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Blue Collar to open on Saturday READING’S newest food and bar venue opens this weekend. Blue Collar Corner on Hosier Street will open to the public at 11am on Saturday, March 12, offering a variety of flavours to street food fans from a twofloor container village. It also has a bar serving drinks including DoubleBarrelled Brewery’s craft beers, and will host DJ slots to provide a musical backdrop to the site. Blue Collar’s Wednesday and Friday lunchtime pop-ups in Market Place will continue. Glen Dinning, the man behind the venture, has being running food events around Reading for six years. “A permanent container village has always been my ambition,” Mr Dinning said. “I was inspired by similar set-ups in places like Brixton, Peckham and Shoreditch.” The process began a year ago, when Mr Dinning found the plot on Hosier Street. “It’s been a long time coming, now that it is finally happening it’s a relief,” he added. “Lots of contractors have been involved, and Sonning Flowers have made the canopy displays.” It will be open Thursdays to Sundays, 11am until late. DJs interested in playing are invited to contact Mr Dinning. n For more information, visit: bluecollarstreetfood.co.uk
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READING PANCAKE RACE
Concentrating on the flipping
Double Barrelled Brewery dressed up as, what else? pints of beer The Air IT team had a space-aged theme
FLIPPING AMAZING: The Charles Hunter Associates team won best fancy dress award for
A day at the races ... with pancakes!
The Broad St Mall team wore T-shirts promising, ‘Will run for pancakes’
This old man, he flipped pancakes ...
Contenders ready ... A heat gets going
By DANIEL BLACKHAM dblackham@rdg.today MORE than £6,000 has been raised for charity at a pancake race in Reading.
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Launchpad hosted its 25th pancake race on Broad Street last Tuesday, March 1. An egg-citing event saw 32 teams in fancy dress representing businesses from across Reading in a bid to raise money for the homeless charity. Teams of four took part in a series of relay races in knockout heats with each team member having to flip a pancake three times as they ran. Despite the rain – and the start being delayed due to an oil spill in the town centre – the competitors were cheered on by a crowd of spectators to the finish line as they battled it out for the coveted frying pan trophy. Prizes were awarded to
the top three teams, most fundraised, best team spirit and best fancy dress. Crowe UK took victory, edging out Air IT and Savills in the final. So far the total raised is £6,911 but this figure is still rising and will allow Launchpad to continue helping vulnerable people across Reading. The charity offers supported housing, a free drop-in service for anyone in a housing crisis and a work and life skills centre. Kirsti Wilson, head of
fundraising and marketing at Launchpad, said: “We are so chuffed with the fundraising total and incredibly grateful to all involved in the day. “Without our local businesses who are game for a laugh, the event sponsors and people donating to the pancake race, we simply couldn’t continue running our vital services for people in need in Reading.” For more information on Launchpad, visit: launchpadreading.org.uk
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The astronauts from Air IT were judged to have the best team spirit
The team from Calcot Services For Children were the top fundraisers Picture: Simon Kemp
