Heard a brilliant comment on the radio earlier today: "Has anyone seen Guy Fawkes? I'd like to offer my assistance" LOL.
We're rapidly approaching the 5th November, when in the UK we mark the attempted destruction of both Monarch and Parliament. Our current government is dreadful, they don't seem to have a clue what to do other than tax us to Kingdom Come. Now I wouldn't advocate violence but can the county cope with a full five years of this shambolic and disingenuous shower?
Took a walk around the University of Reading grounds with ym today. It's probably been 10 years since I last visited (obviously he's fairly familiar with the site these days).
Needless to say in the past decade a lot has changed, plenty of new construction with state of the art facilities. It was however sad to note the famous LEGO building closed and barricaded, possibly due for demolition. Times change.
As some may recall, I have a slight obsession with teeny tiny coffee cups. Or espresso cups to be exact.
I found these yesterday in a cancer charity shop and thought it really rude to leave them there unloved. They are made by renown manufacturers Denby and the striking pattern is called Marrakesh. Lovely aren't they? I shall enjoy drinking from these on a leisurely Sunday morning.
Not many are aware the town of Reading has links with Micheal Bond, creator of Paddington Bear.
Bond was born in nearby Newbury but raised and educated in Reading. He initially worked in a solicitor's office and later, during the war, for the BBC in Reading, surviving a German bomb that fell on the building he was in. 41 people died and many others injured. It was at the nearby rail station that it is reported he saw child evacuees with card name tags attached to their clothing.
Reading now has its statue to mark Bond's most well known creation. It is situated in Broad Street not a million miles from where Bond had been working in 1943.
Apparently the statue needs police protection LOL.
(Image curtesy of Thames Valley Police)
