Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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shOuld
previous
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he popush
,siblyhIScould.
Thillidea
wasasformudi
the
erection Oil the site of a building c<in1
laming lecture rOOlD6. gy.mD.lsium. nd
aU-the apparaMIs fbr the fun develoi)mellt Of {be mental' arid 'physic:!] PowelO of "
~r yooo&,. J)eIOple.- where opportunities .
Jmgbt. be~glVen for the' study and cultiva,
tion of music:and tbe ~ts. 'where li.t era.
ture. the drama. and all the hlJfher
amenities of social life may be fo teredo
an~ . civic. - responsibility ;1S well as '
prf9il gc mchh:ated: 'As he 'had already
if should be a centre from which ~
.radiate a .spirit of social helpful- _
on kllo\\>ledge; ~di$playing . a
Ballon to SecUf~ 101 tbe : people~
!he iJeoplt:.: a rear delpOGracy., wbich
emanatlDa- from ' sllch a c~ntre
would'be a . lastin~ memorial to those '
died to save democracy. and evtdence
COUDtillor F. E; Moring ~ti1l adher~ to of a desire on the part of tl!ose who live
his SUJ'cestion for the proPosed. e.rectt(jn to make tbat democracy worthy of having
of a new IibtjlJ!y on ~he spot. VIsited by been saved. He suggested the " Tri-'
a rep(WentatiYe of this paper, })e stated
" as a suitable site' fol' such a
he had had a look' round the spot, and ftllJUCllDlir. He had not th .' slightest
was vety stroElY of opinion that there douot
Some one or other of their
was plenty of oom for the building. At local architects could design a byildiD~
' il private meet I{ of the councjl beld re- that would be worthy 'of the tow,n and ceotly he ' poke on behalf of that project, the great cause they sought to serve-ili"
Afterwards it )Nas suggested to him that cause of the common people • .the rising
(be spate was not .big enough, and that democracy, and OUI heroes
who have
he .. Oracle /l ~ould be better,
Mr. aled,
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Moring said he jeould not $ee how thlt
AN OPEN SPACE.
would be . suitable for ,the purpose, be- • Coun. T. Nords. chairman 01 the
cause it was in ' a back street, with a Reading Board of . Guardian . recently
bad ' aPllfoacb to it. It seemed to liim wrote to us :-1 think one of the schemes
iliat tile "Trian~c " was very much the tha sbould be seriously considered is
propel' site. He was tbe first tQ bring the securing of the vacant " Triangle "
Jtbe projeCt oJ a fret: library before the plot of land at the Friar Street end of
, council,
Vttllen ' the idea of a war the Caversham Road for ' an open spa':'!,
I memorial was firlst put forward he went In the near future both sides of Che:lp-'
~ to tbe Ma,orL.a
also the Chairman of side will be covered with' imposing shops,
. the L~ary''';o mittee, and put the the 'tendency beina- for business to exten..d
matter befor4t bo b of .tb~m. Some s!1id westwards from Friar Street and w eSt
that they would ot ralse enough money Street. The "Triangle "
could be
for it, but he w of opi!lion that ~ey fenced iii with an unclimbable iron fen ce,
·wo.Jd if the~ w n.t the r~g~t way ab?ut a monument placed at the upper end in
it . . Tile pres,ent hbrlllV was 4u~te m- honoul of the" nrave Berkshires." with
I ;uiequate. and th were badly in want of inscriDtion, etc.. and a pedestal placed
a' pew one. ~s
ia\}y. had the present in"a convenient position. upon which ODe.
"library been lOa equate since they , had of the war trophies could be placed. The
brought a~t tpe new comm!!Tcial centre could be laid out as an ornamental
department, "hic,h toolc up _a gre,at deal .-arden. with seats. etc .• round the Daths.
of room, and w'b1ch hae turned out a or thrown open as a playground for the
a- reat success, The creating of that de- many children in the locality. who can
pal'tment f wa en.rusted to a small sub- now play only in 'the streets, which is
wf!.ich he W4\s a mem~r; most d~erouS' 0 themselves, as well as
. committee.
an'll what firs po into his m.ind tb~ S~llt- a nuisance to the ordinary pede!ltrian
-,bility of the 1ib{lIry was the commtttoe~ S and traffic. In addition- to whicl\ it
vtsit to other places wbere a commerttal would open up a more imposing entrance '
, library' was~ qistence. (Aoydon and in(o the centre of the town .
. Cardiff were two of tbe places. and
Croydon es
iaIJiy had a splendid Iibr W ·
IS A LlBRARY POSSIBLE?
It was on
is that his iC!eas were
One of the questions <wbich is al'itatmodeU~: There was plenty of roo~ jC?n ing those who are cotlsidering the questhe "Trian"le" tq '. have. a splen.old tion of WaI m.emorial is wbether Ih"
buildil)g. in every .way sUluble for the neces~ry sum required' for a public Ii.,
purpose. It would bave the street all brarv on t~ ". Triangle,>' ,·iz.. about
roland it. so that it was q~ite
£8.000,' will 'be raised. As a moderate
a1lCt the arclUtec ural part of it
sCheme seems now tbe onl y possible one
~ to its best. Tbe
to caIrY out otber suggestions a ~e being
aMId' ~ des_trUed with. )lanels or.
Ii!t >-fOnrArd. su'ch as' the ·· improveJD{'11I
thiag of'tb't kind outside, on Wb1Cb.-liO« of the Tbamesside ' fwm Cav('rsbam
001, the naJllft of tbose killed from Lock to Caftrsham Bridge. the extension
ReiI4i6g could W ilDscribed. lIut all those of th~ Promen;tde to the Scours (which
WIIo -.ad ,...." 11~ frolO Reading as' ~ell. is ' infiuentially supported), scholarship!!
He dill .not thialt tbat there wlis any pur- fOT the Fhildten of deceased and maim~
pose ao which thle Co Triangle" could be s~diers, and Mr. Haslam's scheme fOr
put wbich· ...aldl be a aTe.a terl benefit. to AQuses for dfsabled heroes. It is pos- ~
tile iDhaIJi"~tl. '01 which' would pl'OVl,dc; sible bat eventually one of these lDay b.
a more suiiabk memorial. If the matter adop ed.
C&llle.lO a hlead IUId was put before the
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CarnClPe T ....st in a proper maDDer r~ere
was the pnaihiJity of .et~n... ass11i t anee from them. and he believed there HADING LADY PIANIS'f~
were "other people Who would com~ ~cir­
wahl if tbeyl tltoaght that the butldlnK
would be a ~it to tbe town.
They
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were h~ to j-et tbe Id. ra,e •. l!-Itere~.
and if this matter came to anythmg It
woald ~ ~~lullely necessary. that they
Jt was Veq~tif1iDg to see 80 I rc!""
sbo;Wd (fet J1.. . better a-rant. He . bad attenda.D.j:e at e U Divenjty College Hall.
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day enDiu... ou tile oeeatioatrht it oat 10 all w:ws, and he dId not
. . . bew the>! coa1d "..ssibly have a better eiola or the piaao recital by lliae .UJIda
~. tor uu. youug Readiq lady by._
mean. »f eehlJratin.. victory
~ of her taleat. her ...da_1ed pene- .
establishing a l*ilding of that kind.
'feruae aDd ~r ~ d.el'T" ...ry eB~_t on eDt.riD..- upon a ' III. . . . .
AN ED1!JCATJONAL CEN.TRE.
~. lIias BMtIter has , pTOYed ,an &pl"
CoUD. L. }E. Quelch} J .P .,
aid he
aad thoee no have lfat1llled wiUl iaur
IIl'OCreee were delichted
tW sh_ is 80 weij. eqUlp~ lor the ~It
Wore "er: This. at any rate. can be IRud. \.
that beT art i bII~ on 8tron, aad 'solid

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