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Football with a difference was played by Scouts versus Guides on Sunday
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afternoon. Ten teams took part and the final match between 3 Wokingham Scouts
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and 1 Emmbrook Guides resulted in a win for the boys with a score of 2—0.
In a first-aid competition judged by Mr. and Mrs. Alan Newport and Mr. B. Sturge
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of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Wokingham Division, the winners were 4
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Wokingham Guides and 1 Embrook Scouts ‘B’ team.
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The trophy for the overall winners was presented to 1 Emmbrook Scouts and
Guides formed a circle round the flag as the camp came to an end.

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Thur 27 July
WORK STARTS ON WOKINGHAM’S NEW STATION
Work is to start next month on rebuilding Wokingham station. The new station will
be built on the site of the present one on the town side of the line. Once the existing
buildings have been demolished a temporary ticket office and toilets will be provided
until the building is complete.
The new station will have a modern ticket office, heated waiting area, toilets and a
cycle store, and a new footbridge will link the two platforms. The existing footbridge
over the level crossing will remain in public use for the time being.
A modern industrial building system, designed to reduce site work to the minimum,
will be used for the new station. The work at Wokingham is due to be completed by
next spring.

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Thur 3 August
WOKINGHAM R.D.C. CHANGE PLANS FOR NEW WARDS
The new warding arrangements for the forthcoming “marriage” between the
Wokingham Councils got an initial seal of consent on Tuesday with one alteration.
Wokingham Rural District Council decided at a special meeting that the proposals
for warding arrangements as put forward by the Joint Committee should operate at the
first election of the District Council. The new system—which has still to be finally
approved by the Home office—has been slightly modified by slightly increasing the
representation OF California Ward in Wokingham Without from one to two
councillors.
The Clerk, Mr. C. Cockayne, told members that representations had been made
concerning the original proposal to have only one councillor for California Ward. As
430 houses were scheduled to be built in the ward there would be sufficient electorate
when the elections take place in June, 1973, to justify two councillors. Despite a move
to get the alteration rejected, the Council overwhelmingly supported the revised
scheme.
Under the future warding system, Wokingham Borough Council will have their
present representation cut by over 50% to 11 members while the number of Rural
District Council councillors will be reduced from 51 to 40. The scheme is due to be
considered by Wokingham Town Council at their meeting tonight (Thursday).

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Thur 14 Sept
WOKINGHAM: ONE BIG TRAFFIC JAM
The furore over Wokingham’s traffic management one-way system came to a head
at the meeting on Thursday last week of the Public works Committee, with
councillors and aldermen joining in the general condemnation.
Unmollified by an announcement that measures were to be introduced this week to
improve traffic flow at the Shute End Bottleneck, Ald A.G. Skedgel suggested they

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