Happy Prospect pub finally comes down

READING & DISTRICT LABOUR PARTY MEDIA RELEASE

9 March 2011

Joy as Happy Prospect comes down

The Happy Prospect pub on Coronation Square is finally being demolished to the delight of Southcote Councillors, and of course local people. Pete Ruhemann, who pressed last year for the site to be secured and made safe, says the pub has been “an unmitigated eyesore” for far too long and really brought down the area.
He adds: “The site has been bought by Home Group, who are proposing to build social housing there. It is a very sensitive site, what is built there is going to affect both Coronation Square and St Matthew’s Church over the way, and it is going to be important to have a quality design which does the estate credit.”