Caversham 100 Years of History

[@pjaygeorge8016]

KZbin algorithm found this for me after several videos on Reading Today. Grew up in Reading (1942-60) but spent lotsa time In and around Caversham and the Thames so this has been a delight. Very nicely and cleverly done. Put this in my Liked This folder. Thanks again.

[@jayhunter1919]

Loved this, I was born in Caversham nearly 73 years ago, I well remember the floods, we couldn't go to school for 6 weeks which we thought was great. Hope Caversham is not suffering too much in the present flood conditions. Many thanks for some wonderful pictures.

[@stripeysofa]

Absolutely fantastic, love the pictures of the floods, i assume 1947 and the last 3 shots of the whole of Reading, really well done you for taking the time to put it all together.

[@EricIrving-j6m]

Brings tears to my eyes, loved Caversham.. I left in 95 to my regret…I went to St Anne’s school ….

[@ritasmith8664]

Reminiscence of those years living there really peace and quiet area. Fascinated by Heron Island- Caversham. thank you for uploading.

[@suecatto8150]

loved this video, brought back so many memories, lived in a flat in an old Victorian house, right at the top as a small child. my gran lived in Hemdean rd and went to E P Collier school from age 4 to 5.

[@willpaice9123]

Brilliant must have taken ages really surprised at how something's really haven't changed that much. I even saw the house I grew up in a few doors away from the Clifton arms on gosbrook road. Thank you for doing this. Not to mention the floods remember my dad telling me about them and we're moaning now!

[@mdwatkins60]

Nice video Chris, I see your shop got pride of place!!

[@mdwatkins60]

Actually just been watching it again. Nice isn't the word, really damned good. Must have taken ages.

[@itsgonefunny]

Gob smackingly beautifully done. Need to watch it again!

[@Mr.Sixty.]

Excellent piece of work, well done and thanks for putting it up.

[@martinnorth2680]

Fantastic video

[@sewartwebb]

Very well done. Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@malcolmdale]

I lived in Caversham from 1939 to 1946 ( baby to 6 yrs, ) and was hoping to see something I recognized but sadly no. We lived in Norman Road, a cul-de-sac, and my Aunt lived nearby in Mayfield Drive. I also remember Donkin Hill which I used to go up in the bus to school. Pendragon Hall I think was the name.. Loved the video anyway, and the sublime music! BTW I always wonder what happened to my first love, Gwenny Legge, who lived on the opposite side of Norman Road. She'd be in her seventies now.

[@alisoncleeton877]

Wow! Wonderful! I much prefered it 100 years ago!! Many thanks for this! X

[@ReadingBerkshireUK]

Brilliant, well put together video. Amazing to see how places change. Would be great to see the same done for other parts of Reading ...... hint, hint ... :)

[@wrongsideof40]

An excellent video. Would be interested to know what mechanism you used to match the perspective so exactly. All in the edit??

[@cristinaagostini6133]

I was very happy the days I was in Caversham

[@SelwynJ33]

Good video, even if it wasn't what I was expecting (I live just down the road from Caversham...Caversham in New Zealand, that is!)

[@jamstawildman]

Fabulous!

[@AndytheChav]

"Happy' isn't quite the word I would use but I do have fond memories growing up in Caversham (Lower Caversham, George Street). Born in 1971 and moved to a yokels' Oubliette in Western Berkshire in 1983, sadly. Definitely NO fond memories of Newbury. Fantastic to see all the hard work you put into making this lovely clip though (the library was my favourite). My sister, in the late 70s, worked in the Liptons store as a cashier, St. Martin's Precinct, Church Street.

[@paulakhs]

Oh I worked in Liptons in 81. I might have known her if she was still there in the eighties.

[@AndytheChav]

@@paulakhs, thanks for making contact. Her name is Janice McLellan.

[@paulakhs]

Mmmm vaguely. Can’t picture her at the moment. Thanks for replying. My name is Paul. I was 16 when I worked there.

[@YT-mb5od]

Very nice video

[@effigymotion]

great work.

[@NGHodder]

Just moved here. Great video!

[@farmbrough]

I was expecting this to be about the BBC monitoring place at Caversham rather than the town. He's put a lot of time and effort into researching the old pictures and taking the new photographs. Is the ball on top of the library a time signal to the boats? And is that a mini-one on the Children's library next door? It's a shame the shops look so tatty nowadays. It looks like they see themselves in isolation and never have any regard for the overall look of the street. It's actually 146 years of history, considering the earliest pic was 1865 :)

[@OwainMorris]

Bloody great!!!

[@philharry139]

I remember the Glendale cinema the only one in Reading me and my friends could watch x rated films in.

[@lilyjackie2228]

Omg Waitrose

[@frankeyboy]

Is there any coincidence that the shop in the opening photos bears your surname.? Seems like a bit of elaborate cheap advertising to me