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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR CHURCH ROAD CAVERSHAM

The Church Leadership Team of St Peter's Church, Caversham and the Committee of the Friends of Caversham Court Gardens wish to promote a  petition in favour of a Traffic Management Scheme aiming to enhance the safety for pedestrians accessing St Peter's Church and Caversham Court Gardens.  The scheme would involve the enforcement of a 20 m.p.h. speed limit on the whole length of St Peter's Hill and Church Road.  The scheme would include signage  near the entrance to Woodrow Court to warn drivers that the elderly people may be crossing Church Road.

DATE: May 2024.

If you wish to support this petition you are invited to contact us on admin@fccg.org.uk with your name and address.

WALL AND RAMP REPAIRS AND THE GAZEBO

At our AGM on 10 April we were delighted to hear from the mayor of Reading, Councillor Tony Page, that the RBC had found a source of funding to repair the wall and ramp in the gardens.  Manager Christelle Beaupoux will be coming along to the next meeting of the Caversham Court Management Committee in early June to tell us more.  We will report back.

Meanwhile, there is some progress towards getting a full structural survey of the gazebo (aka the listed 17th century riverside pavilion) carried out.  There has been significant deterioration in the building over this wet winter.

ARCHITECTURE TOUR OF CAVERSHAM

On 7 June at 2.00 p.m. Megan Aldrich, local architectural historian, and Helen Lambert, CADRA Chair, will lead a walk in Caversham, run by the Berkshire Family History Society (BFHS).  More details and how to book on the BFHS website. 

HEALTH CHECK OF THE VENERABLE COPPER BEECH TREE

Our elderly beech tree has recently had a health check using a technique called Sonic Tomography.   Non-invasive sonic tomography detects decay and cavities in standing trees.  The technique measures the velocity of sound waves in wood; differences in velocity can detect areas of healthy and damaged wood.  A series of nails are lightly inserted around the circumference of the tree.  Each nail has a sensor attached to it and is tapped in turn.  The sensors detect the time taken for sound waves to travel from the source to all the other sensors, data is then recorded and interpreted by  an attached computer.  The data showed that the trunk is reasonably sound and healthy for a beech tree of its age with no significant internal cavities or diseased areas to be of concern.