Gallery
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The Grand Caversham Garden Party, Saturday 10 September in Caversham Court Gardens
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Emily at work |
Fixing the sail over the vinery |
The marquee in place |
Setting up the exhibitions |
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Preparing cream teas |
Frances in the kiosk |
Caversham Horticultural Society |
Bernard ready with his shove |
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Some prize entries |
Preparing to welcome visitors |
The High Society Jazz Band |
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Progress Theatre and friends |
Dressed for the occasion |
Play Rangers keeping the children |
The Brickwork Poets reading in the |
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The suffragettes prepare to land |
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Guessing the weight of the cabbage |
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The Mayor takes tea with the |
A rainbow heralds a beautiful |
Enjoying the music |
Local choir - Rivarate |
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Launching the banner
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Launching the banner with help from Caversham Primary School. |
Pictures donated to the website
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St Peter’s Churchyard, detail of the obelisk monument to the Crawshay family, owners of Caversham Park in the nineteenth century. |
St Peter’s Churchyard, monument to members of the Parritt family, who lost two young sons within a week of each other in 1849, doubtless due to a childhood disease. |
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Caversham Primary (Hemdean Rd) School children performing for parents in about 1942. Dancers in the front were Dorothy and Romaine. The infants acting out nursery rhymes were dressed in crepe paper costumes. Flowers in ‘Mary Mary how does your garden grow’ included Brenda, Sheila, Pamela; the King and Knave of Hearts were Bill and Ian, Simple Simon, Michael, Bo Peep in bonnet with ribbon, Joy, Old Mother Hubbard in mob cap, Leonore. Next to King of Hearts is Gill with Barbara on her other side. Stella is one of the older children in the back row between Gill and Bill. |
 St Peter’s Churchyard, monument to members of the Love family in the form of a classical Greek sarcophagus, very fashionable in the early nineteenth century. |
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Caversham Primary School, then known as Hemdean Road School during a road safety lesson - possibly during World War II. |
Families from Valentine Crescent and Norman Road Caversham at St John’s Hall, celebrating the end of WW2. Dr Logan Dahne, local GP, presides. |
| Pictures of Caversham Bridge both old and new. |
Here are some of the entries to the Logo Competition
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Winning logo design by Frances, St Martin's Catholic Primary School. |
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