Page 51 - link magazine

OGT'81 NO.

I

between

Toothill, Freshbrook and Westle^

EfF II NEE

Back in April, in Link 17, we told you that "Carrefour is Coming" and you can see our
slog an on advertisements around Swindon confirming it. In fact Carrefour is only 3 or
4 weeks away (depending on when you receive this Link). October 27th is the big day
when the town centre comes to us, rather than us having to go all the way into Swindon
to do the weekly big shop. Carrefour is a major addition to the facilities that the
western expansion is slowly getting. With the superstore will come 13 smaller shops
(newsagents, pharmacy, shoe and clothes shops etc.) a garden centre, a pub, a petrol
station and a restaurant. Inside the superstore you will be able to buy nearly every-
thing you need by way of food and household goods, all at very competitive prices.
The West Swindon Centre puts the expansion area on the map in a big way. People out-
side Toothill, Freshbrook and Westlea see the area as one huge building site with no
facilities and nothing to do. "You don't live there do you?" is the kind of comment
often heard. The local press have been quite good at promoting a poor image also.
Now we can say, "Nobody else in Swindon has a superstore on their front doorstep."
Hopefully this fact will make the area more desirable and will start to destroy the bad
images that people outside have in their minds about use Our community is a thriving
place with new activities and organisations springing up all the time. Its certainly
not perfect though. The addition of the superstore should go a long way to making life
even better for those who live here already and for the many coming in the future.
..0 00.00.00009*
.COMPLAINTS DEPT..

Carrefour were recently voted the most community minded retail organisation in the U.K.
by a trade magazine. They are willing to respond to suggestions and complaints and are
interested in improving their service to customers where possible. Two meetings have
been held with representatives of the Toothill Residents Organisation., Freshbrook
Village Group and the Westlea Residents Association where plans for the superstore were
explained and questions answered. Carrefour would now like to see an independant org-
anisation to represent the needs of the consumer - to take up complaints and make
suggestions on how to improve the service provided. If you would be interested in join-
ing such a Consumer Organisation, contact Roger Ogle, Community Development Officer on
n
Swindon 26161 extension 3178 0
4II12cpubIic

THE BIGGER, BETTER, IMPROVED,
ANNUAL BONFIRE NIGHT
AT
TMbTfIILL FARM
\\ MB 14th OCTOBER 1981 7.30 pm
FRESHBROOK COMMUNITY CENTRE
DISCO AR ANDtFIREWOmK SPEAKERS
R S
ENTRANCE kEE: BRING YOUR OWN J.G. RABBETT, DIRECTOR, FRESHWAY STORES WHO
FIREWORKS WILL BE OPERATING THE FRESHBROOK SHOP SOON.
'
A JOINT TOOTHILL YOU 4H CLUB/
_____ TOOTHILL \ A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHITBREAD FLOWERS LTD.
L FARM STEERING COMMITTE
WHO WILL BE OPERATING THE FRESHBROOK PUB.
EVENT
ORGANISED BY THE FRESHBROOK VILLAGE GROUP