Reading Roars!

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“Who the fuck are Man U-ni-ted, whoo the fuck are Man U-ni-ted..” Chanted the throng of Reading FC followers, packed inside the Three Guineas pub, adjacent to Reading Station. And why not? It was the second half and the Royals were still leading the Red Devils by a goal to nil in their first [...]

YouTube is a treasure trove of mad videos and “Chicken fun” is exceptionally mad.
A couple of lads find a briefcase in a skip and buy a chicken and spaghetti from the supermarket. They then put spaghetti inside the briefcase before playfully dragging the chicken about on a piece of string around Town Hall Square in [...]

Spam.  Dontcha just love it?  I received the following very pleasant email this evening from Alisa M (any relation to Boney, Alisa?):
I just received my watch yesterday. It looks exactly like the picture on your website, no difference at all. This was actually my first time ordering from the internet, and I’ve heard so many [...]

Johnny Depp and Reading’s Sweeney & Todd pie restaurant on Castle Street. what’s the connection? Give up? Ok, Johnny Depp is to star in a Tim Burton movie of the Sweeney Todd story, upon which the restaurant theme is based. Mr Depp has also played a pirate, and a pirate is what I saw when [...]

A second-string Reading FC side dumped Darlington out of the Carling Cup - but only just. The second division side lost 4-2 on penalties.
The Royals fought back characteristically during the game, levelling the score three times - their third goal coming in the 86th minute, courtesy of Peter Mate’s right arm(!). Reading’s two other [...]

It took longer than usual to get to work (Thames Valley Park) this morning. Road traffic was heavy. In fact, the situation, in my opinion, has never been so bad. Even August, an historically quiet month, was far from ideal.
There seem to be too many of us and anyone who wants a car (and is [...]

The other day, I spotted a very still (and quite possibly dead) rat by The Oracle. Today I saw something even more disturbing.
Walking past the Italian restaurant Nino’s at Market Place, I saw a pile of thick, dark fur wrapped around a post. This, too, wasn’t moving (and thankfully so, as it was [...]

I was feeling very pleased with myself until Sheffield United’s Rob Hulsa scored against Reading FC this afternoon. You see, I had predicted a 2-0 Reading win last night on Reading 107 FM. But whatever, it was a Reading victory and their first away from home this season.
Kevin Doyle put Reading ahead after [...]

National treasure Raymond Baxter, a BBC broadcaster who presented the science show Tomorrow’s World, introducing to viewers the credit card, microwave and video recorder (remember them?), passed away yesterday at the Royal Berks hospital in Reading.
Read the obituary on Times Online.

Reading Roars! hit the airwaves yesterday evening, when I was invited to talk about this blog on local radio station Reading 107 FM.
Questioned by the talented Joff Hopkins (himself a blogger), I unveiled what this blog was about and proceeded to explain a little more about the quirky stories I covered during the week: [...]