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22                                    NEWS & VIEWS

               New at the Link Centre                                    Peacocks at Dawn
                                                           Lower Shaw Farm has a number  places, like on top of the barn or
                                                           of animal residents including two  house to do it.
                                                           Peacocks. Like all good animals   Their cry may disturb your
                                                           (and humans) they get happy  lie-in, but we do hope that these
                                                           when spring comes. And they  happy mating calls don't upset
                                                           demonstrate their happiness by  you. If they do, we apologise on
                                                           making a noise, usually at dawn  their behalf and hope you will
                                                           and at dusk. The Peacocks make  bear with them until their urge to
                                                           the loudest noise, a long wailing  cry out stops.
                                                           cry that carries far and wide   More animal details next
                                                           because they perch on high  month.

    A newcomer to West Swindon is  West Swindon. "The changes
    Martha Parry. She has joined the   are amazing" she observed   TO ADVERTISE IN THE LINK
    Link Centre as Community  "what really strikes you is how
    Activities Officer.        settled it all looks. The trees and   RING: 771534 or 872282
       But many people will not  shrubs have matured and the
    think of Martha as new, she's  daffodils are beautiful. It's also
    returning after two years away in  wonderful to see how busy
    Herefordshire. She first came to  people have been getting new
    Toothill from Canada in 1980  activities going at the community   BOTTLE BANK
    with her family and became  centres and at the Link Centre.
    involved in the community as   At the Link Martha will be
    Warden at the new Salzgitter  meeting all the groups who use
    Court Elderly Persons Group  the Community Suite. Martha   The reason why there is no  and as we are allowed some
    Dwelling. She later opened a  says she would welcome contact   container for re-cycling brown  brown glass in with the green, we
    second new group dwelling at  with people who want to start   bottles at the Bottle Bank at  would ask savers to use the green
    Freshbrook Village Centre,  new community groups or have  Toothill Village Centre, is that  one.
    Elsie Hazell Court.        an idea which could be     we do not save enough glass in   Mr. Freeth pointed out that
       Martha also became heavily  developed. She can be contacted   West Swindon. This is the blunt  saving glass makes sense in more
    involved with the Freshbrook   on 871212 ext. 234.    answer to a Link magazine  ways than one, "apart from re-
    Village Group residents        Coming back has other  enquiry, as a result of the  using glass that can be re-made
   organisation as it was preparing  benefits too. "I've really enjoyed  photograph in the last edition.   for less than new ones, there is a
   for the business of managing the   bumping into people I knew   The low level of glass re-  significant saving in refuse
   new community centre and  when I lived in West Swindon  cycling could be for different  collecting and tipping. When you
   influencing the design of the  before," said Martha. "It has   reasons. Perhaps people are not  think about it a ton of glass re-
   Village Centre.             been a great way of starting a   conscious enough of saving glass,  cycled is a ton less on the tip; it's a
       She is pleased to be back in   new job."           on the other hand many are  double saving on the rates."
                                                          probably not aware that there is   He also recognises that the
                 Cleaning Enterprises                     a bottle bank close-by. Jeremy  position of the bottle bank in the
                                                          Freeth of Thamesdown Glass  rear car park at Toothill Village
   Over the 24 years of trading in  happen. The complete range of   Re-cycling, the company which  Centre is not ideal. "It would be
   the soft furnishing cleaning  machinery is taken to those  operates the bottle banks in the  best over by Carrefour in the
   business, Cleaning Enterprises  meetings, and where equipment   Borough, confirms that the  Centre of West Swindon, but
   have gained a vast amount of  is available, an 8 minute video   Toothill containers are under-  we've been told it would spoil the
   knowledge which it passes on in  can be shown.         used. "We collect about ten tons  area, so they won't have it over
   non technical terms to interested   Sample cleans are also  of glass from the bottle banks  there. I think a lot more people
   parties.                    carried out to show the "before"   across Thamesdown;"  said Mr  would save glass if it was."
       They will attend day/  and "after" results. The usual   Freeth,  "roughly speaking a   Until a more central site is
   evening meetings to discuss all   question and answer session is   quarter to half a ton comes from  found for a bottle bank, the Link
   aspects of soft furnishing  encouraged, as people often   West Swindon. The reason for  will regularly publicise its
   cleaning in the home and point  relate to their own experience.   not having a brown bottle  existence at Toohill Village
   out some of the not so pleasant   For more information ring   container at Toothill is the cost,  Centre.
   experiences that can and do  Swindon 812575.           each container costs around £350    Keep on saving.


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