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To help cope with the seasonal rush at the Wokingham Post Office, Mr. R.A. Cole
said this week that parcel traffic would be dealt with in a hired hut at the back of the
Post Office yard, and in a garage. The annexe at the rear of the Post Office will be
open to the public for letters, parcels and packets. Additional staff will be taken on to
cope with the work—40 at Wokingham, 75 at Bracknell and 20 at Crowthorne. Extra
vehicles have also been booked.

METHODIST GUILD
Guest speaker at Tuesday’s meeting of the Wokingham Methodist Guild was the
Rev. A.R. Burch, who gave a talk on a tour of Holland, the Rhineland, Bavaria and
Austria. The meeting was under the chairmanship of Miss Sylvia Brown.

MAYOR AT CHEESE PARTY
Berkshire branch of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy held a cheese and wine
party at the Wokingham Town Hall on Monday. Proceeds were in aid of the Society’s
benevolent fund. Guest-of-honour was the Mayor, Dr. Phyllys Pigott.

SALE MAKES £300
The Corpus Christi Hall, Station Road, Wokingham was packed on Saturday
afternoon for the annual Christmas sale organised by the church. This realised a profit
of over £300 for the school building fund.

FACTORY MOVING
Messrs. Metalair, Ltd., are to close their works in the Reading Road and at Station
Point, Wokingham, and build a new factory on the Eastheath Industrial Estate. It was
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reported to the Finance Committee of the Town Council on November 8 that, after
considerable negotiations, the company had agreed to drop their claim for removal
expenses on two conditions: That the Reading Road site should be given planning
permission for a petrol-filling station, restaurant etc., and that the Station Road site
should be bought by the County Council. The planning committees of both authorities
had met and agreed on the conditions.

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THE LATE MR. E. PERKINS
A well-known businessman in Wokingham, Mr. Eric Perkins, of 22, Broad Street,
Wokingham, died in Battle Hospital, Reading, on Wednesday last week, aged 83. Mr.
Perkins, founder of the garage in Broad Street, Wokingham was also for many years
in the cycle trade in Denmark Street, Wokingham, and latterly associated with Messrs.
Wokingham Radio Relay. A keen Methodist, he held numerous appointments
connected with the Wokingham Church—where the funeral service was held on
(Thursday) before cremation at Reading. Mr. Perkins is survived by his widow, a son
and daughter.

FANCY DRESS
Before the annual free Christmas show for regulars at the Saturday matinee for
children at the Ritz Cinema, Wokingham, on Christmas Eve there was a fancy dress
competition

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