In 2003 I held an exhibition of my photography at Reading Museum, entitled, Reading People and Places, celebrating the town and people who have an association with it, this raised nearly £4000 for a local special needs school.

I had constantly been asked when I was going to reprise this and in 2023 i was further encouraged by Steve Woodford the owner of Haslams. Estates Agents who agreed to host a re-imagining - 21 years on.

This time it was much smaller but with more empahsis of the towns diversity and the physical changes to the town over the past 21 years.

This time I wanted a doifferent charity to benefit form potential fund raising and I chose No5 a local mental health charity working with young people.

It was a great challenge to shoot, edit and print all the photos, but i managed it, with plenty of help from Haslams and my wonderful subjects, i was fortunate to have the same girl grace the cover of the latest book, 21 years on form her first cover.

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This photo is of the Banksy on the outer walls of the old Reading Gaol. (now covered by protective perspex).

So whats next, all i can say is watch this space.

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