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   Present planning for future growth                                         Minder Security Services
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       Claire Beaton makes some suggestions for
               the Christmas shopping list                  Keep Your Home Safe with a Professionally
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   The impending event this month  their plants will appreciate a
   has to be Christmas. It is easy to  water-meter that takes the guess-  Security Lighting, Finance Available at 0% interest
   forget about the garden in the  workout of watering. Electronic     Savings on Household Insurance
   rush of shopping, present buying  versions of both thermometer and   Forafreequote,telephone848063
   and food preparation. However,  water-meter are available. These
   in the middle of making the fes- will give faster and more reliable   P B PLUMBING SERVICES
   tive sausage rolls, you will  readings where there are a num-
   straighten your back, look out of  ber of different pots needing   Boilers Serviced
   the window at the garden and  monitoring. Gardeners who lack   Pump Fitting Service
   think how dismal it looks and  the time for raising their own   Water Softeners Fitted
   wish that next year we have a  bedding plants may enjoy a   Washing Machines and Dishwashers Fitted
   better summer! Now is the time  Dobies Catalogue plus a Gift
   to start planning.          Voucher that will allow them to   Telephone: (0793) 642995
     First you need some ideas of  choose a selection ofyoung plants
   how you would like your garden  that will be sent in April/May for
   to look better. There are new  growing on.
   books published everyyear pack-  Slightly less delightful but still   G. Stevens (Electrical)
   aging some new approaches to  very useful will be a garden
   garden planning. Bonanza time  sprayer. These range from the   Electrical Contractor & Engineer
   is just before Christmas, since  one pint hand pump mister for       Domestic, Commercial
   every publisher knows that most  indoors, through a pressurised     & Industrial Installations
   books of this sort are bought by  version of this (unbelievable lux-
   well-intentioned but un- ury compared to the first) to 4 or   Fire Alarm & Intruder Alarm Installations
   knowledgable non-gardeners as  8 pint sprayers intended for in-
   presents for uncles, cousins, sis- secticides and foliar feed. Gar-  24 hour, 7 day a week call out service
   ters and aunts. It is still a good  deners who use chemical con-
   time to look. The right book to  trols will welcome a second   .No job too big 'No job too small
   choose is the one with the pic- sprayer since it will allow them to   'Quality work 'Guaranteed
   tures you like the look of, with  keep weedkillers totally separate
   the style of writing you enjoy  from protective sprays.              'Competitive rates
   reading. Then you can either   Whether buying a present
   indulge yourself by buying it for  suggested by your gardener or   Tel: Swindon 870948
   yourself or provide it as a present  planning a surprise Christmas
   suggestion to your family.   present for them, I hope this fes-
     There are other presents best  tive season is used by all non-                  Locally Available from
   planned for in this manner also.  gardeners as an opportunity to
   Books are always difficult to  show their hard-working, crea-  FOCAL POINT FIRES   Heating Systems Ltd.
   choose for another gardener. So  tive gardener how much their   NO CHIMNEY, JANOPROBLEM   Visit our showroom to
   are trowels, spades, forks and  efforts are appreciated. West   PO FLUE,           view a wide range of
   secateurs. What suits any one  Swindon would be a duller place
   gardener may not suit another; as  without their enthusiasm.                       •  Gas log/coal effect
   with plants it is a question of                                                             fires
   personal taste. However, I can   tElectrician in"                                      Gas convector
   make some positive suggestions
   for those who wish to plan a sur-  W. Swindon                                              boxes
   prise present for their gardener.                                     L                  Gas stoves
                                                                  Unti I now a properly without a
     Attractive containers will al-  West Swindon now has an     chimney was deprived 01011 the   Open all day Saturday
   ways be welcomed. Look for one   electrician who is promoting   charm and welcoming warmth Of an
                                                                open fuel effect gas fire With the
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   of the new-style cache-pots for   himself directly at the area.   suitable outside wall any home can   Heating Systems Ltd.
   indoors or a terracotta pot that   Glynn Stevens of Grange   have all the advantages of on open   Unit 14, Orbit Centre
   will look good on a terrace or on   Park has been in the trade for   coN'cTnf         Great Western Way.
   top of a wall. Glassfibre rein-  over twenty years and has                                Tel: 612060
   forced concrete pots are larger,   been self-employed fornearly          —
   but still reasonably priced. Where   4. Having lived in the area for
   smaller containers are usually   8years,hehas decided to push
   planted with annuals, bulbs and   his services here rather than
   other bedding plants, these larger   travel to far away contracts.   T
   containers can be planted perma-  Glynn can take on the full
   nently; particularly with plants   range of domestic, commer-
   liking those warm, well-drained   cial and industrial installa-
   conditions they do not find in   tions and is an approved
   heavy clay!                 National Electrical Industry
     Items of garden equipment that   Council Contractor. He is on
   will be enjoyed include a water-  call 24 hours a day, 7 days a
   proof, washable kneeler; that will   week and will take on any
   make bedding work a pleasure.   size of job.  He stresses that   EASY P
   A soil thermometer or a seed tray   no job is too small and all his   ARKING - COLLECTION/DELI VERY SERVICE
                                                                              MON-FRI. 8am-6pm; SAT. 8am-5pm
   with a propagating cover will be   work is guaranteed to the   henna        Unit 9, Marlborough Road Industrial Estate,
   useful to a gardener who does   highest standards.                            Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire SN4 8AX
   enjoy sowing seeds. Indoor gar-  Glynn Stevens can be con-                         Tel: Swindon 854821
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   deners who tend to over water   .cted on 870948.
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