Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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bJ'~ht, hot •
the· ~er crowd.
At the ReadioC Bo~tih pOlice 1.1ra,r-- 00 the dJOtor-'~IC'. and
Court on Frielay la5t w• • Wore Mr. IC ~ 1t JI to chjoy. holiday. The
G. W. Webb 'C~aaD) aad otIler onl, Mal anilaltle for I me I was on a
lIl~istrates. Taomas ,str......; Jl[WRQ.• '4 It~ey car, and I took It. .lJ?escending
II, Beecha. Road, Charles
Whkley Hill we viewed a wife oullook
BaaiD_ of lbe alice It codald to \114
Hands, ~•• «7, A~ Sueet.
o..·,he Jisht across Foboey Marshes and
£bit.K lUaf(lom.
Thomas Mowinr, .bll1lter. 9.
lheWater Works-ooe of the best in the
partlculare 011 application &0 lily 01 ~, .
lollo .. Iol' • Uy ; Road. Henry Smart Walton.
wodd. while the beJrolJl'led ilD4
),07. Elm Park Road, Albert
~fed ..otor cyclist dashed madly by,
IU!ADJ1IG :
Morri.. sbunter, . . QlleeD'.
rai8inl' clouds of dust on the dry road.
and polO. P .8.1.. 6. Inrllet "1"".
Caversbam, CbarlelJ .DlacluDo!!! sb..Ultel'. Still gazing to the right. !Ie looked
D. Prioc:e 01 Wales' Ann lie, Alfrecf Bur- across tbe Sewa.e Farm loo smells now',
Dett. shllDter,
57. Norfolk"" Road. with the Bur..h1ie1d Hills in the disFrederick Thomas Hopkins. examiner. tance. and noted bow Reading is- growSt re.tt.
86. Norfolk Road, aDd John Oldham iDl' along this south rOild; and wnat a
81dIDoutb ~"""
Peet, eu.miner, of 34, West View Ter- lot of room there is for more houses
Road.
...8I:IJlr;ave stl cet
race. were cbarjJed as servants in the .when the trltlns are extendea. . On ' our
••. ~;.:: ~~ ond 28, Markel \."
employment of the G. W.R. ' Co. with left we saw Sbioield_rise. lInd tbe garII"~ Place.
stealin... between the 1st of January den viUage of Whitley 'WOod at tbe foot
Boa.
11",.,,10.0" BI1Udin.., 5'.1
and June 12th this year, a 4uantity of of it. At the Whitley Grenadier Inn we
tobaccQ, cigarettel>. boots shoes. bottles halt~. and read the doggerel IIhyme over
of wnisky, shirts. socks. stockipgs. caps, the front door. Litlle' thoughtless school
pots of jam, and -n\Ul1erous otber ..iris rao acrosS' the road in childish
articles of the value of £100. the pro~rty ciefiance.f tbe motor Mm. P.assinlf old·
of tbe. G. W.R. Company. tllieir employer.. fasbion~ cot~es> atld far.teads and
Assistant Supt. SteYen!. oi the Rail- meadow! yelloW wnh Qutlt!rcups, ",e left
way_ Police. was in I'harge of the case, Gramey away to the right, and speedily
assisted by D.S:s Purdy' and Henderson came to Mi.s Mitford's village, Three.:
and D.C. Popel of the Reading Borough Mile-Cross. Tbios.c. w\lo wish Ito learn
Police, . and
nspectors Plumb
and more about it should tead • Our VilMorris. of the G. W.&. Police. The ac· lage."
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cused practically fill&! the dock:. •
Tbe roses in the gardens ere deligbtSupt. Stevens said -it would be neces· ful, despite the drougbt, and a refresh·
sarrto ask for a ten:tlUld, as a number ing breue blew in the Oi)en wjndow~ of
of witnesses had t.Q'~ called. iome from the 'bus. A mile farther up the hill i5
as far away as GlaslJow. '+heir in- the pretty village of Spencers Wood,
ql.\iries. too, were nOt yet complete, and with glimpses of the leafy avenue on the
his opinion was tbat it would be fully a estate to the ri,bt and the village Pond,
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fortnight before the charges ' could be and the red brick churcb anli chapel on
the left. "Jolly Jack I' was out on his
fully gone int('
D.S. Purdy said the nine prisoners bike, and the gipsy caravansl w}fli well·
wer.e arrested the previous db.y as lhe loaded horses ~nd unkempt kiddies, were
result of the findiJlg of goods at the pri- qawliDg towards the Readillg football
THEALE, MjOGHAM, THATCH .\\[
soners' houses. The case involved very fett, the engine and rouodabouts puffing
considerable property, a,nd it was im· in }he rear. Leavilig Spencers WQod
lly Motor Vans leaving Q UEe~ '"
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possible to fuUy fonnulate the charges we view the tree-covered farley Hill
ROO\D
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that day. Neither
f the prisoners awjtr, to the left, and ride do~nhill past
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TUE.~OA Y.
TH u J{SOA Y
mad any reply when chargoo.
He Swallowfield' Mill and Qver the little
formally applied for i!. remand for a week.. river Loddon. Close .by onl our left is
and SATdRDA Y. at 12 nOOI1
The magIstrates having granted the Swaltowfield village. a very ~ood ' " get·
app\ication several of the pcisoners lip- ou~" for II walk of a ~i1e ~r two
plied for bail, but this was opposed by through SwaUo!Nfield to .Ioyely F:lrley
THE • ElIGLISII
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both Capt. Henderson and ~t. Ste.-ens. Hill. By parkiand and 11wnland we
Ev!:ntually bail wa refused.
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soqn arrived at Riseley, an there halt
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LONDON
STREET
aad
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I wished the 'buses ran as far s the)'
QUEEJfS. ROAD. READING .
used_J.o, viz., th
Duke's Monument.
Am'fiy. I padded the hoof up (he hill
rele;lIone 63 •
t
CYCLING AND MOTORING and
thought lUse1ey was welJ named-it
"NOTES.
"Y such a warm da.v. HI
ing in the "........ fa 11- .~ . . . . ~. . ~
gardens were pansies, iris, sunflowers,
ca1ceolaries. ljtocks, roses. nd · bti1liant
red poppies, whose colours helped one
.... CV~LlNG.
on the way. At the top of die hill is the
CYCLING FOR HEALTH.
magnificent estate of the Dllke 6f Well·
From the healt)l point of vie_ad it I. inllton, with its common cave red with
a -veq ilDportant point ot view-there iJ bracken and the bonnie pu~e h.eather.
acaroely a 'betfer exerei88 than eyelinr. The it rustic walks and ylvab ~uties.
motion of cyelin, inc___ tile actiah of Tracts . of the pinewoods have ~ cV/.
Ute heart .ad
nUt vriokeJIJI the down to meet the timber shortag'e .
cireul.tion. I ~ iQ allow the circula·
The scent of the pinewood temptS one
tion to be most ueeful ' - clotbina i ..Mntial ~ ~. to avoW impeciilMllt to stray from tbe hll'h road, and wander
to the circulatiOn pr 10 the ~av_t of the in fancy free on this chaniling eState.
limbs. ~ tipt .... ietbelt on ;. ma1l, tirht listening to the incessant coy of the
corseu on a woman,. ti.ht shoes or flovM, cuokoo. just now, or IoU onl a log and
rarters or col1a1'l a're aU thin,s ' to be pu.f the pipe of peace~ or lounge around
ENS ¥
~e very !>est resul ts ill ,
aVOIded. Comfort in tbe rarment. will add the woodland gLIdes, llmid the balmy
healthy stock: and la:o'inj! caracil\'
grea'tly to tbe comfort a. well as to th. breezes. Later on the bloo~ing heather
There are many imilaliolls of Ih is su~­
healthful benefits Of eyclittr. The 0111, diJ.. will add to the fascinatiOn of the ) cenery.
c~lliul design. bu t no equal-it readvantage of cycling 8S an t'XI'l~itle is~ thAt Secluded spots are all around to sooth
mains ~he cheape t :lnd ~ t h(,u.<e
certain mWlClllll are not CIIlLed into '1lay, shattered nerves, and enjoy peace and
ever yet offered to the poultry worrd
and oollllllquently there is a tendency for
theee muacl~ to relax.
But t}~t C&Il be Quietness. --The grand monument to the
Send for Ca/a gut.of Brl1UllU &- 1, 11.1'
said' of every land eareiae. In my experi- Iron Duke overlooks the $urrouDdin,
PormbJc 811il illgJ of ali kilUls- F ru .
encee the 011),)" hereiae which calls ..~11 scenery, and is always a· sourCe of in.
speeialJy the
mUICI" iDto play i8 ~wi~, and 0roWlI' terest to the visitors,
00_ in a verr fOOd lI8OOad.
young soldiers. cycling by ftom Alder·
RIDING AGAINST THE WIND. , shot. Tile avenue of t 11 \\eJlingtonia!;
very beautiful. 4 It n parallel with
In thill ehan,..ble uliJllate 9f ours QDe is is
the r(lad to Eversley. One loves to ~e­
verr otten "11,11 .,aia it" In -ttIa "'9 of cline
on a gra sy or y vety mossy bank
a wind which IS blowlDc in tIM _ . dllec-.
tioa. Such~ a ",lad i8 'fer1. d~inc to and indulge in reverie or reflection beDClith the brave-old oa free or the scenthe DOrice or the 1011D, rider. It ia
aistea t. Hel108 often 0Il& ill tempt.d
ted. pine, in thie shade of . tbe forest
over the woret pe?t by huryiq
glade. watching the white butterfty ferWhich is alwar8 ... mi*lte.
tilising tbe pink 1l0wers. Leafy )UJle is
burr1iD, &pinat a Jt;l"Onl wind
-also the grass ftowering month, wq,ich
mueh more quiekl:r tb ... one 11'1.0 takM
affords tbe studious grazier (-when you
steadilr. 4. ·rood
011 a windy day, to
leave ttle broad and "ind-ewept hich ..ay •• can find him' a chance of eJqlminiog his
if po68ible, and take to tIM laMa aad the pa:lture lands and determining their
b1roHS. The. are often aaeJtered by nlue. Dock. sorrell. plantaIn, and but·
hedpr and banb. wbiclt b,..k tbe fortll) of tc:rcGp add to the beauty of the carpet
the J.a!e, as well .. freq uentl1 proridiDl of the 1geadow. but not to 1 its milkinfirutely more beaub.
f-- ............
producing properties. Neither 'does
Yorkshire fOff and tall oatlike grass.
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.MOTOR-CYCLING.
T~ food·producinw cocksfoot. }Qgstail.
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HOW MANY SPANmms?
feSClle5.
and while
meadow
are catstail
now in I_~~~~-~-~-~-~~~~;~~~=~~
fuU 8ower,
the grasses
excellent
will come along later on. The better
tlui pasturd the more the mTIk.
.
toddliD8' two. or three miles aloIlK tlie
, L.MITED,
hi.b road I came to the Wellington A~m!
Hetel; mine host is an .old Readmg
ROYAL AlBERT BREWERY.
JltlUete, Harry Hadler. ' Tbis botel se~ms
to 'be a favourite pull-up for motor~s .
READING.
Returning, after tea, along -the hIgh
road. with the Duke's ~tate on ·the left
all the war. the beauty spots cheer one
along. I caul{ht the converlient motorThese celebrated AI<fS and Stouls
"bas in the cool ·of the e"enjog, and
arc ~nteed Brewed frOm Itlalt
vie'll'inc tbe scenery en route from t~
add Hops ONLY and have been
otller dirocboE. felt that .for easy enjoy·
<;erlitied by the Brifish Aoalytic:al
tia~ 't,.. 11.-.
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