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case will contain a book in which the names who fell in the 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
wars will be inscribed. “This memorial will be dedicated by the Lord Bishop of
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Oxford at a service on October 24 next. Admission will be by ticket only owing to
the necessity to reserve seats for the relatives of the fallen.
Information concerning the name of any man who lost his life in either war is
required. The “Welcome Home” recorded the names only of those who resided in the
borough, but as this memorial is being placed in the parish church the qualification
will be the ecclesiastical parishes of All Saints’ and St. Paul’s. The names of any who
lived outside the borough, but in the ecclesiastical parish, are also required. Any
names of those in the borough who were not sent in under the Welcome Home effort
should also be submitted. Names and applications for seats at the service should be
sent to Ald. F. Stanley Perkins, 33 Broad Street, Wokingham.

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Sat 10 July
TRAFFIC HOLD-UP BY DUCKS
A number of ducks, wending their way slowly down the centre of Evendons Lane,
Wokingham, on Tuesday, held up traffic for nearly twenty minutes.

BOLLARDS INSTALLED
Traffic approaching Wokingham from London and Crowthorne no longer have to
pull up at night and examine signposts to get their bearings, for bollards have been
installed in the Market Place by the council. The bollards clearly show the way to
London, Reading, Crowthorne and other towns, and are situated at the Denmark and
Peach Street sides of the Town Hall. Even in daylight, when their uses are limited, the
bollards are not an eyesore. For they have been built on a crazy paving foundation,
and include a small garden, blooming with flowers.

FOOTBALL CLUB
The annual meeting of the Wokingham Town Football Club was held on
Wednesday in the Wokingham Club, the president (Dr. E.F. Smith) presiding. It was
reported that last season the first eleven occupied sixth position in the league and the
Reserves finished eighth. The record in cup ties was not impressive although they had
won the Currie Cup. Towards the end of last season it was agreed that they should be
a recognised nursery Club to Reading F.C. It was arranged that Reading should send
to Wokingham likely amateurs, and all training facilities at Elm Park were placed at
the club’s disposal twice a week. Before the season ended the question of levelling the
ground was raised and the subject will be the first care of the newly-elected
committee. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Dr. E.F. Smith;
hon. secretary, Mr. J.L. Langley; hon. treasurer, Mr. W.H. Lee.

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Sat 17 July
MISS ANONA WINN AT GARDEN FETE
Miss Anona Winn, the stage and radio star, visited the British Sailors’ Society
garden fete at the Holt School, Wokingham, on Wednesday and received donations
from pupils of the school.
Miss Winn spoke of the work done by the society during the war. “Wokingham
branch,” she said, “has raised over £1,000 in the past five years and this money has
been spent providing our sailors in all parts of the world with some of the comforts of
home.” After Miss Winn had received donations she was besieged with pupils who
paid a penny a time for her autograph.

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