Adverse weather conditions close Market Place
You probably got bored of hearing the phrase “adverse weather conditions” about two weeks ago, but the snow’s effect is still being felt. Market Place in central Reading is closed to all traffic this morning as a couple of impressively-sized potholes have opened up. It’s the freezing and thawing of water that does it, y’know.
Lots of buses are running on diversion. This is likely to continue for the rest of the day - more information is available from Reading Buses. We walked past this morning and several people were hard at work repairing the damage (that’s not a sarcastic comment - they really seemed to be cracking on with it).
The relative piece and quiet without traffic got us thinking though. With Market Place closed, it’d be the ideal place for a, er, market. We’ve seen a temporary one spring up there a couple of times, but why not follow Oxford Street’s lead, close it to traffic once or twice a year and let pedestrians take over. Christmas market, anyone? (Image: Market Place, this morning.)
Great picture!
I think something similiar is happening or will be happening near Broad St Mall, too.
And it would be nice to have a market there, I remember there was an Italian style market sometime in autumn. Seems like a much nicer location than the excuse of a market behind Broad St Mall.