St Giles Close – The Whitley Pump

Category: St Giles Close

Planning application 172240 : car park to the rear of 34-36 Crown Street, Reading, RG1 2SE

28 March 2018 — Evelyn Williams

Car park to the rear of
34-36 Crown Street
Reading
RG1 2SE

Plans to demolish the Red Lion public house and replace with flats

7 March 2018 — Evelyn Williams

Red Lion Southampton Street – the pub was withdrawn from sale in advance of the advertised auction

Property developers MacNiven Quays have submitted a planning application to demolish Red Lion public house on Southampton Street, as well as the house next door to it, and replace them both with a four-storey block of flats.

‘The Firefighters’ – location Katesgrove

13 November 2017 — Evelyn Williams

Southampton Street today opposite the Huntley Boorne & Stephens Southampton Street entrance

For local historians with a penchant for photographs and films, David Cliffe’s Picture Palace to Penny Plunge may turn out to be the book of the year. Following up on the filming of A Bridge too Far on Hill Street in 1976 led to the discovery of ‘The Firefighters’.

2 March deadline for consultation on Whitley Street lorry loading bays

28 February 2017 — Evelyn Williams

Two goods vehicle loading bays are among the changes to waiting restrictions on Katesgrove streets included in a Reading Borough Council consultation. The deadline for responses is 2 March 2017.

Biscuit tins at the Planning Committee

10 December 2016 — Evelyn Williams

Inside the Huntley, Boorne & Stevens tin works

After much public interest and a prolonged campaign it is not surprising that the first application to be heard at Wednesday 7 December Planning Applications Committee was the proposed demolition of the After Dark Club. But it is not just the club that was under threat.