Reading Observer 09-1920

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MOII'OR NOTES.
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Speaks
from Expe'(ience
Adoct<lrwho has watched
the bene/tclal effects of
Hall's Wtne says _ "I
have never fatled to
obtain deCided benefit m
all cases." He IS only,·
one of hundreds whose
letters are op our files.

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St nllO il fit B1odtn l:!ton
h
we stayed m
There IS Gle nt R o Inght '" e
h R II
1914 J IW. Rolln ght on tho slope, and t . ~,
1ll;ht Stones, c:U cd on the ordllnnce map lIe

RolJ rlch Sto 103 on tbe rid ge

III nervous weakness and

They are ~~re~

\!,! bt "llch HI so LSII1al1 M to'

to Ll t.H e Rol

f
p~lng I

1t

"ere n'tlt for

and as a restorative after Illness, there

chm(;b s t\latc Flom e d l!ltance fr bm ~be Ton

IS nothIng thllt

lc" d~M do" n

no alt c It on

an:emla,

Wold
F rcnl 8b

The SupnmeTonic Restoratiye
A doctor wntn
"I know of
notblDg which so qwckly arouse$
VItality to ..al,I run-dowD conditions
as Hall. ' ,Viae
and another
.. HaJJ s Wine braced me up so
effectually that I han plnned my
fattb to It ever smce "

Large, S~ Bottle, 6/0/ till' WU" MwtM"ts an4
LI,msed Gt-oce1'S ISo Cn.mms.
Slepben SmIth a: Co ltd. ,
Bo",l.;ondoD, E 1

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v. Ie

F o".seway nnd Stow on the

to

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to

tl

e Stonel

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(hstance of

ovor tbt- g e ... t hog

tI back on the hlg"J.ut pomt of
wh ch UHr "!S o rtoll . the vii1age next the greater
No- ton, IS Sit lil ted 1 he road was one contlJluOus
chmb met'C lhll ly protected from the fu 1 g\f\~ of
tho "' ~ n by lili es of bees piaoted at lutervaJa A

lo nely roM It must have been , and very exposed
In da."t"s gone b\
I t seems. also, to nn, e been an
ldeul ECent' fot tb! ncll Itll'Js or footpada or high
1II &) m "n ~e\ernl "\""o tl'O c"os.-.es a.re to be seen on
t he exqllls le south doo+~f Shipton church WhlCb
'00 n 10 ten Ihat lh. "I ngeTS oxpected much
t rouble m then JOl!rney to the mnrk~t of the
:N o~men , or Ule Nort hern marKet
whichever
tho nam n Ch ppmg Norton con not es
' Ve of COU1~C did not t.!lLnk It necessa:ry to
m nke spectn l llct lt lOn!O before l\ e ",ent, but we
did nottcc h m~ loncly the road w aS MotO"r CArs
!Lrc t,.o be seen 10 most pla ces, but here we met.
, cry lew O ~ foct trn, cllers ,"e mE:t none, -and
only two o~ three horse drawn vehlclcs con nected
with fannlllg were not.leed
OCCll~lIonally f
blcye a ".:lS drn en pnrl us otherwi se the Silence
wa-s b ..oken only by t he bum of the motor. dnven
mo\\ mg m achm es busy cuttmg nnd blDdmg the
oa4 or barley OT whc:1.t nue t.o t.hlJ hlll"\ estmg
\Â¥Ild fi r-weTs ,~erc to be secn on both hand~ the
clustered btll fl owel :md the larger scn.blous wel\e
... especmlly pl ent.dul an d ' ery fine
' Vc rencb ed I yn eham OOITOW"I, camp nnd mono
It Lh a.bou t (.\\ 0 nuk s from Sh ipton, "'all near the
road on our lo[t liaud Tho villnj(o of Lyneham
OfStl ed deep down \[I the val~y to our left a.lso
Part. of th e southern wa.ll of the camp hu been
undenuJlloo by men

THE PREPARATION OF
LAWNS.
THE CHEAPEST WAY
fte J)Tepara.hon or it lawn either for use 01'
oroament IS by no mc::ulS tho slm'l la tas~ that
IIOm e foll:: lma.,"'"lnc. Great ca.re and att.enlla.n 15
rlceded bot

d

about e'c\ cn mt C3 so t hat " e ar:.nnged to walk
out there l id to return to Chlppmg Notion and
t lIkc the t rlull \ Hl KlIlgbnm
o r \\ nll bega.n nnd cfded m perfect !!um.b tne,

thlrtyyears lscouvlnclng
eVIdence of ItS forth.

Halls
Wine

In

gr>es fl orn C\ Ip\> M: NOlton to that on the ndge

soqUlckly

rpstares the body to
ne'.ll.f.h, and the fact that
doctors have supported
Hall) Wme for neady

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LeavlDg tb,. place
found "tbe road"
Ship
ton ver) loth t o (US crid. the DOWfl, { IiIO~t JVh.e~1
It did It W&I very steep
Unfol1:1Dlately, Mr
W ych bud to lea., e us thlH day , and 80 we bad to
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hut ry pilst such .an m tereehng 8pot lUI baogl, S-,.
Wlthm n, short quarter of n. mt .e de~~n\ order
£~ gel b"ck- 10 LIme Bow''ever.''\ve had perhap"
a.t much as we could lcasonably dl~ frbm
Durford, and tcnchlllg Shtpton once agaIn, v\e:rY
satisfiod., ad~teed ouneh es t.o such matters as
food dinnes a.nd sWlmmmg
The la.Uer we
much 9JIJOJed In one of the ICijlps of Evenlode;-a
faurteen fee t hole, gl"nng u1I the requlJ'ed ~ce of
d<tngpr
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The Rollnght. he hIgh up on ~ "dg~ of Cots
wol d that o\Crlooks the vnle of Even' ode to.\\8Tds
MOI~tan 1!:l Lhe Ma!"5h nnd of the Stour ~wa.rdll
\V a",lcks hll"6 on the o ne side, and the valley:
bet ween It and tl C ridge on which IS ChlpP~g
Norlon 0 :1 the other There I S a. nTUlelt- 10 t 111
Great Eollnght
lat ter '\ aHev which m se't neaT
b
Gnd does not seem to be Importanl~Ong~!~ghl)a::
Q
nn-m e It JOins the E\(~lI ode near

In

ro..'\l"Ch of the fre estone or

t::le dls t llet nnd 0:.0 ,\ bale of the nroo. l.S now a
cornli.eld
Tlmmg ouree\v C's, we found "\\e weT& averaging
S Il:t.e Qn nunutes per nule, and thlS \\ ould glve
l1.'" time to "{'I Slt the gloIlous fifteenth century
church nt Chlppmg Norton Before we reached
t.. h q plaro w o " eta much rntereeW Ul tindmg
the source of a. rlrC2.111 which lr.y near our road Ip
Q \ elJ narrow and deep dell, a.t whose head W311
a clmrmmg house Hcre on the road.slde a. couple
or gtrls had rul ch~red tl:elr motor 10rry, which
se~med to he 3. tTnvelhng camp, tor ollbnde were
a.crnnfr"'ments {'Or cooking and washmg Both
p.a.rlles With Simi ar tnSltes, they aed we Cll.re(ullv Scrut llll"'ed e,lch other ns -,ve passed",<)D to
th o top ()f the next. n S6 fr om "bleh l\ e Sll.W the
bE-ogmnlOg of Ch'PPlIl g NOTtO" , or O
' Chippy as
S6n ns to he the loca.l dCSl[~natlOn
Here "" e f?U bd one broad I;msmess street, WIth
sevel'al nnno" WR):S leadmg down to th e valle,
The town III lll.l'g-ely bm lt on the SIRe of the htU
fOCl ng t he Rol.J'lgCt Ridge
To Teach tb(l
La.ke o?e af t.hese narrow roads, the
seems about th e same elevatIon. u
\cry modern top of ~ tower ~ of

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h In l'egard to t he 8011 am! th e sclectlon
of the rIght kInd of ~~est. sUltcd to the 6011 A
IlDlpler and speedier lnPA.bod. l! , of course, to lay
• ~ from turf. ~b tbEl cost of tl1'l'f, \\llCther d.
lS ot' 15 ;'DDt. adapted )or a la.v;n 110 JLlmost. prohibltive Wlien cut to 'Lbo usual li,tzc-thrce feet.
I lonll by one foot wide-ncarly fifteen t~us&Dd
Pieces aro req uired to .:over an acre. Tho expense,
,lDoIuding cuttIng ca.rtlUg' and laymg , now rarely
lalls short of.£250 U cut )J) twelve web sqU:Ll'CS
..Led -kCpt 8at1 tho outlay 15 dill higbeT For tho I-!,nurcll_
".. ... I
a&DIe ,.,re& Iill:~ShCIs 6f seed ~fI;tile hIghest qU4hty
hke to give: very mmu~ deta.ils of thiS
Cl(IJl He obt.a.i ncd fol' about one-fifteenth of the
structure
The penod JI J chiefil
above-named figure ~d slrouId a. seed.iit£" of eight
oentUl'Y. and thU Includes the na.ve v an4. j
Ot ten bushels be oonsldc['ed nceessaTy the o\IUay
the two norh als1et.s The elerestory of the nave
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1.S a great lantern, JUst one man of glU8 and
ill
100
"W
ee m 6%~ ten per cem-~j of Ute cost of below It to tite tu'cade the spnce ccnsu;ts of'sOOne
turf ' The ldeal sOlr....for a l&wu l! 0. uilitl'
chaste
The arcade shafts
nCb loam resting on a. subsoil suffiCl6ntly porous to
nnd go 9traJght upi:-o the roof,
draInage.
Un fartunate1y land of
IS ;l. wooden one. a.nd 10 faT
not often a V8Jlnble
In ne&r1y
south alJ!le IS very beau
e-dtwated solI of the dIstrict
of thlrteenth century
and ~Ith n. lltMe t roubl0 and
how eHr, IS !\ glon
.;'''no,..lI, pOS!!lble to cre.te & s.hsf""
renlury one, p.rb~p.
eced-bed_:
the -n:hole country
But the great gem
whQlo butldtn J{ 11 the
south doorway
II
.uryrb
And OblpPlOg
N orion sooms to k now how t. take care of 110
a ~:Mon There 1S cerlam eVIdence of
1 0 t he ,'ay the pluce l S kept "
d d not go tct<hl'l[, NoIton bI.. the 0"'0'''''
the fields. a longer Jour~ey

from betlde
the ro,d.
In
an
green
D convement
ha.d our lunch and then commenCOJi our
mIl.. ~nlk to (h. Siones From OveyN",.ton to
tho crest pf the RolJrlght RIdge, ~ \tlie finest Jane
along w.hlch we have ev.er travelled on. any of
our Joumej s-the aoenery and the 8urroundingft
are great You fint t"r:l....el down a long steep
des~nt, then c 1mb up a ~borter but posSIbly
N
r
8tee~er
0 houl!e.S are Sltunte on t01.ll way until
you are nes.r to the Stones, hula. yau very BOOn
find lmt that o~hoTS bes,~e' YOUrSelf 'know of the
b••ull83 01 the w.y At a house OD 'the corner
[ th
d
h
o
e r oa , '" ere It )0108 the road on t.he ndge
lL/Ik for tbe keys to the Stones
A 'ftlae
8uthon ty, WIth a greater tense of ca.utlon than
of beauty has encll"cled them wlth ugly Iron rail
-'d get mto t h e Circle you
m gs , nn d ~ f you W"Olu
mu st take the prtcautlon of borrowmg thc key
The gooq dame who takes caTe of 1t cmargea you
to 00
to chip 01': mlU'~ the stone. lUJd
thl8
a short ..,-alk 'Up the> Very anruent
verit.ab!IOVl& sacra It must tiav~ 'been If we
stones werer rehgl0111 1D their
you to
ClTcle
aY"DUlry It
but

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writer recently witnessed an
ni" to,rj"ycle firl dn the F l!.I1'HIJd:-m l ca d
1l!?,tor:lcJ.clo) u q\lestJon had ]tad~ the tolll pipe
;rcmm ed, thllS al10wlng the
,pn'f,.... rn",,. direct ly mto. Lhe atmo:epbere,
macluno, "\'tho "", <I S 10 e.cry way o.n
motor c"ycll'!t~ ~hl.d stopped 10 order
luggage to the corrlor On r~
st.'''~lg, ; hri:W.,i.r; & drop of potro! ffOm Ibe
C8J burettor was cau~t by a. burst
the slicnccl" a. sheet of ftrune
practIcally th e "hole ID echme 111 a.
It look revcral mmute:!!l before Elm
got under control, and t hIS only by the
of sa.nd-- f['om tne roadSIde rbe mCldf'llt
n",m,I'" above only goes to shQ" the Impm tance
In. tml pipe and complete e:tpnmlOn
as had the m Ql-or C) de been so fitted,
" 'Quld h~le been carrIed \.\ ell to the
no fire would h nv~ f'll sued

BERKSHIRE

OF TRE RECENT SIX DAYS
lp'!U.S I
Another tllllm ph lor two sttokes I
Of the

~.~4!Pjfu

hnaolepe InSlaatly Anays Itcl1IDJI.
r Beat. ad IrrUatloD. alld Beals

Like a CIuona,
touch of

CLUB S

SUCCESSFUL

SEASON.

TICKETS?

h\ enty fh eo or tlil !!" type ~n tered. no less than
,. <>ve nte . . n qunhflcd for th.. hl gh ~rl :\.ward 1n
" ddltlOll to two SlIver medals nnd one brOll:o:e
medal ISpecm.l mention muM. be mnde of thc
l
4! h P Dunelt. combmatlOn drlVen by P Peat"SOn,
for thl~, ' ,", e bellevo I ~ the first two stroke filugle
a ud a ear t hrough 811 apen trtal nnd gtnn
rbo Scalt tC:lrn contmues to be.
:lli.'c(lrjcill"riIT' g. Rnd enormous credit 19 due both
aud machines 1lI Lelllg succel5sful tn
the maoufacttNers tlNIm rrlze
lhe
riders brought tbelT mac.htn eg
n.dmlTRblv and stl11 more Will
of theJr performa nce be appre _l_Rcad'mg
olle benrs 10 m ln d t.he d iminutive
of tbeIr engmes. It Vt as mdeed bad
W Lush f3 h P :\ n C combmn.
a acCIdent With a noo oompctlll';
the first d Q\ S "Min > J\$ he ga, e
Up a ,ery fine perfo nnance
Djiafortllne- herl'll! M'l'6 Knowlos (Norton)
Mm
On e of the most consplcu-'"
p~'rt01rml",ce, of the whol••".1 was that 01
4~ h P hOrlZODf"}l)" opposed
lost hut ten mar-ke throughl')ut
'Ihe complete complement as follows,
entercd gamed g old medals. a~es vr lit L l it
~cro lld pl ace for the mann
P
W ins. ina D
and first place for the Bbtft01111ihlT'e
If)
7
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pnT.e The- threo Morgan lierkllhlrl
6
4
1
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0
S
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1
0
2
K~ntIl
badly from wheel ~ltp. as \ did
enmblnatlOnl'l, the practIce> of
the saddlo nnd cn.rner wR5 / much
"as lt enabled the b~k wheel to
\',~ci,!~m~~~~~ gnp on the loose rtone8
sur face of t he t e6t hlBs not
n~i!h Impo~lble for the "Wheels
It a. feat not lackmg J11 da.nger
of whom had bad [all.,
\
d!'~~~.
~
~e,
,
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th"m.el·". And thJlr lDBChmell
J1
Dote
the performance."! put
CRICKET.
t.he heaVier pltl!senger macbmes
tlot &9 good M those of the
Thi S can to 80me extent be ex
l'AOTOBY "A"
GREAT Wl!'.STIIlIN
d Ifficulty fOund m pllotmg thll
RAlLWkY, LONDON
I
the lxmlder strewn tra.clu; on
Pla.::reci on the K erullogtoo-road ground on Satur
run To sum up the tn&].
lMt The v:lflltorsl won the ton.JI.OO made a
b&d. .tar t three v;lc.kets betpg down for 1.5
DILl proved mere en~me !S1ze
decldlOg factor, but thai. the .kdl rUJl& The lDDwiS ~"entually- olosed. for 129 ronl!!
coupled WIth a thoroughly well 'l\Ulery was the only 1 ba1:.smau who pl.yed tfle
bowlUlR' ·" ath ,.any confidence. and by soormg T1
gIve. tho most satIsfactory
(twell'8 4 s) lB.ved i hIS laJd& from du:asMr oroom
and Manrung both ~led well, tho former ta.klDi
four WIckets for 44 rqps

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READING BISCUIT FACTORY

RECREATION CLUB,
Iv

JULIAN'S PROGRESS-

friends of Mr Stanley Juhan who
8erlOilli n.codent whLlo --competing ln
D"~-Clllmo reeentl,.., 'WIll be ~JeaeeJ to
IS progr6£Slng as lavour-aoly WI ean

AU*~[P~II,E PRODUCTION m lu SA.!..-

The ,home team. made liBht. .... on. .of tbelf" task,
R H 'R. Pa.lmer &na WI lllia..ma puttmB' on 80 runfOT tho fu:st, WICket
WUll&ma IUld tlolga.t.e then
took tho 100m to 101 Wo", tho /ormer w.. bowlei\,
h3.vtnll made 60 (ntnef 411) by -very fine CT1Gket.
COl~a.te s.nd. Owen wore tuiilefea.ted when 8t1in:l~
were dra.wn the aOOt'e beinl" 16J,.. for two wleketB
Tho 'l"aotory thus
~Y Sool'p -

woal

0",. ~.l",WAT

11 BIbbo b

realIse the magmtude of the auto-- P 0 \Vnght
In the UDltea State.
The !oWI'1Ug
J 0 Cook

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PAC1'O!LT

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"W'riKbt b GIl},bs

Aft_

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_ 0 C. H.\ViIIULmiI b Cook _ eo
_ 6 'B T Colgato D9t out
41

out

I producera turn out many more than J R Tufrreye & bOwea T7 A Owcnaot.out
per day, aDd tJ:ae t1me 15 long 8m~
t.h"e tItanlC Ford factmy reached t.he
pe r yea r mark
This stupendotls
. cblt.Vemeni can onlv be brought about by perfect
,,,d thorough co operatIon of thp
their employers
It Ut a. well
the Urnted Btuell there UI

W r.e....erb Coom
~ 2 T T ea"" A Bouth B
C W Allrigh1i e Colga.t. b ~
G sh~ W Tho~,
6
H Crlw-. C Mannill,lf

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T Mead 0 Colgate b
Croom
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A.. J Wefab~ 0 Owen b

26

and A. ""D. Croom did not
hilt

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F '\V..r~~.u -Ib" b "

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Total ~

The immense·resources
ing prices. i Although

RACING, meetmg at Brookrands
of the JuntOr Cor Club saw the reof Captain A G Fra.sGl"
be remembered crashed Borne
r>clOg hi! G N Kim I Kim II ,
Saturd&y, 1& very SlIDIIU' t.o lts
t.lie ongmal Kun I en{1n&
Nash succeeded lD puttmg
of the day by WlDDlDg

I'. ~~~~~?~~:i~ A(e.eDt
th No 1) at & speed
~
t •• meepng D B vwen

mede lie. fIriI. app<WaDce m
a good turn o! speed, bavmg
hour In the 1.'Qov8 event Tho
proved to be, as ,..aa e:z:pected~
poptiJa.r eye.Dt.s" of the day, re
for "Mi8l! R M Deliborough
of 5;) 75 mlJes per hoUt',
be111g eeeured1 by-"M.i88
d u_ W D H k
an =
1LW . .
The half mil. spnnt
..
for (;aptain
mila. per hour),

ctorr.

~e:d.f~
fOT cars,
IJ)OO

succeeded ,in purcJrasibg ~~t:c:!~ti:!~'lcl:~ollec1:i~jili
,
Au1mn Fasnions at
. ~,

,t,telutlg,

79111 I.

.............+.....,.-"-.... -.- --.-... -...--.-.. -+--

iI' u:ool alia ,Uk, beo"dll"II.

£717(-

or I~ ple.',d a/paM WIth ikep
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.D,lu:wY01 ,,'or9' ~ 1l«tJM1 o{ ehan,urw Robu,
alld ,~yle:, ""t/lleng ."Aort tlMiJu/ , ' f
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k.,t

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;Ult ~M t'mtt for

Ouyly '-<Il/yakAan

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4/10 ""IYrap\ (lJ1It. m t.\i.....,...,

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/A4111' Top 811k-B"""..,· .."lIout, "",11M! quality qt SIll,
'I.

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I or Popl.n .,. all ~~r' '"

8JWUll off". 0/ IAtltt,' tIIw4 Ttceld autumu,
J
kIt, fDtll eut ana fln"}h'd~ ,!!",rl .tyk.,

Co8tume .. a_too Wlth the
i ,
Tweed, bcautifully """ tailorecL. and
... el...et collar

weU ma.de m Grey ~~''',"g, ,.,
r
Wlth a goOd. blaok

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Oharmlnl!! Coat (a. "el.ch) m 110ft Vel."" Q!oth, • graOeful.tyle o~tainl,ble
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m any of tho 0."0\1 au,mun . ' ' 0111'11. Nolo tho lIIIart strt 'ght

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PAY

MINOR COUNT1ES' CRICKET.

and "the deep

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