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Baby and Toddler Contest M.D. Surgeries

All West Swindon Parents are invited to enter their children in a Baby Contest on Saturday A start has been made on building a Doctors
21st June, the last day of Freshbrook Fun Week. Organised by Freshbrook Parents & surgery at Freshbrook, behind the Dentist
Toddlers Group. If you are interested in entering your child who must be under 5 on 21st which was completed recently at the Village
June 1986, send these details - Name of Child, Date of Birth, Weight, Address, Telephone Centre.
Number - to Cathy McLeod, 7 Cromwell, Freshbrook Tel: 486671 or Chris Carter, 8 Turnham At SHAW, a Doctor recently received
Green, Freshbrook, Tel: 45722. Alternatively, visit Freshbrook Community Centre and Planning Permission to locate a temporary
fill in a form. There is a small entry fee of .50p surgery close to the site for Shaw Village
uiris, girls, girls Event Diary Centre on Ramleaze Drive. He should be
ready for patients by early autumn.
All Girls aged 14 or over are welcome to The Community Diary has been introduced to
join our new Girls Group in the Community prevent local events from clashing and to the samaritans
Suite at the Link Centre - Tuesday 7-9.30pm advise local community groups when townwide
Come and have a chat, talk about and do events will be going on, so that you can Desperate? Lonely? Suicidal?
things that boys usually stop you doing when plan ahead. If you or your group are gett- Ring, Visit or Write to the
they're around. More information from ing an event underway, please let me know Samaritans. Tel: Swindon 37373
Nicky Baker at the Link on 871212 ext 234. so that I can tell other people. Call I S 24 hour service. 8 Curtis Street
Nicky Baker on 871212 ext 234 i open 8am-lOpm every day.

Youth Column ? Progress Link With The 40's
What's your most pressing worry? Is it On reading the March 'Link' I was
wow Do You whether you can afford a holiday abroad interested to see that you were going to
0 O Taut To luos ? make it a 'Wall Newspaper'
this year or possible redundancy or a
serious illness, but we still have unemploy- Are there any readers who remember
(i \•) LHW nD vas ment pay and the Health Service to fall back the 'Wall Newspaper' which was the Brain-
on. child of one of the 'Sunday Gang' at the
Some people in the world have other 'Welcome Club' which was based in the East
worries, like 'Where's the next meal coming St Co-op Hall, in the mid-1940's. It was
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from?' 'Can I get my sick baby to hospital a Club for the Forces and War Workers and
in time when it's a week's walk to get apart from the Organiser and his assistant,
there?' 'What will happen to the land if was run voluntarily, mostly by clerks from
there's no rain again this year?' the G.W.R. who gave up all their spare time
It's not easy for us to put ourselves to turn it into a warm and friendly place
in the place of people the other side of for those who were away from home. The
the world, when our own problems loom so 'Wall Newspaper' helped tremendously to
Freshbrook Senior Youth Club needs nutty large, but that's what some of us tried to keep us in touch with articles,letters,
people (of adult disposition) to help out do last week at a meeting of the West photographs and occasionally poetry from
on Friday nights. Anyone interested in a Swindon Ecumenical Justice and Peace Group. some of our members.
fun night out 2 or 3 times a month should And we did it by playing a game called Norman Liddiard along with David
ring Jill Kelly on 870729 'Progress?' Not very serious you may think, (Sherlock) Holmes started it, incidently
* * ** * * * ** * * * ** * * * ** * * *' but it helped us to understand a bit better David had a glorious singing voice, then
the plight of landless labourers with very Norman moved onto other things, 'Sherlock'
On Easter weekend Toothill Y.C. held a
mamoth 74 hour sponsored Pool Marathon in an low earnings, whose only way to make any took charge, along with Marjorie Fisher,
progress in life isto borrow money at such as his assistant. Remember egg sandwiches,
attempt to raise funds for the club. Eleven
youngsters took part and all managed to last high rates of interest that failure to pay made with dried egg powder and fruit slab
the 74 hours with very little sleep! (means one member of the family(in the game) cake. We had some great times, concert
Mark Brown managed to win the greatest will die: Some players did manage to progress parties and outings to Castle Coombe where
but only those with good 'contacts' and with we took Urns full of tea and sandwiches
number of games, therefore, winning the
trophy originally held by Dave Cleary. enough money to buy or bribe their way up and cake.
the ladder. I wonder if any of the following re-
Through the dedication of its members
and with help from Nat West Bank,Anchor In discussion most of us wanted to member those days. I know at least 3 of
Butter, the Toot & Whistle Pub, The Fruit change the rules of the game so that players our members are sadly no longer with us,
Basket and the Swindon Youth Assembly, the could help each other to progress more but are 'Winkle', Ray Bennett, Johnny White
Len Trevett, Jean King, Margaret Richards
Club managed to raise £300. easily. But the rules of life are harder around. I know 'Red Thomas, Jean Skince
Volunteers to change. By the end of the evening all and Bet Axby are still in Swindon, as I
of us wanted to know more about how we can
We at the Link Youth Centre are hoping help people like those in the game who still see them occasionlly. I wonder how
to get a body of volunteers to organise our have no hope of making any progress. many of the old 'Sundy Gang' are still
fund raising. This can take as little or as Organisations like the World Develop- around, and still have happy memories of
much time as you like. It will probably take ment Movement can help to keep us informed those otherwise Sad Days, when we did not
the form of car boot sales. ,special events, about what can be done. And future subjects mind what we did to help others.
organising a stall in the 'Mall Area' of the at the Justice and Peace Group will give This is 'Cinders' signing off, with
Link Centre on a once a month basis. us more ideas - they include the Third my Best Wishes for any of the Old Gang
The money raised will go into Youth World Debt, Life Style, the Inner City, who are still around.
Centre funds and this will help subsidise and the country of Brazil. One practical Cynthia F. Hyde (nee 'Cinders'Axton).
Youth Centre discos, events and activities, thing that members of the group are Drummers
help to buy new equipment and keep present already doing is writing letters about
equipment in repair. If anyone is interested non-violent prisoners of conscience, The GWR wants 11 year olds or older to play
and can spare an hour or two a week, please through Amnesty International. drums in the band. Ring Pam Pixton to
contact Joan Miller or Jo Marchment, Wednes- Meetings of the group are held once arrange an audition. Tel: 695317.
day, Thursday, 12-3pm or 7-10 pm. Thursday a month in Freshbrook. If you'd like to
evening, Tel: 871212 Ext.229. know more contact Jean Flory on 770217. For Sale
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No. Published Closing Date COPY FOR PUBLICATION TO:
54 Early June 16th May Roger Ogle, 13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook
n NK 55 Mid-July 27th June Janice Oliver, 10 Rochester Cl, Toothill
Early September
Nick Jansen. 6 Moresbv Cl..Westlea
15th August
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