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But daughter Audrey Carpenter of Oaklands Drive, Wokingham, said her mother
will be best remembered by the regular customers of the shop where a dry cleaners
now stands. She just loved people and meeting people and it all came from her 24
years in the newsagent shop. She was a good listener.
Edith, known to many as Edie, was involved in many local community groups
including the British legion, Townswomen’s Guild, Women’s Fellowship, Hard of
Hearing club and Wokingham and District Elderly (WADE) day centre.
Her late husband, Jack Langley, who died in September, 1984, was also a much-
loved character in the town and was popularly known as ’Mr. Wokingham’.
Edith enjoyed a holiday in Spain only last summer and remained active until she
suffered a fall shortly after Christmas. She died peacefully last Wednesday at Suffolk
Lodge nursing home, Rectory Road, where she had been living for the last six years.
Edith also leaves behind daughter, Joy, five grandchildren and three great
grandchildren as well as many friends.
The funeral will take place at 12.30pm today (Thursday March 23rd) at All Saints’
Church where Edith was baptised, confirmed and married.

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Thur 8 June
There was an outcry over psychic fairs being held in the town hall. Mike Taylor,
Town Clerk, investigated the legality of the fairs and was told by legal experts that the
fairs would only have been illegal if there had been an intent to deceive the public.

TOWN PARK TO GET VANDAL PROOF SEATS
Visitors to Howard Palmer Park will be able to sit in comfort when new vandal
proof benches are installed. The small town centre park has been the target of
hooliganism over the last year and the new Plaswood seats will replace existing
benches which have been wrecked.
In the last 12 months vandals have ripped off the backs of all the seats in the park,
decorative lamps have been smashed, conifer trees burned down and brick planters
have been sprayed with graffiti. The new tough benches are made from recycled
plastics. The Town Mayor, Cllr. Ann Davis also suggested that security lights be
erected in the park to deter vandals.
In her annual parks report, amenities administrator Fiona Heston highlighted
improvements in the town’s other parks, including new play equipment in Joel Park.

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Thur 13 July
PRINCE WILLIAM LEAVES WOKINGHAM
Prince William left Ludgrove School for the last time this week. The 13-year-old
prince will start at Eton next September having passed the tough entrance exam earlier
this term.
Princess Diana arrived at the school last Wednesday to collect her two sons in a
green Rover 620 with blacked-out windows. A police Landrover had already left piled
high with the boys’ belongings. Minutes later the Princess pulled over in Rances Lane
to stop off at Santram newsagents where she and her sons regularly buy sweets.
Earlier the prince had bade a fond farewell to fellow pupils and to headteacher
Gerald Barber. Prince Harry will return to Ludgrove in September.

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MOLLY MILLAR TO BECOME BIG HAND MO’S
One of Wokingham’s best known pubs is changing its historic name after a massive

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