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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
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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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