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Macrae and Billy De Wolfe. A good supporting film is “The Return of Jesse
James.”—George Raft and Colleen Gray are together in “I’ll Get You For This,”
which is the feature at the end of the week. This film is based on a novel by James
Hadley Chase.

FUTURE OF BILL HILL MANSION
Bill Hill Mansion, Wokingham, has been sold to Mr. Peter Oldfield, of Farley Hill.
The land, comprising some 290 acres, will be used by Mr. Oldfield for farming, and
he intends to specialise in beef-producing Aberdeen Angus and Galloway herds. The
centre of the mansion is being restored to some of its former beauty and will be used
for Mr. Oldfield’s personal residence. The wings are being completely changed to a
modern style and are expected to be used for the farm workers. The estate and
mansion was sold in fifteen lots, the residence itself being under a reserve price of
£3,500.There are well over 100 acres of wooded parkland on the estate, also Bill-Hill
Lodge and the Keeper’s Cottage.

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Sat 21 June
MACE ON SHOW
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Wokingham’s mace is on show until June 30 at an exhibition of Corporation Plate
of England and Wales, at the Goldsmiths’ Hall, London.

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Sat 11 Aug
GIFT PARCELS
Food gift parcels, sent from Australia, were distributed on behalf of the Mayor (Cllr.
W.J. Willey) to many Old Age Pensioners in the town on Friday last week.

FESTIVAL CARNIVAL QUEEN
Twenty-one-years-old Isobel Buckner, a chemist’s assistant, of 7, Oxford Road,
Wokingham, was selected as Wokingham’s Festival carnival queen at the Ritz
Cinema on Friday last week. Last year’s queen, Pauline Froud, 18, and Elizabeth
Perkins, 17, were selected as attendants. On the stage the girls were attended by
Margaret Kirkpatrick, aged 10, and Ralph L. Cadby, aged 11, who had been chosen as
pages earlier in the week. The chairman of the Carnival Committee, Cllr. S.L.
Bowyer, thanked the organisers, especially Mr. M. Ward and the staff of the cinema.
With the cinema packed to capacity the proceedings were relayed outside the cinema
to a crowd of about 200. Introducing the queen and attendants, the Mayor (Cllr. W.J.
Willey) said the town could be congratulated on its choice, and he wished the winners
a happy time during the carnival.

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Sat 18 Aug
AWARD TO LOCAL CINEMA
For the second years in succession the Ritz Cinema, Wokingham, has been awarded
the Associated British Cinema’s prize for the best-kept cinema in the district, which
includes theatres in Reading, Slough, Oxford and Maidenhead. Mr. E. Ward, the
manager, modestly says the credit is due mainly to his staff.

FOOTBALL
Preparing for this season’s football in their new league, the Great Western
Combination, Wokingham Town players are holding their matches on Tuesday and

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