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The Wokingham Fire Brigade were on duty at a rick fire at Folly Court so were
unable to be present but were represented by their Chief Officer.

1937

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Sat 6 Feb
WOKINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL
Gift Of An Old Print
At Thursday’s meeting of Wokingham Town Council it was decided to thank Mr.
A.T. Heelas for his offer of a print of the Market Place, showing the Old Town Hall
and the old Rose Inn at Wokingham. The print is dated about 1750. The Mayor
(Alderman F.J. Barrett) presided.

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Sat 6 March
The Mayoress of Wokingham (Mrs. F.J. Barrett) is the first to wear the chain of
office which was presented at Thursday evening’s meeting of Wokingham Town
Council by Councillor Miss Dorothy Wescott.
The Mayor (Ald. F.J. Barrett) said that this year a national event of great
importance, the Coronation, was taking place. Fifty years ago Wokingham, with the
rest of the country, was celebrating the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria. At that time
there was no chain of office, and the then Mayor (Ald. T.M. Wescott), to remember
the year, had a medallion made. In December last Councillor Miss Wescott expressed
the wish that she would like to present the medallion to the borough, and it was
thought that it would be a good emblem to be worn by the Mayoress of Wokingham.
Miss Wescott offered to give a chain. The hard work of Miss Wescott on the council
was well known. She was blessed with a large amount of public spirit, and in giving
that chain and medallion she was showing that spirit to the full.

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Sat 13 March
WOKINGHAM COUNTY GIRLS’ SCHOOL
A spacious assembly hall, science laboratory and classroom at Wokingham County
Girls’ School, were formally opened by Dr. T. Franklin Sibly (Vice-Chancellor of
Reading University), prior to the school’s first speech day on Wednesday.

PARISH CHURCH RECORDS
Records of the parish church have been compiled in book form by Canon B. Long,
who was Rector of the parish from 1904 to 1933. It contains three parts—“Historical
Notices,” starting from pre-Norman times, “The Parish Church,” with a description of
its main features, and records of many monuments of interest, and thirdly, “Church
Officers,” with a list of incumbents, assistant curates, churchwardens and other
officials. It contains 13 illustrations. The appendices give copies in Latin and English
of thirteenth century inventories and other documents. A full reference index is
provided.

GIFTS TO SCHOOL
The daughters of the late Mr. Henry Butler have presented to the Wescott School
Council School the following interesting local collection, with the inscription on a
brass plate upon the cabinet containing them, as follows: “Local British butterflies.
Collected between 1870 and 1890 by Mr. Henry Butler, secretary of the British

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