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Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 13

Publication:
Evening Standardi
Location:
London, Greater London, England
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Page:
13
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EVENING STANDARD THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 PROPERTY NEWS by William Roland Mrs Wilding plans rs Susan Wilding who is now a substantial woman of property in London with 11 rented-out houses in Mayfair and Belgravia thinks there are too few places round London where middle-class families can go and enjoy themselves for a day or spend a happy week-end So she Is one of the main for £7350 The buyer WM Mrg backers of a big scheme to 8 I Hingston of Oodalmizig create an entertainment and With the house went nearly recreational centre on a 28 acre site at Burnham Beeches the Buckinghamshire beauty spot it will cost more than £500000 probably nearer a million" says Mrs Wilding who Is contributing a proportion of the money She has been asked by Mr John Pinks the present owner A of the site to head the board II t0i a company of which he will also be a director I On the site at present is a fairground and a restaurant which Mr Pinks intends to demolish There Is also one of the largest swimming pools In Europe which will be retained 75 rooms And on the site there will be built a log-cabin hotel for I'Vnotorists with 75 rooms each With TV and air conditioning a dance hall bowling alleys a car park and a Disneyland playground for children is going to be a very big thing says Mrs Wilding THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO MADE ARDUOUS JOURNEY IN YESTERDAY" THAT SOMEWHAT hotel 23 acres of forma and kitchen gardens plantation and pad-docks The late owner was Mr Stanley Baldwin Worth who died last May aged 93 He was a cousin of Stanley Baldwin the Tory Prime Minister' later laid' Earl Baldwin It Is expected that about £1200 will have to be spent on repairs to the The Dutch House Still looks like a bargain A NEW HOME (Securing new offices for May- fair bookmakers Ladbroke and Company which would keep them on the REGent exchange --that was the problem which faced Allsop Poster and Cranfield had to leave their former premises in Old Burlington Street owing to a compuj- sory purchase order They are now in a new home in Oanton House Soho where they have taken two floors on lease SIR HOUSE A house in Palace Gate Kensington lived in by Sir Arthur Sullivan and also the late Lord Baden-Powell is being offered by Krieger Chalfen ana Co of Grasvenor Street It has three bedrooms and one reception room and all rooms face south For the freehold £20000 is asked Greetings cards burned Thousands of greetings cards were severely damaged in a fire at Kaye-Gibson Limited greetings cards publishers Shaftesbury Road Edmonton last night PRESENT BONUS FOR COUPLES PLEA do ntr ms an is ing of gh it ial to fe ed ck it xi got planning permission the City Corporation has approved and we hope to a start in the New Year Idea was first suggested make bj Sid Luft (estranged husband Judv Garland) but I have taken it over I shall do the organising and plan the decorations" A BARGAIN rrhe JL Wii Dutch House Hartley Wintney Hants a house of historic interest built at three different periods and reputed to have been visited by the Duke of Wellington was sold at auction by EL Beckett of Harrow A marriage bonus In the form of tax relief for couples in the first two years of marriage Is urged In the report of a study group published today Re-appraisal of the whole subject of home ownership and more encouragement for saving before marriage are among other suggestions put forward The report is the result of an if six led a 37-year- solicitor and include the resumption of Exchequer advances to building societies for the purchase of older houses and extra funds to local authorities for this patboee The group urges active encouragement of saving before marriage increased taation relief on the joint income of "young for coupes for two years after marriage or purchase tax concessions on furniture and equipment and an increase in the income tax allowance for the first child gwnsored by the Birmingham stive Association llie inquiry took three months and involved personal interviews with 200 young couples in all social and economic groups in the Birmingham area Some 84 per cent of those Interviewed were emphatically in favour of home ownership but complained of high-priced houses and high interest rates For easier home ownership the group's recommendations SHOWING AT 1045 110 340 610 and 850 SUNDAYS: PROGRAMMES AT 440 730 FIRST JAMES BOND FILM! Harry Saltzmah and Albert Broccoli AND A SPECIAL Explosion in works blaze Fire severely damaged the office stores and workshops of an engineering firm Criswell lotolph Bridge Peterborough today An oxy-aoetylene cylinder exploded shattering windows and throwing a steel plate 50 yards across Oundle Road THE t-'v rxj i'Si 'ANOj URSULA I if 5 r- Pi: TECHNICOLOR STAUIN6 wl j- LJi tali L- I iip 4 PkMTMMV llBit AUOtTAMIIM Dawson Marshall BERUSa JOSEPH ISS-VVISEInAN-LUKU BuerGAii I Screenplay by Directed by Produced by UUtf Maibaum Mather YolG $ALTZMANBR0CC0LIE0N PRODUCTIONS I -r 'iT-f- --if" UIIHWMM JV.

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