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Sat 6 April
The annual bowling match between the Wokingham Bowling Club and Wokingham
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Town Council will take place on May 1 .

ST. PAUL’S
Considerable interest has been evoked in the advanced ritual recently introduced
into the parish by the new incumbent (the Rev. Viscount Mountmorres), who refers in
the current number of St. Paul’s Review to the fact that a protest was made by Lady
Victoria Villiers, who wished her action to be recorded on the minutes, against the use
of the word “Mass,” and that several members spoke on the subject

CURATE FOR ST. PAUL’S
The rector (the Rev. Viscount Mountmorres) announces that the Rev. R.W. Tuesday
has accepted the position of assistant curate in the parish. He comes from Carlisle,
where, since his ordination three years ago, he has been working on a large and highly
organised parish, and is a graduate of Durham University, St. Chad’s College, and has
studied at Dorchester Theological College. The new curate and his wife hope to come
to the parish about the middle of May.

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Sat 4 May
WOKINGHAM
During a quarter of a century’s reign of His Majesty many and great changes have
taken place in Wokingham. Notably among the changes have been the breaking up of
large estates and residences, including Bearwood and Billingbear, while Buckhurst,
Glebelands and other residences have long stood unoccupied. A large number of
smaller dwellings have been erected so that London Road, Reading Road,
Finchampstead Road, Matthews Green Road and others present a far different aspect
from what they did in 1910.
The Town Council have not been behindhand in the matter of housing and they now
own 78 houses. In 1927 the borough was extended to five times its former area and
shortly afterwards a big drainage scheme, costing £71,000, was carried out, the sale of
the gasworks in 1929 providing a capital sum of £86,000, interest on which meets the
principal and interest on the necessary loans over a long period of years. The cost of
the scheme was greatly reduced by Government grants in respect of the employment
of men from distressed areas. No part of the cost has fallen on the rates.
The new Catholic Church of Corpus Christi was built in 1910. Many business
premises have been re-fronted during the past 25 years, changing the appearance of
the main streets. ‘Bus and motor-coach facilities have been developed from the late
Mr. M. Blake’s one-horse venture daily to very fine services through the town to all
parts.
The War Memorial Clinic and the V.A.D.s have come into being within the period
under review. The Holt County Council Girls’ School marks an educational advance
for Wokingham.
Many familiar and honoured people have passed away during the period. These
include Alderman E.C. Hughes, H.C Mylne, D.N. Heron, M. Blake and G.T. Phillips,
each of whom had filled the Mayoral chair. Alderman J. Seaward, Councillors E.W.
Collis, T. Dowsett, G. Fryer, W.J. Cheeseman, H.A. Hammond, W.H. Goss, C. Baker,
W.G. Jefferies, J.S. Goadby, and Major T.W. Greenstreet, while the Marquis of
Downshire (first president Wokingham Fire Brigade, Mrs. Murdoch of Buckhurst, the
Rev. H.M. Walter, Rector, for 35 years of St. Paul’s, Mr. Isaiah Gadd, Mr. H.

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