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Bell Tower Treasure Hunt

29 June 2007 David Neale

One fine Friday evening there were loads of people running around our area waving sheets of paper…it could only be the treasure hunt! Simon B set the fiendish questions, and sent nearly 30 of us on a serious workout…

: Well, Simon can afford to laugh…he set the questions!

: And they’re off…

: …at a cracking pace…

: …and Len and Andy look like they’re doing well!

: Finally, back at New Hope, there are a few red faces after all that running around…

: …and here are the winners!

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Graffiti attack!

2 June 2007 David Neale

On Saturday 2 June 2007 we woke up to find a significant graffiti attack along Ross Road, Swansea Road and Northfield Road. Our “G-Team” were soon on the case and managed to clean up all 14 of the new tags by lunchtime!

: Saturday, 11.00…looks like this one on the corner of Ross Road’s going to be hard to shift…

: …but new recruit James is tackling it in no time…

: …and Jonathan’s painting the garage doors nearby.

: Meanwhile, Teresa’s busy painting a gateway in Swansea Road…

: …Phil’s making light work of the doors next to it…

: …and by lunchtime it’s all gone!

: The next weekend it’s back to the serious longstanding graffiti…

: …and we mean business this time!

: Finally, this one’s disappeared – the last major tag in our area’s gone!

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Reading Blooms 2007 – the launch day

12 May 2007 David Neale

On Saturday 12 May 2007 we set up our stall in the E P Collier School playground to give local residents an opportunity to brighten up their front gardens, courtesy of Reading Borough Council. Free troughs and hanging baskets were on offer, along with a selection of plants – and there were even one or two experts around to give some helpful advice!

: We needed some help setting up our stall…

: …but it was soon busy, and we had a steady flow of takers.

: We helped select plants and make up the troughs and baskets.

: Finally, here we all are, with Reading Borough Council community project manager Chris Bloomfield, and some satisfied customers!

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Ross Road Graffiti clean-up

6 April 2007 David Neale

We had a successful morning on Good Friday cleaning up all the graffiti in Ross Road. Look out for another clean-up day in our area soon!

: Here’s Sue brightening up the cable TV boxes…

: …and garage doors…

: …and Phil and Teresa working hard to wipe out some graffiti on one of the houses.

: And the final result – some nice green boxes…

: …white garage doors…

: …and the graffiti’s (almost) completely disappeared!

: Here’s the article in the Reading Chronicle about the event…

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The big tidy-up day

12 August 2006 David Neale

On Saturday 12 August 2006 our enormous skip in the E P Collier School playground attracted loads of attention (and rubbish)! We managed to fill the skip, sponsored by Reading Festival organisers Mean Fiddler, in less than 4 hours. Look out for more tidy up days – we hope to make this an annual event!