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Save on Double Glazing, Patio Doors, Porches ETC  K T E COMP

                                                                    FREE AND The Toot n Whistle are holding a wee
           FROM                                          pUO^At^GOg^IGAT^DN of events to celebrate its first year.
   0 flIT                                             YOUR LOCAL COMPANY games day at Toothill School-Punch
                                                          W HOUt
                                                                             Sunday 23rd May there is a big fun
                                                            ^^
                                                                             Judy, inflatable, stalls,   football gam
         aoc^Qoo^ aa^ ^aa^^o^^oc^^                                           -and there is a kite making competiti
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      RIOLAJ ©L^NLI1 Ln1T 31. MORLEY STREET !                                Every kite that lifts off gets a badge
                                                                                  the 3 best g t special prizes. 2.
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                                          ^              SWINDON on
                                                                             on 23rd May is the closing time. Cot
                  ' * CAVITY WALL INSULATION                                 ,flying at Toothill School
                     * DOUBLE-GLAZED REPLACEMENT WINDOWS IN
                                U.PV.C..ALUMINIUM AND THERMAL CLAD
                                                                                     new for yon -
                     * SECONDARY DOUBLE GLAZING
                     * PATIO AND RESIDENTIAL DOORS ETC.                       Look out for a new mobile shopping
                                                                          service in this area. BAILEYS Fresh
      Call in or phone 612716 FOR FREE SURVEY AND QUOTATION
                                                                              Fruit & Vegetables will bring top
      OR CONTACT MIKE BURNSIDE, 11  WESTROP HIGHWORTH 763383
                                      (WE DO NOT EMPLOY" HIGH PRESSURE SALESMEN)  quality produce at the keenest price,,
                                                                             to your door. Look for the Yellow V,
                                                                   Colour television available free of
             FRESHBROOK SENIOR CITIZENS                            charge to any worthwhile cause -
             FRIENDSHIP CLUB                                  ,
                                                                   secondhand. Please contact:
                                                                                     Tel: 694973
             We are a new organisation and are t— P_iller=
             looking for new members. We meet at ,                           LEAVE OFF !
             Freshbrook Junior School s Community
         • Room every Wednesday from 2 pm till 4                   The Link has been told that a large
             pm. Several visits have been arranged                 number of shrubs have been taken
         0. including film shows. Also we have a I                 from newly pl anted areas-particular
             mystery trip arranged for 16th May. I                 in Freshbrook. Don't blame the
      O      Please come along and join us and enjoy          i    vandals. The shrubs have been
             a couple of hours fun and               ames.         nicked by ordinary citizens who
             Further information can be obtained                   fan cy them in their back-gardens -
             from the secretary, Mrs Bevis of 74                   which of course deprives the rest o
             Cott i ngton Close or Mr Slade of 60                  us from enjoying those pl ants. So,
                                                              I
             Cottin ton Close, Tel. Swindon 872463.                Please leave the shrubs where they
     ------ ---------------I are planted "or put it another way,
                                                                   "Don't steal what belongs to the
                     World Wildlife Fund                      I _ Comm_uni ! "_ _ _                         ___
                                                                   WHATS I ^FA N
     THANKYOU WESTLEA RESIDENTS
                                                                  Many people have wondered where the name ca
     I would like to take this opportunity I
     to th ank the people of Westlea who                      ( But ... a Toothill is a natural or artifici
                                                     —
     gave donations for the World Wild 	I countryside can be seen. The pronounciatio
     life Fund house-to-house collection                      I    the Welsh, "twthill". In London Tothill St
     March 8-20th 1982. The amount                            I    in Tootehill Fields. It was called the Too
     raised was £70.00.                                       I    century. An old name for a watchman was a
                                                                  Other words which have a similar meaning ar
     The World Wildlife Fund are hoping                            "totian" (Old English for projection), "tot
     to form a local Supporters Group.                        I    latter form is better known to us as a tic
     There will be a meeting on 25th May,                     I
     1982 at 7pm at the Community Room,                       I Even in the Wycliffe translation of the Bib
     (Sunshine Room) L angstone Way,                               Isiah 21, verse 5 "Prepare the table, watc
     Westlea Down, which will include a                       I   behold in a toothill".
     slide show and talk on the W.W.F's
                                                     —
     involvements and policies on wild                            There are a number of hamlets in England n
     life conservation all over the                                a long barrow called the Fairy Toot, to th
     world. Anyone interested in                                  mound called Toothill and in Herefordshire
     attending this meeting please contact I
     Bob Ballard on Swindon 872388 by                         I Our Toothill is an ancient site. It was o
    May 18th latest. Coffee and                               I in this area have produced a remarkable num
    biscuits will be available for a                          I like boats.
     small charge. All proceeds to                            ,
    W.W.F.                                                        Something to do with trains indeed !11
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