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Joining the postal service as a lad at Ascot, Mr. Cousins moved to Sunninghill before
transferring to Reading, and then spent a short time at Manchester before returning to
the county borough. His next appointment was at Windsor, and on moving to
Maidenhead he became an overseer, later taking on a similar post at Wokingham in
1945, two years before his promotion to assistant postmaster.
To Mr. Cole’s tributes to Mr. Cousin’s work were added those of his colleagues,
Mr. W.G. Thomas (overseer) and Mr. E. Prior (assistant inspector of postal work), and
that of Mr. Gardiner, sub-postmaster at Crowthorne.
In thanking Mr. Cole and his colleagues for their gift—which would be much
appreciated by his wife—Mr. Cousins said that he had always been “rebel,” and had
on occasions crossed swords with some of the staff. But this was something that was
to be expected when one took a supervisory post, and even though he was now
retiring his advice was available to anyone who felt he might help them with a
problem.

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Sat 8 Oct
FALSE ALARM
The Wokingham fire siren sounded early on Monday morning owing to an electrical
fault.

WOMEN LEGIONNAIRES
Wokingham branch of the women’s section of the British Legion held a sale in the
legion Hall on Wednesday, opened by the Marchioness of Ormonde.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The annual bring-and-buy sale in aid of the Church Missionary Society was held in
the Church House, Wokingham, on Tuesday, and was opened by the Marchioness of
Ormonde.

R.A.F. ASSOCIATION
A profit of £22 9s. 6d. was realised for the Wokingham and Woodley branch of the
R.A.F. Association by a jumble sale held in the Church House, Wokingham, on
Saturday.

TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD
A conducted tour of the Cambridge colleges was enjoyed by 36 members of the
Wokingham Townswomen’s Guild on Thursday last week. Towards the end of this
month guild members are planning to visit the Stock Exchange.

THREE AT BUXTON
Three members of the Wokingham B.P. Guild attended the tenth national
conference of the Guild at Buxton over the week-end. They were Mr. Harold Gates,
Mr. John Butcher and Mr. Geoffrey Reynolds. The Berkshire delegation was the
second largest at the conference.

NEW MANAGER
Mr. J. H. Cole became manager of the Ritz Cinema, Wokingham, on Thursday, in
succession to Mr. R.H. Walker, who was transferred to Worthing on the same day.
Mr. Cole was the manager of the Regal Cinema, Bracknell, when it was part of the

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