Councillor Cyril Law, left, and Councillor Hill Speak, Chairman of Read Parish Council, set the ball rolling with a spring clean for the recreation area.
A group of Read parish councillors rolled up their sleeves on Monday, 1st July 1974, when they went out and about in the village on a litter-clearing operation.

Their object was to tidy up the recreation area in preparation for Read's entry in the "Best Kept Village" competition.