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No. 66 September 1987 SAFE BUS CAMPAIGN PICKS UP The campaign to get safer buses is gathering momentum with support coming from residents of West Swindon following The Link's front page report in August. A public meeting was held to consider safety issues after Toothill toddler Miranda Morland was severely injured when her arm was trapped in the centre doors of a Swindon & District bus and she was dragged along the road. June Lawton, from Toothill Community Centre, said several people had telephoned to report incidents where a bus had started to move away before they or their children were off. But she is appealing for more people to contact her. "It is essential for those who have been in an accident or have nearly had one - no matter how small - to write down their experiences," said Ms. Lawton. "The Bus Safety Group is trying to collect evidence to show how dangerous centre door buses are. Many people have mentioned incidents, but we need them in writing." Reports should be sent to Ms. Lawton, Toothill Community Centre, Village Centre, Toothill. The Safety Group is awaiting the findings of an enquiry being conducted by the Swindon & District Bus Company.
A controversial factory unit lo- industrial use, but have marketed cated in a housing area is set to the building as a retail outlet. It is become a planning battleground completely the wrong place for a again. bank. Three bus routes converge Local councillors fought hard at the Westech corner, the main against planning permission being entrance to the Doctor's surgery given to the Westech building in is opposite and the extra traffic Westlea because it was too close generated by people popping in to housing and at a busy traffic and out of the bank will be enorjunction. This view was supported mous. There won't be enough by Thamesdown Council's Plan- parking on-site, so there will be ning Committee who turned the cars on the pavement and what if planning application down. they instal a cash dispenser? That London developers Plinlimmon will mean cars drawing up, enEstates appealed against the re- gines running while people get fusal to the Secretary of State for their money —24 hours a day." the Environment. The GovernCllr. Midwinter promises that ment inspector subsequently the planning application will be ruled against the Council stating objected to strenuously. "It's that "it was a genuine 'High Tech' already cost the Council a lot of development, that the effects on money trying to preserve the the amenity of the area would residential environment, but we not be harmful and that the traffic will work with Westlea people to generated by the proposal could stop this extra intrusion." easily be accommodated by local He also said the proposal to roads." Costs were awarded to erect three flag poles at Westech the developers which meant that will be objected to because of the the Thamesdown ratepayer possible dangers. "The flagpoles stumped up over £20,000. at Sandfords are always falling over; at Westech they could drop High Street Bank onto cars or on a house across the The original planning permission road.' he said. specified the building could be used for light industrial or 'high tech' development work. An application for change of use has A collection to raise money for the families of the been submitted to allow a major massacre victims will be held in The Mall at the high street bank to use the ground West Swindon Centre on Thursday floor. This has enraged Toothill councillor Ricky Midwinter who 10th September. worked with Westlea residents Please give generously. when the building was first proposed and objected to. The collection is organised by the Link 45 - Club. Reporting the application to More volunteer collectors are wanted. The Link, Cllr. Midwinter exPlease ring John Price on 872479 with offers of pressed consternation. "It is outrageous that these developers help. were given permission for light
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carrefbur swindon Plans are well underway to give the West Swindon Centre a new look and new image. Gateway Foodmarkets, which owns Carrefour, has submitted plans to Thamesdown Council to make changes to the entrances to the Centre and to alter the delivery arrangements to the rear of the main store. Westlea residents who live close-by have complained for years about the lorry congestion and noise at inconvenient times. In the five years Carrefour has been trading, it has become massively popular with shoppers, to the extent that it operates at well over the industry average. "In some ways we have been too successful" admitted store manager Robbie Miller recently. "We need to increase the space and the range of goods available to our customes." The changes proposed also include re-arrangement of the retail area and a complete re-fit. When this is done, the supestore will emerge as a Gateway Superstore. A public presentation of the alterations proposed by Gateway will take place on 7th September. Details will be found on page 11.
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LOOKING FOR FRIENDS? The group of Newcomers to Swindon is really getting off the ground. After going to a film together, they're now off on a trip to explore the area. On Sunday 20th September, Newcomers will leave at 3.30 p.m. to tour West Swindon, then they'll make for the countryside. They'll visit two White Horses and end up in a country pub. They plan to return by 10 p.m. and lifts will be provided home. If you live in West Swindon and don't know many people, come along, it should be fun. For final details ring Martha Parry on 871212 ext. 234.
BUS PROBLEMS Letter from Debbie Griffiths, Maxey C7., Shaw Further to the article in the August Link, several months ago I used the Shaw/Carrefour route. Heavily pregnant, I carried my 18 month son on to the empty bus, sat him on the seat and returned for my buggy, only to find the doors closed. I struggled once again, dragging my buggy, fumbling for my money. No sooner had I boarded, the bus pulled off. My son landed in a heap on the floor. As we got off, I went to pay and told the driver that he had driven off recklessly without checking we were seated. His reply - "I'm behind schedule next please." The second incident happened when my daughter was 3 weeks old. The bus pulled up past the bus stop. The driver could not see me folding my buggy, so he drove off. We had to walk the two miles home. I appreciate drivers have schedules to keep to, but the bus service is a public service. Consideration should be given to mothers with children and old people. Sometimes we do take longer to board and sometimes we may need assistance.
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Paint workshop at WASPS Western Area (Swindon) Playscheme has just completed its most ambitious and exciting summer of activity. Over 350 different 5-14 year old attended at four different sites over four weeks, with an average of 120 children turning up daily. There was enormous fun making and modelling, playing and bouncing. On the final day two double decker buses were filled with children, parents and friends on a trip to Bowood House. Thamesdown Council paid for eight staff and made a grant and WASPS raised ÂŁ500. With such a range of activities and large amounts of money. WASPS is now a big organisation doing an important job in providing whorthwhile activity for children. WASPS have shown that playschemes are needed during all holidays. There is also a need for somebody to develop and co-ordinate childrens activity, including after school clubs. But a strong committee is also required to manage WASPS and guide these ideas forward. Anybody who is interested in children's play work is invited to come along to the meeting below: WASPS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING with slide show THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER, 8p.m. COMMUNITY SUITE, LINK CENTRE Free creche and Child Care for Older Children Free Refreshments
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MODEL & CRAFT EXHIBITION At Toothill Schook, Saturday 19th September 10.30am - 5pm REFRESHMENTS RAFFLE WIN A TEDDY/PANDA Come and drive Thomas the Tank Engine round it's own layout
FACE PAINTING, INFLA TABLE, GAMES, STALLS, Craft Model REFRESHMENTS. Railways, Aircraft Knitwear, 3D Pictures Silk Flowers, Dried Flowers Opened by the Mayor Corgi and Dinky Cars Commercial Vehicles Knitting of Thamesdown Make your own models Models from the American CUr. Peter Owen Confederacy at 2 p.m. Competition for models made by children
TOOTHILL PHARMACY SOON The long awaited Pharmacy for Toothill will soon open next to the Doctor's surgery on Dunwich Drive. The Pharmaceutical subCommittee of the Wiltshire Family Practitioner Committee met at the end of July to consider the application to set up a Pharmacy, following a consultation period during which objections could be lodged. No objections were received and the sub-Committee decided that a Pharmacy could operate in Toothill. No appeals against the decision were lodged during August which means the way is clear for the Pharmacy to be set up at the earliest opportunity. It is hoped that the Toothill Pharmacy may be in operation by the end of September.
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SORTING OUT THE BOTTLENECK Letter from Simon Cordon What a shame that the columns of The Link are now being used as a forum for individual councillors' views, rather than for information and unbias community news. Your article, 'Bigger Block at Bottleneck', in the August edition of The Link, reports the opinions of councillor Bob Pixton about the traffic problems at Freshbrook Village Centre. The County Surveyor, when replying to Bob Pixton's letter, pointed out that I, as the local county councillor, had raised this matter with the Highways Department and the County Surveyor himself some long while ago, and indeed on a series of occasions. As a consequence a 'detailed investigation' was carried out which resulted in a series of measures to improve the situation. Whilst welcoming them, I have continued to make clear that, in themselves, these measures are not enough, and that a significant problem remains. If anyone has realistic ideas and suggestions it would be helpful, and certainly make sense, if they would put them to me. I in turn, as Freshbrook's county councillor, in continuing to argue the case could put these ideas directly to the County Surveyor and his Department.
SPECIAL MEETING MAJORETTES SUMMER SUCCESS The Freshbrook Village Group residents organisation are holding a special General Meeting on 9th September at 8 pm. Minor changes are required of the Constitution by the Charity Commission and the meeting could well be a short one. All residents of Freshbrook and Grange Park are members of the Village Group and all are asked to attend. Details of the Constitutional changes can be seen at the office in Freshbrook Community Centre.
CUPPAS Fresh brook's Friendly Community Cafe "A great place to make friends" Open weekdays lOam - 4pm In the Community Centre
Friends of Freshbrook School CAR BOOT SALE Saturday 19th Sept. 2.00 p.m. —4.00 p.m. Freshbrook School Pitch £3.00 in advance £5.00 on the day Refreshments available
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The Great Western Revellers and Revelletes at Freshbrook Fun Day in June with the Major and Mavoress of Thamesdown.
West Swindon's GWR Majorettes troupe have had an active summer. Apart from displays and local carnivals nearly every weekend, they have performed at Battersea Park, Weston-SuperMare and Thorpe Park. In competitions they've been picking up the honours. In May, the Revellers senior troupe came second and the Revelletes junior troupe took first prize at the Purton Helping Hand Carnival. They picked up the best Mace Bearer and best Mascot prizes as well. At the Moredon Carnivals in June, the Revellers came first. The cost of taking sixty youngsters with adult helpers to venues is a major problem, so a group of parents are busily fundraising to
purchase a GWR bus. A sponsored walk has taken place and discos, jumble sales and stalls at fetes are planned. To help with fundraising, ring Terry Drinkwater on 874142.
NEW MAJORETTES WANTED West Swindon children who want to become majorettes are invited to contact Pam Pixton on 695317.
CAR BOOT SALE in support of the GWR Majorettes 26th September, 10a.m. Link Centre Coach Car Park Boots: £3.00 in advance; £5.00 on the day Contact: Pam Pixton, 12 Lambert Close, Freshbrook Tel: 695317
SHAW CELEBRATING LIONS MAY FAYRE HARVEST FESTIVAL -4th MAY, 1987 IN SHAW
Wootton Bassett Lions President (1986/7) Tony York reports a record breaking May Fayre and thanks West Swindon residents for their support.
Most of you will have received our advertising material circulated with the May edition of The Link and many will have come to the Fayre. I thought it would be a good idea to update you with the outcome. Fortunately the weather was very kind to us and helped us to achieve not only a record attendance, but record profits. Literally dozens of voluntary groups rented stalls for a small fee and took home all the proceeds of their efforts, so the Lions were by no means the only people benefitting from the event. The Club received help from many people and groups. The Wootton Bassett Sea Cadets manned the car parks, several scout troups loaned marquees, and the Red Cross saw to our medical needs, to name but a few. It was possible this year to repay them with generous donations to their funds. Even taking this into account the profit was in the order of 0,000. With this money the Club has been able to support many causes which might not have been possible otherwise. Donations have been made to the Scanner Appeal and the Jubilee Gardens Project. The Club will be very soon presenting an Olympic Style Wheelchair to Victoria Cornish, a local girl who is taking part in sporting events for the disabled - including half marathons. We have offered sponsorship to 3 local comprehensive schools to enable them to take advantage of the TACADE Drug Awareness package to combat the growing drug problem. Braden Forest School is definitely going ahead and the others are actively considering participation. Numerous other smaller projects have been funded, many of them helping individuals with problems of a very varied nature. The Club will continue its welfare work in the future from a very secure base, thanks mainly to the residents of West Swindon who responded magnificently to the invitation to attend the Fayre. I thank every one of you most sincerely and hope that you all had an enjoyable afternoon with us (despite the queues at the gate!) Please come again next year.
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THE GROWING VILLAGE OFSHAW An Exhibition of Plans, Models and Information showing the development of Shaw and future proposals for its completion. ALL INVITED TO COME ALONG AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SHAW
FRIDAY 25th SEPTEBMER 7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. SATURDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 10 a.m —6 p.m.
We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land..." by Elizabeth Raymond Well, perhaps we don't do much ploughing and scattering, though I've seen some good work going on in the gardens in my road, and it's not too many minutes' walk to the open Wiltshire countryside. But it's not quite the same as when I lived in Cambridgeshire, as a child, surrounded by field upon field of crops. Then there was plenty of ploughing and scattering, reaping and gathering, and harvest was really harvest! Now with our supermarkets supplying us with a full range of foods all year round, we perhaps forget the traditional harvest season. But there's still plenty of reason to stop a moment and feel thankful for the all good food and resouces of the earth that we enjoy, and for the people who work hard to bring them to us. That's what we shall be doing at Shaw Church on September 13th this year. In the morning, at 10.30 a.m. we shall have a family service, when people will be bringing their own garden produce and flowers, others will bring things bought from the shops, but the whole church family will be joining together to give thanks to God for all he gives us for our daily needs. Do join us! We shall go on from church, weather permitting, for a picnic in Lydiard Park - so bring something to share there. Then the harvest celebration will continue in the church, at the 6.40 p.m. service. On Monday evening, September 14th at 7.30 p.m., we shall be auctioning the harvest gifts. Again, you are most welcome to come to this event (the church is at the eastern end of The Elms, Shaw). The money raised at the auction, together with the Sunday collections, will go to charity, as we seek to share with others the good things we enjoy.
REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED Arranged by the Shaw Residents Association
JELLYTOTS PLAYGROUP, SHAW Jellybabies Parents & Toddler group has already been meeting for some weeks, Monday afternoons 1.30— 3.30 in the temporary Community building, next to Shaw Surgery, Shaw Village Centre. The group welcomes all new members, be they new parents with babies, or residents new to Shaw. For information/personal contact 'phone Rose McCance on 875818. Now, the Jellytots Playgroup is on the horizon too. Following a public meeting held in the above Community Centre on 12th August, a committee of parents was elected to guide the new playgroup into existance. Preparations are now well underway for the opening of this much-needed new playgroup in Shaw. The aim of opening in October presents a tight schedule and the prospect of much hard work by not just the committee, but all the parents who need this playgroup for their children. To place children on the waiting list please contact Julie Tyas on 875389. Further enquiries/offers of help/funds/equipment - to Christine Ellis (Chair) on 873008.
VACANCY Could you help provide structured play experience, in an imaginative and creative way for 3-5 year olds? You may be the PLAYGROUP SUPERVISOR we're looking for to help set-up and run JELLYTOTS PLAYGROUP, opening in October at Shaw Village Centre. Exact terms to be agreed. PPA/NNEB experience/qualifications desirable. Reply in writing giving details of experience by 10th September to Ms. M. Watkins, Jellytots Secretary, 8 Galloway Close, Shaw. Enquiries to 873008.
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TRAWLERMAN ASSISTANCE Paul West who works for Coach Caterers in Salisbury, owners of the Trawlerman Take-Away is walking 250 miles from Salisbury to Hull to raise £10,000 for the Hospices in both cities. A collecting box and sponsor card is to be found in the Trawlerman at the West Swindon Centre. Please give generously.
CHARITY MARKET LINK CENTRE SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 10a.m. —2p.m. "You get the bargains, community groups get the benefit"
* The Child Cancer and Leukemia Movement was the beneficiary of a £877 cheque from Freshbrook's pub, The Cornflower. The barmaids OF THE PLAY AREAS AT UPPER SHAW FARM CENTRE & played Swindon College Rugby Club SHAW RIDGE, WESTLEA and reports suggest that it was a great scrumdown for a good cause. BY THE MAYOR OF THAMESDOWN,CLLR. PETER OWEN
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* Swindon organiser for Christian Aid Phyllis Peet would like to thank the few volunteers who carried out house to house collections. Including church service contributions. £984 was collected in West Swindon, out of a total £11,054 for the whole of Thamesdown.
AND CLLR. EAMON HACKETF, CHAIR OF THE ARTS & RECREATION COMMITTEE SATURDAY 19th SEPTEMBER, 2.00 p.m. —4.30 p.m.
Attractions put on by Upper Shaw Playgroup and Shaw Ridge Parent & Toddler Group include Inflatable, Childrens Fancy Dress, Playgroup Concert, Giant Mural * West Swindon's pre-school mini- paintings, Tombola, Home Produce and other stalls, Lots of Have-A-Go stalls, Childrens Games. gymnasts tumbled their way to over
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LYDIARD PARK'S MEDIEVAL ORIGINS by Nick Digby
The West Swindon Health Visitor Team
A re-organisation of local health services is now eight months old and is proving very successful. The nine Health Visitors working in West Swindon are delivering health care which is relevant and accesible to the consumer and more satisfying to the workers themselves. Its also cost effective. Health Visitors are usually attached to Doctor's practices. Because of the rapid growth and movement in the West Swindon population, Health Service managers decided in 1986 that Health Visitors should be geographically based and work with all clients in a particular area, no matter who the doctor might be. The West Swindon team is the only group working in this way in the Swindon area. Whereas Health Visitors used to do a lot of travelling from surgeries some distance from the clients home, the local team members now concentrate their time and effort in one patch. For the consumer it means they get to know the Health Visitor for their area and be sure of having contact with the same person when they need her. Because of the large numbers of families with young children in the area, it is important that they can get help and advice quickly from somebody they know and trust. Mothers appreciate this when children are growing up, especially if they can also meet the same Health Visitors at Child Health Clinics to discuss health matters or any problems that they have. The Health Visitors are finding that its easier to get to know what's going on in the community and this information can be passed on to families. However one disadvantage (or advantage) arising from the re-organisation is that Health Visitors work loads have increased as clients get to know them, gain confidence and call upon them more often. Miss Elizabeth Plumb, Nurse Manager for the local team, con-
firms the success of the reorganisation. "We think it is working very well, there is greater contact and continuity between the staff and the clients, at home and at clinics. The clients seem to like the arragements. For some people its just too difficult to get themselves and children to a clinic and we might not have had so much contact with them in the past. Now a Health Visitor might be visiting somebody in a road when another mother will ask her in for some advice or help." Caroline Trotman, a Health Visitor in the area since 1983 who now concentrates on Toothifi with colleague Chris Carter, thinks there is still some way to go before the new system reaches its full potential, "because our work areas have changed, we're still getting to know the families we are responsible for visiting, but generally we're much more available to clients. We're happy to meet families we have not had contact with and they do not even have to be registered with a Doctor to receive a visit." Along with home visiting duties to give advice and help on any aspect of family health and welfare, the Health Visitors meet parents who call at their base at 4 Deerhurst Way (on Dunwich Drive), Toothill, provide support by telephone, run preparation for parenthood classes and operate Child Health Clinics across the area. These are listed on page 23. If anybody needs to talk to a Health Visitor urgently, they will call round very quickly.There is always somebody available at Deerhurst Way from 8.45am to 4.45pm on weekdays to ensure messages can be taken and information given. The telephone numbers are 642133 or 610459.
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The Mansion and Park have their origins sometime after Domesday. In 1086 the whole of the area was part of the Forest of Braydon, a royal forest kept for the hunting of deer and other game. Within the next two centuries probably some land was granted to the St. John family on the edge of the Forest and was immediately turned into a deer park. This would not be a park in the modem sense, but an area of land, partially wooded, for keeping deer so that the St. Johns could enjoy hunting on their own estate, and keep themselves in venison as well. The first record of a deer park is in the Thirteenth Century when eleven deer are granted by the King, to a Robert Tregoze, to restock his herd. The Kind presumably gave away some of his deer from Braydon Forest, possibly in return for services rendered by Robert. The Park was extended in the Thirteenth Century, and possibly again in the Sixteenth Century. It may be due to this that the village of Lydiard Tregoze disappeared, moved aside for the sake of sport.
The ponds that exist today are also of Medieval origin, originally built to keep a stock of fish for eating. They also allowed somewhere for the deer to drink. A map of the Seventeenth Century shows that a lot of the woods around the house had been cleared and several tree lined avenues existed - sections of these can still be seen on the approach to the house from Hook. In the early 1700's a fire damaged the house. At that time several formal gardens existed around the house including eight walled gardens probably used to grow vegetables! The Park was landscaped in 1743, at the same time as the house was remodelled, and new formal gardens laid out. This was the last major remodelling of the park so that the informal and pleasantly wild ground we can enjoy today, existed by this date. The changes since then have generally been small such as the lane that leads to the church that was built in 1830, and the damon the lake bursting in 1911, to make the lake much smaller than it used to be.
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I usually wake just before the alarm rings at 6.30 a.m; according to how my arthritis hits me I either bounce or crawl out of bed! Have a quick look at the weather hoping that the sun's shining - if it is the body feels instantly better - then an even quicker look in the mirror and pray that this week we 'win the pools' so that I can have plastic surgery: I would settle for a face lift but prefer to have the whole body changed (anything resembling Sophia Loren would be OK!) Downstairs, switch on the coffee-maker; the cats nearly trip me up waiting for their breakfast. Sooty, who is old and arthritic (a bit like me!) brings up the rear and waits patiently for the other two to finish before he attempts to eat his amidst much sneezing and wheezing - poor boy! Then it's the birds' turn, they wait like vultures on the bean-sticks knowing that I'm about to throw out the scraps from last night's meal, etc. what a feast! I then sit and peruse last night's Adver and yesterday's Telegraph.
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In the stew. Christine getting the goodies ready for break and lunchtime. On to the second cup of coffee and decide I must move if I'm going to do something with my hair this morning. Before I leave the house I wake my other half and our daughter - saying three times "Are you awake": I'm sure they both say "Yes" in their sleep! I arrive at Greendown at around 7.30; it's so peaceful. My kitchen has a super view, I can work and watch the teachers and students arrive, always getting a 'wave from Elizabeth and Wendy. Then into the strip: off with my togs and don the overall, pinny and hat - Sensations gear has got nothing on this outfit - sexy, smart but most of all serviceable. Having seen nurses in the same hats I wonder why they look so fetching whilst I look like a spinster matron from a mental home! Set to work: on with the bread ready for iced buns and doughnuts, then light the equipment kneeling on the floor with a lighted taper in my hand - I feel a bit like Florence Nightingale at Scutari! Jameson's waffle keeps me company until 9 a.m. when my assistant cook, Gaye, arrives. I can see her pedalling up the hill puffing and panting. (Thank Goodness I can be lazy now and just get in the car! Mind you, Gaye and my other ladies are as fit as fiddles and lovely and slim - is there a moral there somewhere?) By 9.30 we are often splattered with chocolate from 'topping' the doughnuts or sticky with icing from the buns, and forever trying to resist the bits of flapjack that will stick to the corners of the tins.
We have a mad rush at break time. The children enjoy a bun or cake; keeps them going until lunchtime - after the children the adults come for their coffee and try to resist the home-made cakes and biscuits (but often don't)! The rest of the team arrive (more puffing and panting!) and we get a spurt on ready for lunch and do our best to persuade/ cajole the children into trying a salad or ploughman's. On the whole they eat quite sensibly, it's not all beans & chips! We then have our lunch; I try to have a salad or jacket potato & beans (high fibre!) Then I usually sweep the dining hall: I could delegate but feel that I'm losing pounds pushing the broom around what seems to be as big as the deck of the QE2. I'm on my own again in the afternoon; it's quiet and I settle down to do my books. I promise myself every week that I'll do the shopping all in one go, but inevitably we need odds and bits during the week, so it's a stop-off at the corner shop (Carrefour) and to the library it's wonderful to have a library ,on the doorstep'. When I enter the Link I promise myself I will start swimming again after work, but haven't got there yet. At home, a quick bath to wash off the smell of cooking, then read for a while, I find it helps me wind down; then I'm ready for the next round, usually housework and with a bit of luck an hour in the garden (sitting if it's hot and working if it's not). If it's Guides or any other activity Bryony does then it's a separate meal for her: Brian never comes home 'til 7.30 and so we eat them. After that, unless I'm picking Bryony up from somewhere, it's feet up, eyes on 'the box'. I have great impulses to knit, but in the sixteen years of our marriage have only completed one cardigan, for Bryony; the rest are half-finished in various carrier-bags pushed under the stairs out of sight! I go to bed about 10.30 and read for about half-an-hour, then I lie and think about what's happened during the day and thank "Him upstairs" for giving me a pleasant day, lovely family, super job and great colleagues. "Should I do 40 iced buns or 60 tomorrow? . . What about the shortbread? . . Have we got enough coconut squares or Welsh biscuits? . . Z7777. .
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WILDCATS, COUGARS & PUMAS LOOK FOR MORE WEST SWINDON SUPPORT Britain's fastest growing sport gets underway this month and West Swindon people are well placed to become more involved than they are already. After just keeping their place last season, Swindon Wildcats, sponsored by Swedish company Stralfors, have high hopes of staying in the top half of Division I of the National Ice Hockey League, sponsored by Heineken. Two other teams will also be looking for honours, the Cougars in Division II will give local players a chance to compete, and the Pumas will play in an under 13s league. As a developing sport, the 87/ 88 season is going to be tough according to coach/player Daryl Lipsey. "Teams are getting better all the time as public interest, television coverage and sponsorship increases. There are nine new British players on the Wildcats squad and we've been able to keep Steve Nell at Swindon." Steve has been the highest scoring British player in the league during the last season and he is joined by Canadians Ken Kipp and Tim Lequyer. "Imported players with their experience of competitive league hockey are essential for any team
hoping to gain a high place," said Daryl. "Some teams will have more imports as there are Canadians who have been playing U.K. hockey for over five years. But we're much stronger this year and I'm hoping for good results:" Link Centre is an ideal venue for ice hockey according to Promotions Officer David James. "The rink was designed with the game in mind and the facilities for spectators are very good. From surveys carried out last season, a large proportion of our fans come from West Swindon. They're getting right behind the team. If anybody has not been, now is the time to find out what it's all about. You'll be amazed at the breath-taking pace and the incredible skill and control of the players. The game is fast and hard but it's good to know we have a big family audience - all the aggression takes place on the ice." It will be interesting to see how Link Centre fits in all the fans as capacity is reached. Perhaps an extension will have to be built. After all in a game sponsored by Heineken, it may get to the parts other beers cannot reach."
CIVIC OFFICIAL LEADS 'CATS INTO NEW SEASON
You might not think that under the helmet, all the padding and heavy clothing, there is a really nice guy called Daryl Lispey. But then that's the Jekyll and Hyde character of an ice hockey player. During the game you will see him aggressively speeding about after a small block of plastic, occasionally crushing another player into the side barrier, urging his team on to greater effort. Off the ice his concern is to improve the standard of ice hockey at Link centre, not only by coaching the teams, but also by visiting schools to get more youngsters interested
in the game and talking to local businesses about sponsorship. Daryl's been playing ice-hockey since the age of 7 at home in Canada. Youngsters start playing from a very early age and progress through different leagues until they are 20 when players either join local senior teams, play at college, go to Europe or, for just a few, join major teams in the North American hockey league. At 24, Daryl is starting his fourth season in Britain and his second with Swindon Wildcats. He is employed by Thamesdown Borough Council with the official title 'Ice Hockey Development Officer' with coaching responsibilities for all three teams and promotion of ice-hockey in the area. Daryl has seen great changes since he came to the U.K. "More and better facilities are being built, the standard of the game is rising, and more people, especially families, are attending games," he said. "The interest from youngsters is fantastic. About 30 train at present in our under-13s team, The Pumas, are all ready to go. Hopefully they will be the Wildcat players of the future."
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Big changes at the West Swindon Centre are going to make things better for shoppers. Improvements in the environment for people living nearby are also in prospect. The alterations proposed by Gateway Foodmarkets go before Thamesdown Council's Planning Committee in a few weeks. Residents of Westlea, especially those who live closest to the rear of the Centre, will be pleased to know that the inconvenience caused by early morning deliveries and the dangers caused by lorries parked in Cotton Crescent are to be dealt with. Operational changes already in force mean that goods are delivered to central distribution depots and then sent on to West Swindon. This means fewer deliveries by different suppliers. However, the vehicle access to the petrol filling station is to be changed to allow the outer wall of the delivery yard to be moved out some twelve feet to the edge of the station forecourt to increase the delivery and un-loading area. The whole yard is to be covered. Close-by, next to the present delivery yard entrance, the car park is to be strengthened to provide a short term lorry park
to be used at peak delivery times. Extra car parking is to be built on the site of the garden centre that was closed down some time ago. Within the Superstore, Gateway aim to create a better shopping environment. The entrances to the North and South of the Mall (next to the Electrical shop and by Coopers) will have new canopies built over them to give better weather protection to customers entering the Centre. Carrefour, as most people know, is to disappear. The whole store is to be completely re-fitted with new shelving, layout and equipment, whilst the fresh produce and delicatessen areas are to be re-built. Decor will change as well with Gateway colours being the theme throughout. Because less in-store warehousing is required, more retailing floor space is to be created with non-food and D.I.Y. goods to the fore. The check-out system is to be fully computerised to make for more efficient, quicker procedures. After five years trading the West Swindon Centre has shown how popular it is. The changes proposed will continue its success into the 1990's.
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Saturday 5th September Rehearsals by Thamesdowsi I - 3pm Marie McCluskey Youth Dancers Town Hall Studios Performance by Thamesdown 8pm Marie McCluskey Youth Dancers Town Hall Studios Sunday 6th September 9— 1145pm Cohn Roberts Milton Road Baths & Hydro Family Swimathon 11.30— 3pm Cohn Roberts Milton Road Baths & Hydra Archery 10.20— 12.30 Rob Whitehouse, Link Ladies Conditioning 10am Steve Lewis, County Ground Complex Disabled Conditioning 11am Stove Lewis, County Ground Complex Casual Conditioning 12 noon Stove Lewis, County Ground Complex S.A.C. Club Championships Steve Lewis, County Ground Complex Casual Conditioning 4pm - 7pm Steve Lewis, County Ground Complex Family Swimming Session 10am - 12 noon Neil Baxter, Dorcan Pool & Monster Inflatable in Pool 2.30-3.30 and Squash Courts Squash Court Bouncer 1 - Spin Alan Green, Wroughton Sports Centre Children's Gymnastics 2 - 4pm Alan Green, Wroughton Sports Centre Children's Trampolining 3 - 5pm Alan Green, Wroughton Sports Centre Children's Short Tennis 2 - 4pm Alan Green, Wroughton Sports Centre Children's Badminton 2 —5pm Alan Green, Wroughton Sports Centre Children's Squash 2— 4pm Alan Green, Wrough ton Sports Centre Lower Show Farm Open Day 2 - 5pm Lower Show Farm Adult Swim Clinic
Monday 7th September 930am - 1030am Fran Lewis (Action Sport) Complex 'The Alamo', County Ground Women's Weight Training 1030am - 1130am Fran Lewis (Action Sport) Complex 'The Alamo', County Ground Aquarobics 3pm-4pm Fran Lewis (Action Sport), Dorcan Pool Rose's Jogging Group 7pm Steve Lewis, County Ground Complex Rose's Keep Fit Group 7pm Steve Lewis, County Ground Complex Ladies Lifestyle Session 9.30-11.30 Rob Whitehouse, Link Centre Pre-School Trampolining 1.30-3.30 Rob Whitehouse, Link Centre Evergreen Lifestyle Session 1.30-3.30 Rob Whitehouse, Link Centre Canoeing 9.15-10.15 Rob Whitehouse, Link Centre Yoga 7.30-9.30 Rob White/souse, Link Centre Adult Swim Clinic 5.30-7pm Cohn Roberts Free Advice Session Milton Road Baths & Hydro Bach Flower Remedies Talk 1pm - 130pm John Farrar, Milton Road Health Hydro Alexander Technique Talk 1pm - 130pm David Bainbridge, & Demonstration Milton Road Health Hydro Osteopathy Talk & 8pm —9pm Pauline Mather Demonstration Milton Road Health Hydro Health Hydro Open Day 1pm - 8pm Helen Porter, with Practitioners & Staff Milton Road Baths & Health Hydra Women's Jogging
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OFFBEAT CHECKING OUT PLAY AREAS New Link investigator Jools Dowling looks at play facilities with friends
They stole from the houses and sat on the bench in front of Plattes Close: legs dangling, teeth bared in aggression. . . the air was hot, sticky and oppressive. It was 4.15 on a July afternoon. They looked like they were ready for trouble, they looked mean. . . they were • . . THE PLAYGROUND INVESTIGATION SQUAD. "What are you doing here?" "It's near to the houses and away from the roads", spat Vicki, tall, dark and troubled. "I meet most of my mates here," hissed Charlotte, smaller, but like a tornado in a sandpit. "This is the only park there is," crooned Lizzie, small, angelfaced, but ever-dangerous. "Hee hee hee," hee-heed Heather, small but tiny. Andy strolled up, nonchalantly, like Vicki he seemd old for this sort of thing. "Well . . . there isn't much place to play around the street, as there's cars parked around, so you come here just to sit on the bench or the swing, as there isn't much to do. Sometimes they tell me . . . keep an eye on those two," and he cast an eye wistfully towards Lizzie. Lizzie, turned, a slight smile playing around her mouth: "This slide's all. . . all slippery!" "When it's hot the rubber tyre swings burn your bum!" the final words from the tornado, as they turned towards. . . Ridge Green.
*** At Ridge Green I felt the heat of the juvenile jungle as they pushed me towards the assault course. The first task was to rescue Heather, who had wandered on to it, like a lost sheep in a minefield. She was coaxed down, and left to find her domain • . a smaller enclosed area, where the slides were topped with gleaming red roofs. There was a 'slidey' slide and a slow pimpled one which didn't slow Charlotte down: "Someone's nicked a swing," she proclaimed and sped off. Back at the assault course Charlotte, Vicki and Lizzie stormed the bridge and swarmed on to the slide at the other end. Charlotte dangled dangerously on ropes, Lizzie slid smoothly to the base. . . and Vicki crunched in to the bark chippings below. At the monkey swing Charlotte tried to climb like a monkey. . . Lizzie didn't have to try too hard, and Vicki knelt nursing her knee. AL
Then the springboards, like odd mushrooms on stilts. . . as Lizzie sailed through the air from one to the other they chimed like cow-bells: 'Dung. . . Dung. Dung.. Suddenly, a cool breeze and... Justin, as though from the set of 'Grease' - open-necked turquoise shirt and shorts (not opennecked or turquoise). "It's brilliant. I use it every night probably • . . the adventure parts, the big bits. Most of my mates come up here. I like the rope bit where you climb up and the thing goes round and round. .
Three of the roofed structures were connected by a plank (Captain Pugwash style) and a plank bridge ('like a rope bridge but made of planks'). Westlea was 'fun' but Westlea was 'old and dangerous'. Pornographic graffiti on the swings reminded Lizzie of "a split lolly" . . . I wished it reminded me of the same. "Too close to the stream,": Vicki "Too much writing,": Charlotte "Some climbs are too high,": Lizzie "Hee hee.. .": Heather. Heather began to tire, but noone would leave the swings. "Someone's nicked one here, too". We carried on swinging.
Shaw's famous five set off towards the dying sun. What would they feel like if someone took these three playgrounds from them? Vicki: "There'd be more balls through windows". Charlotte: "I would not be happy". Lizzie: "I'd be sad, I wouldn't have anything to play on anymore". Heather: "hee!" One last look at the waste ground in front of Plattes Close. "There's no football pitch, though," said Vicki, "there's no open space. . The melted back into the houses.
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A strange two-seater carousel, a huge crucifix with straps and rubber discs for seat suspended from each end of the cross-piece; like the spar of a long gone ship. After a mixture of threats and pleadings, I spliced the mainbrace and wound it up and sent Charlotte and Lizzie whirling, screaming and shouting through the air. We did eight dips on the 'pushup' bars and moved on, leaving the solitary cement-mixer, a sign of the times. "There are bark clippings, right, 'cos if it's hard ground somebody might fall or somethink, and they might hurt theirself,": Lizzie. . . we nodded and Vicki picked up Heather.
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JULIE INVITES YOU TO AN OPEN DAY Toothill Community Arts Studio 14th September Julie Livsey. Artist in Residence for West Swindon, will be having an Open Day at the Toothill Community Arts Studio. The studio will be open from 11.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. for anyone to come along, see the work and talk to Julie. On show will be the models that were considered for the Shaw public sculpture and the model of the sculpture that is to be built. A map of the site and details of the sculpture will also be available. Julie has been working in West Swindon for seven months now and work on the major sculpture Julie Livesav using the skills she piece for Shaw should begin picked up when she worked for within the next few weeks. British Ship Builders.
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This month heralds the main performance and events season at Link Arts Studios which will be presenting a wide range of films, drama, rock bands, jazz and dance.
Films Beginning on Thursday 3 September with a Film Society presentation of 'The Clan of the Cave Bear' (15) at 7.30 p.m., there will be seven films shown in both the Film Society and Children's Film Club. Other presentations in September are 'Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore' (U) on Saturday 5 September at 2.30 p.m., an evening of classic Jazz Films on Thursday 17 September at 7.30 p.m. and 'Return to Oz' (U) on Saturday 19 September at 2.30 p.m.
Music For music fans, September offers a choice of styles 'Tokyo Blade' are a heavy rock band and will be live on stage on Friday 4 September. For jazz fans, the 'Steve Williamson Quintet' will be appearing with the 'I.D.J. Dancers' on Friday 18 September, followed on Saturday 19 September by 'Press Gang' an electric/folk band plus 'alternative cabaret'.
Dance The new dance classes commence on Monday 14 September with Modern Dance and Wednesdays 16 September with Parent and Toddlers, Tap and Ballet. The dance term ends on December 9. Details of all classes available from Link Arts-871212 ext 227.
Drama Drama kicks off with performance by local playwright Stuart Fox in a new play entitled 'The Fall Horse' on Saturday 12 September at 8.00 p.m., and 'The Wyvern Young Stagers' on Thursday 24 September.
Photographers A good example of 'get up and go' can be found in Norris KiddIe who lives in Toothill. About a year ago he became interested in photography, but found that he could only learn so much from books and experiments. So, to increase his knowledge and his contacts, he has started the West Swindon Camera Club. "I find photography a very rewarding pastime", said Norris, "but it's even better if people can
On Saturday 5 September at the Link, there will be a Kite Making workshop with Stephen Brockett, whose colourful creations have been on exhibition since early August. The workshop will be in the Arts Studios and will run from 10.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m., cost including all materials is £5.00/3.00 concessions. Places are limited to 15, so book soon. NB. The workshop is only suhable for 13 years m.
West Swindon Community Theatre Project This new group has been formed following the public meeting held at Link Arts in June. The aim of the project is to produce a community play all about West Swindon with people living and working in West Swindon being invited to participate. A small working group has been formed who are in the process of applying for money to pay for a scriptwriter to help in producing the play. Drama Workshops will be run at the Arts Studios at the Link Centre beginning Wednesday 7th October, from 7.30 - 9.00 p.m. The workshop will be run by Catherine Halder the Community Drama Director from the Wyvern Theatre and will be FREE. These workshops are being run through the Community Theatre Project and are aimed at preparing budding actors for the community play! For further details of the Theatre Project and the workshops contact Chris Humphrey at Link Arts on 871212 ext. 227. get together to help each other out by passing on tips and experiences. There are four in the Club at present, but things could get much better if more people in West Swindon joined us." The Camera Club meets fortnightly on a Tuesday evening at Link Centre Arts Studio. New members will be made very welcome. To find out the next meeting date contact Norris KiddIe on 695457, week-days only after 6.00 p.m.
EDUCATION MATTERS Community Education at Greendown by Jan Matthews, Head, Greendown The Adult Education Programme was recently published giving full details of activities for the community at Greendown School. When Greendown was established, it was decided that the excellent facilities should not only be a resource for secondary aged children in West Swindon, but that it should also serve as a resource for the whole community. Most people are unaware that the facilities of a school are only in full use for about 5 hours per day for 40 weeks in a year - that leaves a vast amount of time when most schools are completely empty. Greendown will cost very nearly 4 million pounds by the time it is completed and with this sort of investment surely all people in a community should get the chance to use it. This is in fact the first principle of community education - use of facili ties for the greatest number for the greatest time. In fact Greendown is a cooperative - that is, the community activities generate a sizeable income (over £20,000 in the first year) representing a 'profit' of nearly £2,500. This is all ploughed back into the school to provide additional resources for our school students and the community users. The Governors and the Community Management Committee are major influences in the use of the facilities, and also in the use of the money being generated. The Management Committee is set up to be representative of the users, and so ultimately it is the users themselves which will have the main influence over the way that the community side of the school develops. The professionals in the school, teachers, adult tutor and youth worker (we have one at last!), are all responsible to some degree for setting up various activities but so far at Greendown many of our activities have also been generated by members of the community. In fact, we see our
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job as to partly provide ideas and activities which the community then joins in with, and partly to help individuals within the community set up their own activities. One final point, which I know is a matter of concern to some parents, is, 'How does this affect the school students?' The answer is, quite a lot - but in ways which are totally beneficial. More activities in the evening and holidays, a more adult atmosphere to the whole school, children seeing that adults enjoy education - and this has a spin off on their own attitude, improved behaviour and motivation to learn. Greendown is committed to the community, I hope that in the future the community will make full use of Greendown.
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On October 24th 1975 women in Iceland actually went on a oneday strike and brought their country to a stand still. Now, I'm not suggesting all the women of West Swindon do that; though I must admit there are many times I, for one, feel provoked to do so, when all the unpaid work! do is taken for granted: don't you sometimes feel the same? But, on offer in West Swindon for two weeks this October is the opportunity to take a little 'TIME OFF' an enjoy a whole variety of activities based at the Link Centre, focussing on women. The Link Centre is offering to provide space, publicity and back-up for a wide range of women's organisations to publicise themselves and their activities.
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Details of the programme of events will be published in the October issue of The Link. Before then, however, every woman in West Swindon has the chance to say what she would like to see happening during this fortnight. The programme is not yet fully planned, so come and express your interest and wishes at an open meeting on Tuesday 8th September 10a.m. 12 noon in the Community Suite at the Link Centre (free crèche provided). If you are at work then or unable to attend for whatever reason, you can still have your say by phoning Martha Parry on 871212 est. 234. So, come on! Claim your two it's not weeks 'TIME OFF' much to ask out of thousands of years, is it? -
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Nappies are a very necessary part of caring for a baby. As a mother and grandmother Kathy Langhan knows this well and has set up a nappy service to help parents by delivering them to the home. Until recently, Kathy was an Industrial Nurse at British Rail Engineering caring for the health and welfare of the workforce. But redundancy has made her take up the challenge of selfemployemnt and sees West Swindon as a market with enormous possibilities. "With all the families moving in or starting in the area, this part of town needs a local delivery service", said Kathy who has discovered that being a mum is important in her line of business. "I've found that mothers appreciate another woman calling on them, especially if they're in the middle of feeding the baby. A friendly face and helpful word always goes a long way. "In my day, all we had was washable nappies, but the disposables nowadays are such a boon to parents. No more washing and drying great heaps of terries. Disposables are really so convenient, but they are very bulky. Getting them back from the shops can be very inconvenient, even if all you have to do is walk to the car park with the rest of the shopping." With winter coming on, children have to be dressed up warmly and getting to the shops becomes more of an expedition. So having local, free deliveries could be an important service for many parents. Kathys Kiddy Kare can supply all the well known brands of nappies in a range of pack sizes to suit the household budget.
by Barbera Parsons Starting Wednesay, 9th September, Shaw Ridge, a new Parent & Toddler group, will be running every Wednesday morning, 10a.m. Christenings & Cots to 12 noon. This is in addition Kaths is not just about nappies. to the usual Thursday afternoon sessions (1.30 —3.30 p.m.). The She also supplies baby foods and new sessions will be held in the toiletries and she has recognised large community hall at the that christening robes cost a lot for only brief use and travel cots Upper Shaw Farm Centre. We hope the group will be able are a very necesary piece of to meet the needs of parents with equipment, but not used very often. She has a range of christentoddlers and/or babies. We always look forward to ing robes and travel cots availseeing both familiar and new able for hire. Again delivery is free as well as collection. faces.
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AT YOUR LIBRARY September, and we finally have to accept we have said goodbye to any hope of a good old British summer! As thoughts turn away from gardening and holidays tonight classes and painting & decorating, I thought it might be useful to remind everyone that the library is always there to help whatever you are planning to do. Not only do we stock 35,000 books at West Swindon library, we have access to over 10,000 titles in other libraries in the county and we can tell you immediately if a book is available by checking our magical computer. We are not just about books either! Did you know we can provide everything from 'Which' reports to music scores, Ordnance Survey maps to magazines and newspapers. Whatever you need to find out about, the library will try very hard to come up with an answer - or put you in touch with someone who can help. During September (August 26th - September 16th) we have a very attractive exhibition entitled 'Arabesques'. Local artist Hassina Watson is giving everyone the opportunity to see a very different type of art work. 'Arabesques' concerns itself with symbol and design in Islamic art.
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'The Tregoze family, whose name was added to that of Lydiard to distinguish it from the adjoining parish of Lydiard Millicent came from a village in Normandy called Troisgots.' Thus reads the guide to Lydiard Park and Church that I obtained from the mansion on my appointment as Rector of the Lydiards five years ago. Two years earlier, Tony Jepps, Chairman of the Lydiard Tregoze Parish Council, had visited Troisgots with his, wife, and some thought was given to starting a link between the two communities - originally connected by a Norman knight seven hundred years ago. There followed some correspondence between a thirteen year old French girl and my predecessor, who was asked to find a Lydiard pen friend of similar age. I don't know if anything came of this. During the last five years, I have responded to occasional letters from a lady who has a degree in English and is married to the deput Head of a special needs school for girls in Troisgots, telling her all about the western expansion of Swindon. We both hoped one day to exchange visits and our opportunity came this summer. One Saturday in June, my wife
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and I crossed the channel on the sequently rebuilt in the original Truckline ferry from Poole to style, and overlooks another part Cherbourg, and motored the sixty of the community clustered round miles to the little village of another church - La ChapelleTroisgots, just south of St Lo. sur-Vire, beside the river. PilThere we were made very wel- grims have come here for almost come and were generously enter- 700 years to venerate the Virgin tained over the weekend by my Mary. Here there is the special correspondent and the local needs school, an inn where the food is good, and, it is believed, Mayor. Troisgots folk are chiefly em- the site of a Norman castle. The origin of the name 'Troisployed in farming. The village is on high ground with the parish gots' is hotly disputed between church on a bluff above the valley the parish priest and the present of the river Vire. During the last Mayor's father. Monsier Roger war it's tower was used as a Mourocq gave us a signed copy German O.P and so was a target of his treatise on the subject, for the Allies artillery. It was sub- together with a generous sample
of his home brewed Calvados. Normandy cider is a special experience! They are interested in a twinning arrangement with Tregoze, although I think I managed to convince them in schoolboy French that our village no longer existed! Perhaps by the time they come, our Wick farm archaeologists will have at least uncovered the site where it used to be. They asked for a football match - and all we could offer was croquette. They hoped for a student exchange and here it is possible that Greendown School might be interested.
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by John Hibberd "Where are you going for your beginnings. I hope that the village summer placement?" centres will help to create a sense "West Swindon", I said. of community as the development "Where's that?" continues, the 'Link' magazine Boldly I hazarded a guess. impressed me, and was certainly "Near Swindon. . . although I'm a great help in giving me an innot sure if it's built yet." troduction to West Swindon. "Which church will you be The churches too have reworking with?" sponded to the new development. "Well . . . five of them in all Shaw, Westlea and Toothill actually, with clergy and people churches are directly a response from at least three different de- to it, while St Mary's and All nominations." Saints are also beginning to This was the sort of conversa- relate to the new community tion that I had with people nearby. It was exciting to see that before I came to West Swindon the Anglican, Methodist, Baptist at the beginning of July. Part of and United Reformed Churches my training as a theological have all gathered together to student involves a month-long present a united living demonplacement with a church to learn stration of the love of God in what it is all about in the big wide West Swindon. So you can be world. So, what have I seen? sure of a welcome whatever deMy church involvement has nomination you come from - or included Lydiard Millicent, so even if you have no church backI've seen village life, as well as ground, as was true of me five relatively established areas, such years ago. Wherever you are in as Toothill, and brand new hous- West Swindon you're not far ing in Shaw being occupied every from a church, so why not go day. The overall impression is along and see what they are up one of change and exciting new to?
HOME & GARDEN CRABS AND BERRIES by Glare Beaton September begins the 'season of My own garden firework is mellow fruitfulness', a phrase to Cornus alba sibirica. It came to conjure the worst that television me as a sucker from a chalk advertising can gather before a garden where its parent had soft focus lens. It's a very for- never topped 4 feet. In our moist giving month in the garden; clay it is now 6 foot by 4 foot with annuals and roses seem to realise large veined leaves that change that this is the last opportunity to orange to red and then fall to display their virtues and sprawl leave scarlet stems to glow luxuriantly so we will forgive through the winter. This is one of their earlier, more stinted per- those shrubs best cut to ground formance. Mixed in with all this level every year or two. fin-de-siecle riot are the gold and Both Stourhead and Westonred tints of autumn. birt are 1-2 hours drive distant in Mostly, when we talk of 'autumn Wiltshire and Gloucestershire colour' (with that tone of voice respectively. Closer to home and used on 'colour' that spreads the a good place to measure the right vowels like butter) we think of moment to go fathter afield is the spectacular leaf tints from the Lydiard Park. There is a marvelJapanese Maples, the Tulip trees lous sweep of lawn down to the and Liquidambers that make lake, with large horse chestnuts Stourhead Garden and Weston- and a great cedar tree. If you birt Arboretum such a spectacle walk there along Shaw Ridge in October. But such colour only there will also be the colours of appears in some years. Closer to the new plantings to enjoy. home, there is a more gentle P. S. September is the best month change. The margins of horse to sow your spring bulbs. chestnut and oak leaves go yellowish. Carmine reds dull the rowan and whitebeam leaves. This effect is more like a tapestry Planning Your Bulb than a bonfire and receives its Planting brighter accents from coloured berries; mountain ash and haw- West Swindon's Gardening Club thorn, apples and crabs. heard a talk on Old Cottage If you want to encourage this Plants at its August meeting autumn glow in your own garden, from Peter Jones of Manningford the mountain ash (Sorbus Nursery. aucuparia) and crab (Malus 'Bulbs for the House & Garden' cultivars) are ideal small trees for are on the agenda for the next the garden. If you plant Malus meeting with a talk on how to 'John Downie' there is attractive plan ahead and prepare a display blossom in May, good leaf colour for next spring. This will take and bright red-flushed gold crabs place on 7th September, 8 p.m. that can be jellied; and all on a in the Community Suite, Link tree that should be more reason- Centre. ably priced than most because its For more information about culinary use means it's zero-rated the Club contact David Greetham for VAT purposes. at 57 Rowton Heath Way. All gardeners are welcome. Membership is only £1.00 a Clothing Alterations & Repairs year or £1.50 for a couple, and Tel: 872096 30p is charged on the evening. Mrs. White, Freshbrook
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FREE NEW BUSINESS TRAINING Going self employed or starting up your own small business can be most rewarding and exciting, but there is much to do and the risks and problems are many and varied. But these can be reduced dramatically simply by attending a business training course run by the Skills Training Agency: these courses are funded by the Manpower Services Commission. The courses are known as the Business Enterprise Programme - BEP - and being completely free it can enhance your chances of success without using up your precious resources - except, of course, your time. The courses are held on week-days, but should there be sufficient demand to do so, then it is proposed that they be held over the weekend. BEP will provide all the vital ingredients to give your business the best possible start. This course includes the basic business information, advice and practical help you need to gain good business management skills, so essential in all companies - large and small. The course is open to those over 18 but under 65 years of age who are not in full time education. You can be in employment or unemployed or working for yourself, as long as you have been doing so for less than one year.
BEP is divided into two phases, a one day introductory seminar and a main programme. The one day seminar aims to give basic guidance on what is involved in starting up on your own. It gives you the opportunity to assess your own suitability to go self employed or to run your own business. The main programme is where the course gets down to specific training, covering all vital areas of business management. It involves six days training, delivered in three modules, each of two days within a time scale of three weeks. By the end of the course you will have explored the viability of your own business idea and how to optimise your chances of success. You will understand the fundamental principles of running an efficient business and will have prepared a detailed business plan. So, do not start up without the benefit of this free training, further information can be obtained from Terry Baker at the Swindon Skills Centre, telephone 641671 or from the Jobcentre. It is a tremendous grounding and you will find that it is really helpful being with people in the same position as yourself and taking place in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.
IS THE IMAGE RIGHT? Community groups and small businesses often suffer frm the same problem - poor presentation. If you can't get the message across effectively, a lot of the effort and energy put into developing ideas is wasted. Until recently the cost of good design has been heavy. However new computer programs and printing equipment has sent the price of good presentation tumbling. In West Swindon PROJECTIONS now makes it possible for community groups and small businesses to project that good image. PROJECTIONS is run by Richard Howell who moved to
Grange Park six months ago after completing a course in Industrial Design. With help from the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, he now runs a design consultancy aimed at companies of all sizes. His computer has a wide range of applications and is very capable of helping local organisations with their design and printing needs. Being local he is available to discuss what a client wants and produce the artwork very quickly. Richard designed and produced his advertisement on this page with his equipment. To see other examples of what PROJECTIONS has to offer, contact Richard on 872123.
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Thamesdown Borough Council Tony Free, Toothill Farmhouse, Bodiam Drive, Toothill. Tel: 619834. Ricky Midwinter, 4 Anglesey Close, Westlea. Tel: 873537. Peter Stoddart, 9 Fairlawn, Liden. Tel: 692812. Wiltshire County Council Alan Winmill, I The Holbeins, Freshbrook. Tel: 875129.
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Doctors Doctors: Ketkar, Flowers, Matheson, Nixon, Holdon, Chippendale, Swinyard, Ashington Way Surgery, Ashington. Tel: 614840. Doctor G Ready, Freshbrook Village Centre. Tel: 870494. Doctor Godbole, Ramleaze Drive, Shaw. Tel: 874894. Doctor Kandiah, I Deerhurst Way, Toothill. Tel: 511253. Heath Visitor Team, 4 Deerhurst Way, Toothill. Tel: 642133/610459. Baby Clinics Mon 2-4pm 4 Deerhurst Way, Toothill. Wed 2-4pm Greendown School, Grange Park. Thurs 2-4pm Freshbrook Community Centre. Fri 2-4pm Upper Shaw Farm, Shaw Ridge. Family Planning: Free clinics every Wednesday 6-8pm 5 Deerhurst Way. No appointment necessary. Cervical Cancer Smear Tests. Pharmacies Coopers, West Swindon Centre - Open 8am-8pm Mon—Sat. Tel: 872033. Ashington Way Pharmacy - Open 8.30am-6pm Mon—Fri. Sat - 830am— 12 noon. Sun — Il .30am-12.30pm. Tel: 616840. The Village Pharmacy, Freshbrook Village Centre - Open 9am 1pm; 2.15 —7pm Mon -Fri; 9am - 1pm Sat. Dentists Brendan Ball & Associates, Freshbrook Village Centre. Tel: 873044. Mrs Beagley, Town Square, West Swindon Centre. Tel: 872340. WELFARE BENEFITS ADVICE POINT
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Anglican - Methodist - U.R.C. - Baptist. Church Office Tel: 874221. Freshbrook Evangelical Church. Tel: 694157. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. Tel: 874400.
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