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"Reading Area Anyone?"

152 replies

lulabel · 26/11/2004 13:26

i recently moved to the reading area: i have one 2 year old daughter, a shi tzu and a workaholic (joke!) husband, looking for similar to meet up with and share sloshings of wine, food, chats etc! anyone out there?

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vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:19

was always at my nans at the weekends when i was younger and going to the park behind bruce road can't remeber the name of the road just now, or to the 'big park' by the shopping precint!

probably have seen you at the park or woodley carnival! weird huh!

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:19

nannyjo - i know if i was 9 and not 29!

swiperfox · 17/07/2005 22:20

wheble (sp?) park!! What a mad thread this is turning out to be!!!!

nannyjo · 17/07/2005 22:21

i lived in drovers way woodley when me and DH got our first house together but we weren't happy ther at all, not a nice road.

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:22

thats the one swiperfox, always used to get dog s**t on my shoes!!
and my aunty (only 6 years older than me) would spin me round on the roundabout until i was sick! every week!

nannyjo · 17/07/2005 22:22

does any one know lucy singleton??

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:23

i've heard of drovers way but not sure which part of woodley its in?

kama · 17/07/2005 22:24

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vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:24

No sorry!

come on all you whitley girls where are you?

swiperfox · 17/07/2005 22:24

lol nannyjo when me and my mum and dad first moved to woodley when i was about 4 we lived on Hearn Road lol

I'm not making it up I swear!!

We hated it there. Not nice at all. The kids round ther killed my kitten!

nannyjo · 17/07/2005 22:24

runs parralel to loddon road. first left under bridge, ex council estate not nice neighbours!

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:24

i am at work for the rest of this week apart from tomoorw! and i can do after the 30th just no kids! which is fine by me

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:26

think i know wher you mean i know someone who swapped there council house in whitley for a council house near there and then swapped back a few months later!

swiperfox · 17/07/2005 22:38

Right I'm off to bed. Still can't believe this thread lol vicky my family all went to Bulmershe too so they may well know your family!

swiperfox · 17/07/2005 22:38

did/do any of them drink in the Yeoman/chequers?

nannyjo · 17/07/2005 22:40

my cousins used to drink in the bull and chequers all the time

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:43

my grandad still drinks in the chequers! he moved there after they knocked the yeoman down and we alwasy used to go to the yeoman at lunch time on boxing day!

my mums 48 (sandra scott, maiden name)
my oldest uncles is 45 (i think)colin
uncle kevin is 40 this week
aunty julia is 35 ish
all scott when they were at school

My dad surname is payne and he has a bother called phillip but they are more likley to knowe your mums and dads than brothers and sisters as they are 50 and 53!

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:44

will check back tomorrow, would be funny if knew any of them!

swiperfox · 17/07/2005 22:48

I'll have to ask!! My mum's best mate has just turned 40 too and went to Bulmershe so she'll probably know your uncle Kevin - her other friend lived in Bruce Road and is 35 ish so she might know them too!

My Mum used to drink in the chequers when i was at school so i bet they all know the same crowd!!

How mad!?!

Will ask her tomorrow

vickiyumyum · 17/07/2005 22:50

thats mad swiperfox!
i'm off to bed now too!
will def check back tomorrow,

suddensingledad · 17/07/2005 23:39

Swiperfox,
I know Anna Hardy, she works at the Civic in Reading as a nuisance officer, she's pretty cool. Worked with her a few times. Gee, you mention Lower Earley.... anyone go to Hugh Farringdon in the 80's? The only part of Woodley I know is The Thatchers, excellent pub if you can't off-load the children.

HellyBelly · 18/07/2005 12:38

This thread is getting a bit mad!!!

I recognise a few of these names but not sure where from??? I used to hang around Weeble Park too!!! My ex boyfriend's parents lived near it on a road off Howth Drive - remember we went there one night (in the dark, you know... ) but it was freezing cold and we couldn't be bothered. Anyway, put me off with all the windows overlooking the park!!!

vickiyumyum · 18/07/2005 17:04

hellybelly at you in the park

the thatchers is quite a good pub especially in the summer in the garden and we sometimes go for a walk around the lake.

its about the only time i see my brother, as he spends most of his free time in there with his mates! oh the joys of being 21 and single!

HellyBelly · 18/07/2005 19:17

I used to hang out at the Thatchers all the time when I was around 17/18. Also used to fish round the lake (only female with a permit at the time!!)

Shame about the fire at the Thatchers but it's turned into a nice family pub hasn't it! We (me and ds)were actually at the lake yesterday, feeding the ducks and then at the park.

Funny how many people on mumsnet know these places!

at weeble park!!!

nannyjo · 18/07/2005 20:55

SSD my mums friend was a teacher there late 80's.

Anne Hardy, is her full name angharod???

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