On this day in 1971: Decimal Day in West Berkshire
A look-back at the Newbury Weekly News coverage of decimalisation
Charlie Masters
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Change in new pence for one customer as a Newbury shop assistant teaches decimal currency to old people from Fair Close Day Centre - February 11, 1971 );
On February 15, 1971, life in West Berkshire changed forever.
On that day, the UK finally phased out tanners, shillings and half-crowns and thruppeny bits and replaced the currency with a decimalised system.
From then on, most shops, banks and traders would only deal in the new system of pounds and pence.
The switch had been announced five years in advance and West Berkshire residents had plenty of time to prepare. In the run-up to D-Day , the
New plans to widen Warren Road in Newbury labelled outrageous
Councillors criticse plans to widen the road ahead of potential Sandleford development
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NEWLY-submitted plans to widen Warren Road ahead of the Sandleford Park development have been criticised by town councillors.
Donnington New Homes has put in an application to widen the road, four months after withdrawing a similar one.
Unlike the old proposal, which was labelled a ‘Trojan Horse’ for the Sandleford Park development, the new proposal explicitly states that the widening of Warren Road “will provide access to the strategic allocation at Sandleford Park”.
Donnington New Homes currently has a planning application awaiting a decision for 500 homes to be built on the west side of the park.