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a complete alphabetical traded section as well as street plans of Bracknell and
Wokingham.

PARKING PLACES
At last week’s meeting of the Town Council the following areas were approved as
parking places: Rectory Road (between a point opposite the police station and Gadd’s
Path), the north-west side of Wescott Road, and the north-east sides of School Road.
Supt. A. East, of Wokingham, said this week that no decision had yet been taken over
the date when the order allowing motorists to leave vehicles without lights will come
into effect.

THE YOUNGEST TOWN CRIER
Wokingham Appointment
An advertisement in a recent issue of the Reading Mercury had two happy results.
For 26-years-old Mr. Victor E. Raymond, of 231, Shinfield Road, Reading, it brought
almost the fulfilment of a childhood ambition and provided the borough of
Wokingham with a Town Crier, thus preserving this ancient office.
Mr. Raymond’s appointment was confirmed by last week’s meeting of the Town
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Council—and one of its first official duties will be on polling day—May 10 . Before
then he will receive a new uniform—identical with that worn for almost 30 years by
his predecessor, Mr. Harry Banks. This will be a navy blue coat with scarlet facings,
navy blue trousers with a scarlet stripe, a scarlet waistcoat and green cape. He will
also wear a black top hat with a gold band. On the old uniform there were special
brass buttons, embossed with the old town emblem—an acorn. It is likely that these
will be transferred to the new uniform.
Mr. Raymond was born in Australia, but has spent the greater part of his life in
Luton. He is married, and told the writer that it was partly due to his wife’s
encouragement that he applied for this post. “But,” he added, “I have always admired
the Town Criers I have seen on the films and read about.”

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Sat 5 May
SPRING SHOW AT WOKINGHAM
Presentation To The First Treasurer
Although it had been expected that the unfavourable weather would have taken a
heavy toll of entries in the Wokingham Horticultural Association’s spring show, held
at the Town Hall, Wokingham, on Saturday, there was only a slight falling off in the
number of exhibits and this was accounted for mainly in the “domestic” classes. Mr.
G.E. Lingard, one of the judges of specimen blooms, said that he was impressed by
the high standard of the exhibits, having regard to the recent weather, and also by the
numbers.
The show followed the normal pattern in that the bulk of the entries were for floral
arrangement or floral art, and here too, standards were high. Mrs. B.C. Wilson
retained the Staniland challenge goblet by gaining most points in the decorative
section, although Mrs. M.M. Knowles provided worthy opposition. The Reading
Federation diploma for the best vase of flowers in the show went to Mrs. C.J.
Windebank, and the Popular Gardening floral diploma for the best entry in the flower
arrangement classes went to Mrs. R. Smith.
At the conclusion of the show, the president, Cllr. E.W. Goodchild, presented a
floral painting and table lamp to Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Bennett, who are about to leave
Wokingham for Amersham. Mr. Bennett was treasurer of the Wokingham Produce

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