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     LIGHTHOUSE VOLUNTEERS                                      NEW PLAYGROUP


            The Lighthouse Club, a social group of
      mentally handicapped adults, which meets week                       ARRIVES
      ly on a Tuesday evening at the Link Centre,
      needs volunteers to help out with the club and               West Swindon's tenth playgroup has been
      drivers who would be willing to drive a mini-          delivered. More much needed places for under
      bus to pick up and drop off members.                   fives will soon be available near Oliver Tom-
            If you have a few hours to spare to help         kins School in The Kiln Park Open Space.
      the club or would be willing to go on a rota                 With grants and loans from the Church
      for driving (after passing the Community Trans         of England and funds from other charitable
      port Minibus Test) please contact:                     sources, over £10,000 has been raised. This
             Sarah Jennings on 871212 ext. 234               pays for a temporary building to be delivered,
             or Stephanie Hathaway on 872557                 assembled, connected to mains services and
                                                             re-decorated by volunteers. If all goes well,
         GRANGE PARK BABIES
                                                             the new building should be ready in January.
            A new baby clinic is being started for                 The new Oliver Tomkins Under 5's Centre
      parents and babies at Greendown Community              will provide playgroup places for 3 to 5 year
      School on Wednesdays 2-4pm. It will be a               olds and also sessions for under 3 where par-.
      Health Visitor only clinic for weighing babies         ents have to be present. Enquiries about play-
      and chatting to the Health Visitor. No free            group places can be made to Linda Willis on
      milk will be available until sometime into 1987        872656. Offers of help with plumbing, labour-
                                                             ing and decorating can be made to John
              PERSONAL TUTORIALS                             Jenkins on 871303.
           Have qualified teachers available for
                     PRIVATE TUITION
         Primary, C.S.E., '0' & 'A' Level G.C.E.
                   and the new G.C.S.E.
        Telephone: Swindon 38730 or Avebury 368
       NEW TEACHERS always welcome to apply.


                          Al


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           CONCRETE BREAKERS               DRILLS
                                                                Oliver Tomkins Playgroup started as a few
         CONCRETE EQUIPMENT               GRINDERS            Mums with children meeting in the Community
                                                             Room at the Junior School. Then they moved
           CAR MAINTENANCE               CUTTERS
                                                                onto the Octobus (above) and soon they'll
      WOODWORK            DECORATING EQUIPMENT                       have their own building (below).
           GENERATORS            TRANSFORMERS
                  LIGHTING         HEATERS
       GARDENING COMPACTORS                  LADDERS

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                   WOOTTEN BASSETT
             TELEPHONE: SWINDON 854821
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