Reading to Mark 100 Year Anniversary of First World War

Commemorative poppy seeds are being sown across the town, as Reading Borough Council prepares to mark the 100 Year Anniversary of the start of the First World War next year.

Reading Borough Council Leader Jo Lovelock will join Reading Mayor Marian Livingston outside the Whitley Advice Shop, Northumberland Ave, on Monday November 4, where they will scatter poppy seeds and bring to an end the process of sowing thousands of poppy seeds across the town.

The sites are:

– behind the war memorial at the Victoria Gate at Forbury Gardens
– around the war memorial at Christchurch Meadows
– in front of the war memorial on Tilehurst Triangle
– Water Road war memorial (on verge)
– outside the Whitley Advice Shop on Northumberland Ave
– on the large roundabout at the corner of Tilehurst and Liebenrood Roads
– on the Wokingham Road frontage of Palmer Park near the library and children’s playground
– in some of the large area of conservation grass at Balmore Walk