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This Issue

- TENTH YEAR FUN RUN
- FAMILY SUPERSTARS
- OLD PHOTOS OF WEST
SWINDON NEEDED

- CRAFT EXHIBITION
- BABY CONTEST
- ELECTION CANDIDATES

TOOTHILL • FRESHBROOK • WESTLEA • SHAW

OFF THE ROAD! ALL STAR TEAM

- for safety's sake BEATEN
Lou Macari, Manager of record breaking
Swindon Town, with several of his players
and John Francome, Top Jockey took on a
pack of St. Trinian types from the West
Swindon Family Project. In a charity foot-
ball game on April 12th at Freshbrook School
Field, the All Stars were beaten into sub-
mission 6 goals to 5 with hockey sticks and
tactics from rugby, gaelic football and la-
crosse. Thamesdown councillors Sergeant,
Hackett and Midwinter tried but failed to
stop the defeat.

Mayor Percy Jefferies refereed the match,
A recent meeting organised by the turning a 'blind eye' to much foul play!!
Westlea Residents Association to discuss
a Superstores expansion achieved major
concession from Carrefour. Residents
expressed concern about the lorries parked
in the road at the rear of the store un-
loading in the road itself, 32 ton lorries
reversing in and out of the delivery yard
during the night, refridgeration units on
lorries going in the early hours of the
morning, diesel and petrol fumes wafting
into nearby gardens and dangers to pedest-
rians moving between Westlea and Carrefour.
Steve Whipp, Chair of the WRA said the
expansion of Carrefour had "a tremendous
impact on the Community", but Steve White-
head for the Company expressed the view that
Carrefour was responding to people's needs
and by increasing warehouse space, more
stock could be kept which would reduce the
The Carrefour representatives agreed
number of deliveries required.
to look very closely at how to re-design
Corner Shop the delivery area to get lorries off the
Councillor Midwinter described main road and how to create a better
Carrefour as "providing a very good service pedestrian crossing.. Members of the West-
and was the best corner shop in Swindon, lea Residents Association voted to support
but it's presence had a great effect on the Carrefour expansion plans provided that the
Community". He went on to suggest that the petrol station is re-located to improve
petrol station be re-located and all the delivery arrangements to reduce the incon-
area to the back of Carrefour become an
venience and dangers of the lorries parked
enclosed delivery yard. in the road.