I think it must have changed, I don’t get into town much these days. Last time I was in there it was still the hobgoblin but it’s now listed as the Alehouse on Google.
That was a very good time, I came to Reading in 2004. People were in a good mood and very positive thinking.
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We may have crossed paths. I was one of the polite Law Society and CAMRA members back then.
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I live near the uni now and we go to Harris garden a lot. I never went to Reading uni myself but my course was designed and overlooked by Reading, evening classes in Bracknell. Innit?
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Ah I lived on Cumberland Road in my second and third year (a great road for murders, Tesco and the Beer Festival) and studied mostly at Foxhilll house on the Whiteknights campus.
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Wow Cumberland Road is hardcore.
In my first year in Reading whole cemetery junction was locked down by police because there was a murder! We still had to go to the Mr Cod shop on the corner though.
Apologies for totally derailling the thread by the way…
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Oh that might be the day I woke up after a long ale related check and had to ask the TV crew what happened. We slept/were passed out while a helicopter was over our house.
Fun times, fun times.
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Yes, the TV crew were by Mr Cod that day.
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Fun times indeed…
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I remember having a neighbour who walked around with a machete and another who wanted to bathe naked with her female friends, while we tried to play Countdown on a clothesline.
Cumberland was a fun road,
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Definitely training for my life after.
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Should I ask?
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The British show but played with letters and numbers on pieces of A4 which were randomly drawn from a pile and pegged on a clothesline.
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Someone doesn’t watch The IT Crowd… 
S4e02
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That post by @SquirrelSmash makes SO much more sense now! I’ve seen a few episodes of The IT Crowd, but missed that one.
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I sometimes manage to make sense: Must be a special day.
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I would have gone for 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown:
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I politely asked BullCity for a sticker with my most recent order… they delivered… I got a sticker! 
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