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A NEW AMBULANCE FOR WOKINGHAM
The Berkshire County Council Ambulance Service on Monday took delivery of the
very latest six-cylinder Morris Commercial N.V.S. type ambulance. Supplied by
Hewens Garages Ltd. of Reading this graceful vehicle, painted a bright duck-egg blue
inside embodies all the most up-to-date ideas and can carry four stretcher cases with
two attendants or five sitting down case also with two attendants. It is for use at
Wokingham.

PHILIP SALE MEMORIAL HOMES
Ideal homes for the older members of the town are now under construction on a plot
of land just off Cockpit Path, Wokingham. This land was given by the Sale family of
Wokingham to provide a memorial to the late Alderman Philip Sale. At a cost of
£28,000, the council are having built on this site thirteen bungalows and one house.
There will be six homes for single folk, comprising a bed-sitting room, kitchen,
bathroom, and a hall, and seven dwellings for couples, comprising one bedroom,
living room, kitchen, bathroom and hall. To qualify for these bungalows—called “The
Philip Sale Memorial Homes”—the people must be over 50.
These homes are built to a special design to make life more easy for the residents.
At a little extra cost, to make the homes appear as attractive outside as will do inside,
artistic touches have been added by the placing of flower boxes, wrought-iron gates at
the entrance, gables and attractive stonework. At the corner entrance of the “L”-
shaped estate will be the fourteenth dwelling, a warden’s house. Here will live a paid
warden whose job it will be to help care for the residents. The official duties of this
post have yet to be settled, but it is expected that the warden will help look after those
taken ill, do some errands, and organise general social activities.
For any social functions a common recreation room is to be built on the estate. But
these council plans are costing money, and it is expected that an appeal will be
launched to raise money to help pay for the warden and for the extra comforts that can
make the old folks’ life that much easier.

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NEW LIGHTING SCHEME
Consent has been given by the Minister of Transport to a skeleton lighting scheme
in Molly Millars Lane and Eastheath Avenue planned by Wokingham Council.

METHODIST ANNIVERSARY
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The Rose Street Methodist Church, Wokingham, celebrated its 82 anniversary on
Wednesday with a gift day and sale, opened by the Mayoress of Wokingham (Mrs.
A.T. Ilott). Mr. T.R. Lascelles was in the chair. In the evening the organist and choir
of the Wesley Church, Reading, presented a concert. Mr. J. Wild presided. Proceeds
from both the sale and concert were in aid of church funds.

WOKINGHAM NEW INDUSTRIES
SWIFT DISTRIBUTION OF FISH
A welcome addition to Wokingham’s industry is Explorator Ltd., a service and
supply and delivery of sea-fresh fish, set up at Eastheath Avenue, Wokingham.
It was just after the last war that a Lowestoft man, Mr. Tony Cartwright, decided to
do something about the distribution of fish. He realised that the distribution methods
almost universally followed by the trade were out of date so he decided to replace the

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