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institutional feel to the home.

Thur 31st March 1994
SITE BOOKED FOR SUPER LIBRARY
The news that Wokingham is to get a new £2.3M library near the heart of the town
has been given a warm welcome. Thousands more books and advanced reference
facilities are promised in a new two-storey building on the corner of Denmark Street
and Langborough Road. Wokingham will become the library headquarters for the
district when it opens its doors to the book borrowing public early in 1996.
The library will be three times the size of the existing one in Montague House and
will be on the site of the derelict GK Motors building, opposite the Duke’s Head pub.
It will include a lift, ensure easy access for disabled people and stock an extra
£750,000 worth of new books.
The scheme is part of a package that is that is likely to see the construction of a
Waitrose superstore behind Broad Street and a new home for the youth and
community centre in Reading Road, Wokingham.
Work will start on the computerised library in mid-1995 and it will be the largest
venture of its type in Berkshire since the building of Reading library in 1985. It will
be partly funded by the sale of the land behind Broad Street which is set to be
purchased by developer Peter Luff. The district and town councils will also provide
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Thur 14 April
The Queen came to Wokingham on Tuesday to visit Glebelands. During the one-
hour visit she inaugurated two new bungalows, a summer house and gate wings
located at the entrance to Glebelands. The royal party was then given a tour of
Glebelands before the Queen and Duke sat and chatted with the residents over tea.

Thur 26th May 1994
FORMER MAYORESS IS 102 YEARS OLD
A former Wokingham Mayoress celebrated her 102 birthday by holding a party with
the present Mayor as a special guest. Mabel Perkins was joined by around 70 people
to mark the big occasion with town mayor Philip Hudson taking part in the birthday
toast with wife Elsie.
The centenarian was mayoress when her late husband, Frank, was Wokingham’s
Mayor in 1937. She was also the first person to move into Berkshire Nursing Home,
Barkham Road, Wokingham, where banners and balloons were hanging up for the
party on Sunday

Thur 21st July
STAN TICKS UP 22 YEARS SERVICE
There is far more to being a traffic warden than simply dishing out tickets, as
Stanley Harris knows only too well. Mr. Harris, aged 61, who lives with his wife,
Elizabeth in Gipsy Lane, Wokingham, has just been awarded a medal for 22 years’
service as a traffic warden. He is thrilled that the dedication he has given his work has
been recognised—”It’s an honour to get the award and I’m very pleased.”
During his career, he has had more than his fair share of emergencies to deal with—
including helping to save lives. On one occasion Mr. Harris showed that he was more
than a pen pusher by helping paramedics to carry a heavy stroke victim from a car to
an ambulance. And at other times, he often finds himself in hot demand from passers-

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