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THE PLAYSCHEMES - THE FUTURE
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ke% I'edz Saed The group of Newcomers to
Swindon is really getting off the
Published by West
ground. After going to a film
Swindon Publications. together, they're now off on a

13, Castle Dore, trip to explore the area.
On Sunday 20th September,
Fresh brook, Swindon.
Newcomers will leave at 3.30 p.m.
Tel: (0793) 872282. to tour West Swindon, then they'll
make for the countryside. They'll
Publisher/Editor:
visit two White Horses and end
Roger Ogle. up in a country pub. They plan to Paint workshop at WASPS
return by 10 p.m. and lifts will
Advertising Sales: be provided home. Western Area (Swindon) Playscheme has just completed its most ambitious and
Jackie Pearce. If you live in West Swindon exciting summer of activity. Over 350 different 5-14 year old attended at four
different sites over four weeks, with an average of 120 children turning up daily.
Tel: 771534 and don't know many people, There was enormous fun making and modelling, playing and bouncing. On
come along, it should be fun. For the final day two double decker buses were filled with children, parents and
Typesetting: final details ring Martha Parry on friends on a trip to Bowood House.
TS Typesetting. 871212 ext. 234. Thamesdown Council paid for eight staff and made a grant and WASPS
Tel: (0793) 618505 raised £500. With such a range of activities and large amounts of money.
Artwork & Design WASPS is now a big organisation doing an important job in providing
BUS PROBLEMS whorthwhile activity for children.
ARC Design. WASPS have shown that playschemes are needed during all holidays. There
Letter from Debbie Griffiths,
Tel: (0793) 852787 is also a need for somebody to develop and co-ordinate childrens activity,
Maxey C7., Shaw
Printed by Western Webb, including after school clubs. But a strong committee is also required to manage
Further to the article in the WASPS and guide these ideas forward. Anybody who is interested in children's
Bristol.
August Link, several months ago play work is invited to come along to the meeting below:
Published on the Wednesday I used the Shaw/Carrefour route.
closest to the first of the Heavily pregnant, I carried my 18
WASPS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
month. Copy date: 12th of the month son on to the empty bus,
with slide show
preceding month. sat him on the seat and returned THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER, 8p.m.
for my buggy, only to find the COMMUNITY SUITE, LINK CENTRE
"The Link was first published in doors closed. I struggled once Free creche and Child Care for Older Children
December 1978 as a magazine again, dragging my buggy, fum-
aimed exclusively at the West bling for my money. No sooner Free Refreshments
Swindon community. It is com- had I boarded, the bus pulled
pletely independent of the Link
off. My son landed in a heap on
Centre and, in fact, won the com- the floor. As we got off, I went to
petition to name the leisure centre Web
pay and told the driver that he
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had driven off recklessly without
checking we were seated. His ROLLER BOOTS
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