Plaque
The Reading Civic Society is working with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum to actively source funding for a commemorative plaque that is to be located on the east side of the Abbey Gateway. It will replace the incorrectly sited, inaccessible and almost illegible brass plaque which was in a locked garden behind the west … Read more
LOOK DRAW BUILD 2025
2025 LOOK DRAW BUILD programme is running in March 2025. It allows primary school children to compete in designing and building model railway stations supported by engineers, architects and engineers. This year the programme is to be extended to Bristol.
2025 AGM (15 March)
The Reading Civic Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at 14.00 on Saturday 15th March 2025 in Watlington House. As always the AGM will be followed by a Key Note Speaker. Terry Dixon gave his new talk about his, and Linda Saul’s book Influential Women of Reading during the Pandemic.
Our Heritage Plaque Website goes live
We have been working on a new section of our website which details the heritage “blue” plaques around our town. A sub-committee has worked tirelessly to find, check and document the plaques, and information panels, and collate them in to one useful display with an associated map to help members and visitors to Reading to … Read more
Pride of Reading Awards 2024
These awards have taken place since 2004, making 2024 the 20th anniversary. This year there were 23 award categories with each having a worthy winner. Here at the Reading Civic Society we are very pleased to see the Thames Lido receive the ‘Putting Reading on the Map’ award at a ceremony in the Madejski Stadium … Read more