Southcote primary school children presented their Christmas play, " Pinocchio," on three days last week to large audiences of parents and friends. The play, produced by the headmaster and a committee of staff members, was the most ambitious the school has attempted. Two-hundred-

the many local folk who were news during 1962, surely the most outstanding was Dr. David Spencer who gave a kidney in a vain attempt to save his friend and colleague, Dr. lan Clark. Dr. Clark, who died on Friday, lived in St, Barnabas Road, Emmer Green. He underwent a successful

'l'llE cost of education in Reading I is estimated to soar by more 'llan £164.000 in the next financial ear, to a total of 12,950,980, This increase is partially offtet by additional £44,305 expected from i!:come, and government grants will raised by £27,605 to leave 2.221,200 t

By order of the Trustees A Freehold brick and tiled semi- detached villa known as ROSELYN, SCHOOL GREEN SHINFIELD, NEAR READING Situated close to local shops, buses, schools and commanding views of the village green and farmland at - the rear. Comprising: Entrance hall, lounge,

A COUNSELLING Centre for parents of Thalidomide and other babies affected by congenital malformation may be established in the Oxford Regioa, it was reported at the monthly meeting of the Regional Hospital Board on Friday. The Executive Committee of the Board, in a special repor