Councillors
Peter Beard
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37 Chichester Road Tilehurst Reading RG30 4XN Tel: 0118 961 4266 Fax: 0118 961 4266 Email: Contact Form |
Party: Liberal Democrat Ward: Tilehurst Elected Until: 2012 Declaration of Interest |
Arts Forum Pensioners' Working Group (Chairman) Sports Development Forum Town Twinning Group Community Care, Housing & Health Scrutiny Panel Culture and Sport Scrutiny Panel Licensing Applications Committee Standards Committee (Vice-Chair) |
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I was born in Kent and went to school in London. I joined the Royal Air Force in 1957 and trained as a Radar Fitter. After leaving the RAF in 1969 I moved to Reading where I worked as a computer field engineer for ICL before taking early retirement in September 1999. I am married and have 3 grown-up married children and 6 grandchildren aged 4 - 18 years old. My interests are mainly outdoor sports, having played every ball game (even Netball once) except Hockey and Lacrosse. Now a keen golfer, skier and runner, I have completed several half marathons and plan to run the Vancouver half marathon in 2007. I like classical, jazz and ethnic music, crosswords, reading, Bollywood movies and travel. I was first elected to Reading Borough Council for Norcot Ward at the time of Re-organisation of Local Government in 1974 and stood down in 1983 due to pressure of work and relocation of my office. When Jim Day retired as a councillor in 2001, I was elected as the councillor for Tilehurst Ward in his place joining my fellow councillors Peter Weston and Jude Fry. I am on various committees including Access Forum, Town Twinning, Healthier Reading and Sports Development as well as being a member of the Culture and Sport Scrutiny Panel and Reading Compact Group. If at any time you require assistance, or information, please do not hesitate to contact me, either by telephone, on 0118 961 4266, or by e-mail, by clicking the ‘Contact Me’ link from the menu. |
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