Workhouses, Inns & Vestries – Talk (6 Nov)
Talk on Workhouses, Inns & Vestries: How Reading parishes cared for their poor in the 18C
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
Reading Civic Society worked with Reading Borough Council and Reading Museum from summer 2024 to identify sources of funding to commission a new commemorative plaque the mark Jane Austen’s time at school in Reading. The plaque was to erected in 2025 on the eastern wall of the Abbey Gateway to replace the previous almost illegible … 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.