Whitley Album

Whitely Album is a series of three sculptures that are distributed across Whitley Wood, in southern Reading. The ideas were developed with local groups from old photographs, to reveal the history of men, women and children in the community. Photographs were found in family albums, school archives and through local community groups. Rabson’s Rovers are caught mid-header beside the recreation ground, which gave them their name. Catering staff and a group of children at a VE Day party in 1945 are situated beside a zebra crossing on Northumberland Avenue. And a group of thirty 10 year olds welcome visitors at a major roundabout for the area. The project was managed by Reading Council and funded by Tesco.