Published: Thursday, 18th June, 2009 8:00am
Letter: Angling for a reprieve for pub
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I live nearby the Jolly Anglers" pub in Kennetside and have heard that it will be turned into housing.
This pub is a valuable community resource.
I have met all sorts of people from the local communities there and gained an insight into their lives. Where else could I do that? It seems outrageous that the council grants licences for big noisy pubs in the town centre, and then assists in the closing down of valuable community resources like this local pub.
Hundreds of people use this pub and are outraged to hear that it has been sold to developers and will become housing.
We don"t need more housing in the area, what we need is a nice small pub where real people can meet up, get to know each other, gain an understanding of other peoples lives, do something other than
watch television, have real human contact.
This pub is part of the life blood of the community. Members from a wide variety of different areas of the community interact there, where else could that happen. It is a tragedy that it is closing.
Hundreds of local people are furious about this.
Cathy Marsden
East Reading
