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READING OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

59

M o n th ly handicaps, fo r P r iz e s and th e “ K e y s e r ” C h a lle n g e Cup,
W a te r polo m atches.
M em b ers ta u g h t fr e e . T h e Clu b is a ffilia ted
to th e Sou thern C ou nties A m a teu r S w im m in g A sso cia tion , B erks
Centre, and th e R o y a l L ife S a v in g S o c ie ty , and holds s e v e r a l
va lu a b le C h a llen g e Cups fo r lo c a l cham pionships.
R e a d in g a n d D i s t r i c t E le m e n ta r y S c h o o ls S w im m in g A s s o c ia tio n .—

A ffilia te d to th e R o y a l L if e S a v in g S o c ie ty and to th e B erk s C e n tre
o f th e S ou thern C o u n ties’ A m a teu r S w im m in g A sso cia tio n .
T h is
A sso cia tion w as fou nded in 1904, w ith th e o b je c t o f en co u ra gin g
ch ild ren to sw-im. I t r e c e iv e s th e gen erou s su p p o rt o f th e M a y o r
and C o rp oratio n o f th e B orough, T h e Edu cation C o m m itte e and th e
R e a d in g S w im m in g Club. A n annual gala is h eld in July, a. ge n era l
half-h o lid a y b e in g g ra n ted to a ll th e Schools. T h e A sso cia tio n holds
the fo llo w in g tro p h ies : “ G. R . J a c k s o n ” S h ield , “ R . S. C. ” S h ield ,
“ J. M ilso m Cup,” “ T h e T e a c h e r s ” S h ield , “ M a rtin S u tton Cup,”
“ E. P. C o l l i e r ” S hield, “ E d w a rd J a c k s o n ” S h ield , “ W . M . C olebrook ” S h ield , B o ro ’ P o lic e Cup, “ S. G. Trern en heere ” S ta tu ette,
“ E. M . Sutton ” S h ield , “ L eo n a rd Su tton ” S hield, and b y c o u rtesy
o f th e R , S. C., th e “ A lb e r t Pa lm er Cup ” is swum fo r a t th e Schools
Gala. T h e officers a re P resid en t, M r . Leonard Sutton, C. Sm ith Hon.
Trea su rer, St. M a r y ’s S chool, Chairm an o f C om m ittee, T. R . ’K en t,
O x ford R oad, P. W . H o lm es-W a lk cr, R.L.S.S., Hon. lo ca l o fficer o f
S.C.A.S.A. fo r Berks, 28 U p p er W a v e r le y R o a d ; H on. S e c re ta r y , G. H.
Tu rn er, 5 B risban e R oa d. M o n th ly te s ts a re held a t b o th th e C or­
poration Baths, and C e rtific a te s a w ard ed fo r p ro fic ie n c y . T o date,
the A sso cia tio n has aw ard ed about 4,250 C e rtifica tes.
B o r o u g h o f R e a d in g — P u b l i c B a th in g

P la c e s

in

K in g 's M e a d o w .—

R e g u la tio n s : T h e M e n ’s and W om en ’s B a th in g P la c e s in th e K in g ’s
Meadow’ a re open ed a t 6 o ’c lo ck in th e fo ren o on o f e v e r y d a y d u rin g
th e m onths o f M a y , June, Ju ly, A u gu st, and S ep tem b er, and clo sed
at 10 o ’c lo ck in th e fo ren o on o f e v e r y Sunday d u rin g th e se m onths,
and a t 7.30 o ’c lo ck in th e e v e n in g o f e v e r y w e e k d a y d u rin g th e
month o f M a y — a t 9 o ’c lo ck in th e e v e n in g o f e v e r y w e e k day
du rin g th e m onth o f June and J u ljr— a t 8.30 o ’c lo ck in th e e v e n in g
o f e v e r y w e e k d a y d u rin g th e m onth o f A u gu st, and a t 7.30 in th e
aftern oon o f e v e r y w e e k d a y d u rin g th e month o f S eptem b er.
A dm ission b y T ic k e t, o r paym ent. T h e M e n ’s B a th in g P la c e is
opened a t 7 o ’c lo ck in th e foren oon o f e v e r y d a y d u rin g th e m onths
o f O ctober, N o vem b er, D ecem ber, January, F e b ru a ry , M a rc h and
A p ril, and clo sed a t 9 o ’clo ck in th e fo ren o on o f e v e r y d a y d u rin g
those months. T h e ch a rge fo r a t ic k e t e n t itlin g a person to b a th e a t
the M e n ’s B a th in g P la c e th rou gh o u t th e m onths o f O cto b er, N o vem ­
ber, D ecem ber, January, F e b ru a ry , M a rc h and A p r il is 2s. 6d., w h ich
ch a rge in clu des th e u se o f a d ressin g box w hen a v a ila b le . O n e-sh il­
lin g tic k e ts a v a ila b le fo r one month d u rin g w in t e r season a re issued.
No ch a rges a re m ade fo r b a th in g a t e ith e r o f th e B a th in g P la c e s o r fo r
the use o f th e u n re s e rv e d d ressin g b o xes a t th e W om en ’s B a th in g
Place, a ft e r one o ’c lo ck fo r M en , and t w o o 'c lo c k fo r W om en in th e
aftern oon o f M ond ays, Tu esd ays, Th u rsdays and F rid a y s d u rin g th e
months o f M a y, June, July, A u gu st and S eptem b er.
A r t h u r H i l l M e m o r ia l B a th s . — E r e c te d in 1911 in m em ory o f th e
la te A rth u r H ill, Esq., J.P., o f E r le ig h C ou rt, M a y o r o f R e a d in g
1883-87, and p re s e n te d to th e B orough b y his C h ild ren . T h e s ite
w as g iv e n b y Dr. Jameson B. H u rry, j .p . T h e w a t e r is k e p t a t an