Fun for all: Newport Road street party 2018
Saturday 16 June 2018 – another great street party! We were worried about the weather this year so the gazebos were out, but fortunately it stayed dry, if a bit cool and breezy. Splat the Rat was back, along with Readipop’s drumming workshop. We had live entertainment from the New Hope Gospel Choir and a reformed version of the Bell Tower Shower with some rock covers. New for this year was a Reformer Pilates demonstration from Refresh Health in Caversham Road, who brought one of their machines for us to try, and the fire brigade came along with one of their engines for the children to take a look at (and climb over, of course!) This year’s quiz was set by David and hosted by Jonathan again and featured local knowledge, with prizes provided by the Standard Tandoori. Many thanks to everyone who helped and the residents of Newport Road for hosting. And special thanks to everyone at New Hope for organising the children’s activities, and to the Moderation for the delicious free barbecue food.
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- The bunting’s flying…
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- …Andy and the Moderation team are busy barbecuing…
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- …and we have a party!
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- The Readipop drum workshop’s back for the kids (and the big kids).
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- Loads of activities for the kids, from face painting…
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- …to sand…
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- …to the famous Splat the Rat…
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- …and colouring competitions.
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- We also had a new line-up of the old Bell Tower Shower playing some rock covers.
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- Refresh Health visited us with a demonstration of their Reformer Pilates machine…
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- …and we got a visit from the local fire station too (just for fun!)
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- An excellent chance for the neighbours to get together. Here’s to another great party next year!