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Toothill Residents Organisation

VANDALISM CLEAN UP TOOTHILL CAMPAIGN
At a recent meeting of the street repres-
No-we are not talking about a sex shop on
entatives committee,we discussed the
Toothill,but about the amount of rubbish
problem of vandalism and what we could do
and litter that seems to be growing in
to prevent it.
our streets.
The answer of course is that the T.R.O.
The T.R.O. are asking all residents who
can do nothing,but we and YOU as residents
care about our urban village,to meet at
can keep. our eyes open and immediately
report any acts of vandalism to the POLICE
the COMMUNITY HUT (Dunwhich Drive) on
If_vandals,(like those who destroyed the
Sunday 18th.JANUARY 1981 at 10a.m.
new letter box outside the shop),knew that
a police car was likely to arrive within
Please bring a pair of old gardening
a matter of minutes,there would be fewer.
gloves or similar,plus a yard broom and/
acts of vandalism.
or shovel if you have them.
WARNING-do NOT tackle vandals yourself
HOT COFFEE will be available in the hut.
' phone the police on Swindon 28111-
CHRISTMAS WORSHIP AT TOOTHILL
Sunday 21st December
SO WHAT'S NEW?
9.30 & 5.00 R.C. Mass
10.l Family Carol Service
One of the charms of Christmas is that
6.30 Evening Worship with Carols
it is a time when we enjoy the same
rituals year after year. The Christmas
Christmas Eve stocking, the tree, the carols, the
decorations; these reassure us, and
11.30 pm Holy Communion (Toothill Church
especially the children. With these
11.45 pm Carols & 12.00 Midnight Mass things we know where we are, we feel
at Oliver Tomkins School (subject to happy and safe.
confirmation)
However, we cannot hide from ourselves
that all is not well. with the world,
Christmas Day
even in our own small corner. For some,
9.30 Mass Christmas is a bore, for others a chance
10.L.5 Family Communion 1 to overeat and overdrink, for others it
oan be a desperately lonely time. We
are told that at this time of the year
families are supposed to be happy toget-
Normal Sunday worship times are:
her - yet I have seen families bored,
9.30 & 5.00 Roman Catholic quarrelling, frustrated - in short,
anything but happy.
10.L & 6.30 Shared Worship
N.B. This is not as published in 1 So, what's new?
last month's LINK. Christmas need not only be about warm
and cosy nostalgia for the past. After
all, that is certainly not the message
CHRISTMAS CONFESSION TIMES of the first Christmas. That message
is a message of adventure, of hope, of
,Christ and his suffering. Truly to
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SAT 20TH - 10.30 a.m. celebrate Christmas means hearing this
2.30 p.m. message, and joining the people of
;Jesus Christ in his adventure of joy.
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TUES 23RD - 7.00 p.m.
JED 24TH - 10.30 a.m.
2.30 p.m.