It's fascinating to see my former home town through the eyes of an outsider. Those of us who lived in Reading spent most of our time whingeing about its Saturday night drinking culture and the nightmare traffic on the Inner Distribution Road. It is good to be reminded that the town actually does have some rather nice bits.
My former theatre group stages an Open Air Shakespeare in the Abbey Ruins each year (this year's was Midsummer Night's Dream. The Abbey makes a splendid backdrop for the production.
Did you notice that the way the lion statue in the Fobury Gardens is standing is completely wrong? Apparently the sculptor only found out after they'd put it up and nearly died of embarassment.
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Date: 2007-08-12 08:02 am (UTC)My former theatre group stages an Open Air Shakespeare in the Abbey Ruins each year (this year's was Midsummer Night's Dream. The Abbey makes a splendid backdrop for the production.
Did you notice that the way the lion statue in the Fobury Gardens is standing is completely wrong? Apparently the sculptor only found out after they'd put it up and nearly died of embarassment.
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