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The blue plaques The four blue plaques are dedicated to Dominic Barbieri, Phoebe Cusden, Henry Addington and Thomas Huntley. Mr Barbieri was an Italian theologian who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England and died in Reading. His plaque is on a modern block of flats on Caversham Road before the railway bridge. Ms Cusden was an educationalist, peace campaigner, socialist, feminist and Reading councillor, who was once mayor of Reading and founded the Reading Dusseldorf Association in 1947. Her blue plaque can normally be found on Castle Street but is currently not on display. Reading Civic Society has removed the plaque temporarily to replace the “warped” wooden base with something more appropriate. ....
Union Street is nicknamed Smelly Alley EVERY town has quirky nicknames for local landmarks or areas that the community has carried on for many years. Reading is no different with Smelly Alley in Union Street being one of the many fond nicknames that has lasted generations. Now, researchers at the University of Reading (UoR) and Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL) are hoping to find out more about local nicknames. Teams are particularly interest in looking at the informal place names that have been coined by children due to their surroundings. Historians want people to complete a survey on the local lingo. This can be names children are using now, or names adults remember using when they were young. ....