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A fanfare of trumpets announced the opening of the Methodist’s Rose Fayre at
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Wokingham on Saturday. It was played by young members of the 1 Cavesrham
Boys’ Brigade, after a guest, the Rev. Derek Sutherland, had ordered the ceremony of
the keys be started.
The Methodist Church members of Rose Street had decided their bazaar would be
“different” this year so each stall, decorated with masses of paper flowers, was barred
by a glittering tape to which a key was attached. At a signal, stall-holders unlocked
their entrances and the hundreds crowding the hall began to buy. Among the visitors
were the Mayor, Ald. Stanley Bowyer and Mrs. Joan Foreman-Brown.
“Christmassy” music was relayed all day and at the end £760 had been raised for the
church building fund.

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Thur 22 Nov
HOLT SCHOOL CHANGING TO COMPREHENSIVE
Considerable time and thought have already been spent on the forthcoming changes
to the Holt School, Wokingham, the headmistress, Miss J Holland, told parents and
former pupils at the certificate ceremony held there on Friday. The change-over from
grammar to comprehensive begins there next September when the first year forms
will consist of 180 girls taken from a certain area instead of having qualified in a
selective process.
The staff, while welcoming the new pupils, will ensure that none of the existing
girls suffer limiting opportunities. Miss Holland spoke of the extensions including a
sixth-form unit that had been completed this year, which meant that teaching
accommodation for practical and science subjects together with an extended library
benefited the whole school.
More additions were planned; in particular a section for humanities and music but
she was afraid, the steep rise in costs threatened to reduce the programme.
She congratulated the girls on their examination successes. In June this year, 143
girls sat for exams at the end of the fifth-year course and between them passed a total
of 813 subjects at “O” level and obtained 134 C.S.E. qualifications. At the advanced
level results were not quite so satisfactory.
The Chairman of the Education Committee, Mr. H. Bedictus presented the awards.
He was introduced by the chairman of Governors, Mrs. B.E. Scott.

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Thur 29 Nov
POST OFFICES READY RUSH
Thousands of motorists were expected to call at sub-post offices, post offices and
special centres throughout Berkshire and South Oxfordshire today (Thursday) to
collect their petrol ration coupons. The motorists are the first of some 250,000 in the
area who will collect ration coupons over the next 12 days. Post Office officials at
Reading are confident the operation will run smoothly, but sub-postmasters feel they
will be hard-pressed to cope with the enormous amount of extra work.
The Post Office is urging motorists to co-operate fully with special arrangements for
issuing coupons. Details have been advertised in all national newspapers this week.
In the Reading Post Office area special centres have been set up at Reading,
Newbury, Bracknell, Wokingham and Henley specifically to issue coupons.
Their exact location is as follows: Reading—22 Blagrave Street; Henley—75, Bell
Street; Newbury-special office next door to Post Office;. Bracknell—4, Cross Way
(formerly the John Farmer shoe shop); Wokingham—Town Hall, Market Place.

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