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Wheelclamping was introduced last December to stop non-library users from using
the library car park. Almost immediately there were complaints. The Roadrunner
wheelclamping unit’s staff were accused of bullying tactics.
The library department has decided that it is an experiment that didn’t work. They
were pleased with the benefits it brought for library users but it caused too many
problems for other people. As late as last Wednesday Roadrunner caused a storm by
clamping cars belonging to students at Montague House when the library wasn’t even
open. The clamper released the cars after being told it was not in the contract to clamp
on Wednesdays.

Thur 3rd Dec
LANGBOROUGH REC PROJECT TAKES ROOT
A scheme which aims to ensure the future of an avenue of lime trees at
Langborough recreation ground has been set in motion by Wokingham Mayor Bob
Wyatt.
The Mayor turned the soil on the first sapling watched by town councillors and
Wokingham M.P. John Redwood. The trees are being planted among the original
limes which have reached maturity. The saplings will eventually replace the old trees.
When the scheme was first announced, some residents living near the ground
protested that the existing trees had decades of life left before they would have to be
cut down. They also feared that the new trees would compete with the old for
nourishment and none of them would flourish as a result. But councillors believe the
new trees will play an important part in the park’s environmental future. The launch
of the scheme coincides with National Tree Week.

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Thur 17 Dec
The Town Crier is Ron Rimmer.

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Thur 7 Jan
RAINBOW FIREWORKS CLOSES
Rainbow Fireworks at Hogwood Lane closed down. Rainbow started life in Down
Mills Road, Bracknell in 1948 and when the new town began to expand the company
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moved to Finchampstead. The site was licensed as a firework factory on the 31
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August 1963. There was an explosion on the 12 December 1955 killing three of the
staff. Production ceased in October 1972.

Thur 13th May
BAPTISTS CELEBRATE
Wokingham Baptists celebrated the reopening of their church in Milton Road on
Saturday after it was modernised and extended. Around 300 people attended a special
service of thanksgiving and dedication. The church had been closed for a year for
building work and the congregation had been meeting at Emmbrook Infants School.
The Minister, the Rev. David Rogers said that he and the congregation were thrilled
with the work which should help boost church activities.
The church dating from the 1860s has been modernised and a new hall and offices
have been added. Mr. Rogers said that this would stop youngsters from having to
cross the road between the church and its former meeting rooms.

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