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APRIL 3, 1920.

TURDAY

THE READING OBSERVER,
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"MARQUIS' OF LORNE."
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PLAN OF lIHE GROUND FLOOR.

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SKETCH IPLANS FOJ<. PROP08ED

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thorne Park. I'rhi ~

The ..
of" Lorn,e ," which is situate
Friar Street, close by .the Royal County'
Theatre. has undergone a complete tr~nsform'a.
ticn during the last "few months, and the enter~
prise of Messrs. H. & G. Simo~ds, Ltd.. should
mean for them a complete success. The hou5~
to-day is, without doubt. one of the mos~ artistic
in the town, and since its opening has attracted
considerable attention.
The premises, which have been taken" ove~
by Trust Houses, Ltd., have been comple~ety
remodelled to suit the present.day requirements

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as were

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, a~d the finished work has been

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t!lve that old-world bleached
characteristic of old , oak.

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s:one itself was excavated from :vcry 0 1,J /r\lIn Ja_
bons. taken. out at Messrs. S1I1l0nJ ... Ilrfw l' ry I
pr,emlscswhlch now cover so large a n ar l';\ fl 'l the

site 01 the old seven s prings 01 RcaJi ng. ,

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present premises of the Reading Tra~e Union CI~b andl
institute at 40, Oxford Road are no longer-and have not been lo~
some considerable time past-suHiciently commodlous ~o house th J
thousand memb"e rs w~th any degree of comfort. Por a Iiong time
mov~ has been spoken of. but at la5t something is ac~ually bein J,

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The Club recently acquired a piece 01 land suitable lor
building near the Caver.ham Ro~d Triangle, and Ihen it was
thought how desirable it would be to build a new Club Ithere, The
qucstion o{ raising the necessary cash was then brou~ht forward.
and the following likely solution was agreed up'.;,n :- Trat £1 LoanJ.
Certificates be issued. to bear interest at the rate 01 2:\ per cent'1
appli~ants on purchasing certificates to 'be allowed to J ay by eas;1

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instalments.

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An excellent idea, which was readily adoptcd : I
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tomer a real pleasure.

which was distributed

Meals con be obtri'ined at

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stances.

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The house is just 'w hat the average

The building was originally erected about
twenty years ago, and although this did not
"cover a very great Hoor space it was four storeys
high, but only the bottom storey was used' for ,
commercial purposes. The whole of the interior I

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H "ow successful thai' scheme was is quickly .realise 4 when

anticipatcd, in lact, ii lell veri lIat.
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believed by the ,Rendin~ 1L.,>rpor"ti,",
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tpat this stone i. the
the original ,tone'

public require.

one hears of a conference of Trade Unionist!; again discussing pro·
posed 'methods of raising m10ney for the same object. The kcheme '

did not meet with the '

and are replete with every p,os8ible modern · convenience. which tends to make the visit of n; ellS·

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windows themselves aTC
the genu'ine T~dor work

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who

those Mudentp of arch

are interes,ted
the various points

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carried out arc to be

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remote places.
Flemish ~nd is identica

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in actual existence in
itself is partly genuine
with the . glass which

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At the well attcn
anJ representative conlerence lIeld on
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it was almost unanimously r~ solved
exhort their branch members to
that the delegates present
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subscribe to the building
a~ d en deavour to get t elr , i ecutlvc
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Councils to invest money
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• Above 'is a ref"O'"U~

of the ground plan 01 the l)"0posed "

new premIses.
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DING TRADE, UNI

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in Dining Room.

" (.f.t~e premises bas now been reconstructed and
two flQors are provided for puhlic use.

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The style of the public rooms carries one

The iequipment , of

back to the 14th century, and the general asp~ct
is delightfully cool and refreshing, the whole sur.

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The above picture of those present at theconlerence

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taken by !lash-light

meeting started.

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Club Prnid.nt. Councillor L. E .. Quelch. J.P,. SiUir g in the Iront row ,o f the delegate •.

On another page we give a very full report of 'the busine66
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rounding. being so completely different to the
ma,ny an"d various styles of present.day decora.
tion, The frontage is a very imposing struct~re,
in perfect harmony with the period. but a
'ably adapted to modern requirements.

This. ~nd

.' \he who'ie o£ the "interior ~ork. is carried out in
good old British oak, which cam.. from Crow.

was imported into this conntr J

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everything necessary for rapid busin ess a nd the

servi~e
cu s tome.rs' l The l itcht? 'ls are
comple,t e WIth 'e very detad If r the perl",L pro'
duction of meals. which arc tastefully sc r vl, d by
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the Trust Houfes, Ltd. [Every con ven;.. "cc is
provided'for ladies and gentlem'en in tile ff/no of
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toilette services. and nQ care will be to" ta}Je
or requiremeot ~oo small lor ~he attention of the
proprie.t ots.
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