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TOOTHILL

Tbe SUCCESS STORY

Village

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Unit 2, Toothill Village Centre
Tel: 487737
FAREWELL FROM
FIRST BIRTHDAY KEVIN BROWNRIDGE
SPECIALS Neighbourhood Worker
with Thamesdown Council's
Middle Bacon Community Development Division
99p per lb
Streaky Bacon
76p per lb
Gammon Steaks Many people in Toothill will
£1.54 per lb Most shoppers who have visited because of a concern for the cus-
Pork Chops already know that due to per-
only £1.08 per lb
Toothill Village Centre in the tomers needs. "I think quality
Belly Pork sonal circumstances I shall be
58p per lb
2lbs misshapes bacon £1.50 per packet last year will have discovered comes top of the list and then
Farmshop home made pork The Village Farmshop. They will friendly service." returning to London at the
68p per lb
or beef sausages beginning of February.
have come away impressed by
Farmshop home made I have greatly enjoyed my year
the low prices, friendly service
beefburgers HOMELINE in West Swindon and will take
18p each
Farmshop pork & apple and high quality of produce on (Continued from front page)
burger away many good memories with
sale.
18p each
NEW Farmshop curry The shop opened in February is also an invisible beam in the me. When I first arrived in
68p per lb
sausages house which senses whether there Swindon people told me what a
1987 selling top quality meats,
Farmshop vegetable roll has been any movement during bad reputation Toothill had and
68p per lb
BORE WORKS fruit and vegetables and a range the previous 24 hours. If there is
(sausage made to order) of home-made items such as how difficult I would find my
Best lean minced Farmshop sausages and home- not, an alarm is triggered. work. In fact it has been quite the
steak The Homeline system can also opposite; I have always found
£1.20 per lb
cooked ham.
78p per lb
Best minced meat monitor the temperature in the the people of Toothill very
New Zealand leg of Iamb £1.34 per lb Mike, the butcher at The dwelling and give a warning of
(without knuckle &aitch bone) Village Farmshop, thinks their hypothermia conditions. Lastly friendly and welcoming.
why pay for it if you can't eat it! reputation has grown over the Looking back over my brief
£1.88 perlb
Topside there is a button placed by the stayhere one or two things stand
short time they have been there
Boned & rolled leg of pork £1.38 per lb front door so that assistance can out. One is the WASPS summer
Farmshop home cooked roast beef, be called if there is somebody
roast pork, boiled ham all 60p per qtr undesirable trying to gain entry. play scheme where around a
PAPER COLLECTION
Farmshop picnic ham dozen local workers provided an
38p per lb
1/2 roast chicken In all situations, where necessary, extremely good playscheme for
£1.28 each Toothill Cubs and Scouts are col-
Luncheon meat a mobile warden will call and over 400 children. I am very
20p per qtr
lecting waste newspapers on
54p per qtr
Turkey breast take appropriate action.
Eggs Size 1 94p per doz Saturday 13th February, 9 a.m. Thomas and Barbara Wood- pleased to see that the WASPS
Size 2 to 5 p.m. at Toothill Village ward of Beaulieu Close, Toothill, are now moving towards pro-
88p per doz
Size 3 80p per doz Centre rear car park. To arrange viding playschemes during all the
Available February: Duck Eggs were pleased, and a little sur-
for your newspapers to be col- school holidays. I think that
lected, telephone Tony March-
Chickens - all weights prised, to be given a bouquet of playschemes are very important
68p per lb
flowers by Chair of Thamesdown's
melt on 692457. to families not just because they
Housing Committee Derique take pressure off the parents
Montaut. In making the presen-
RALPH PALMER PHARMACY tation, Court. Montaut said, during the holidays, but because
"The Homeline system is a they can be an important part of
Ralph Palmer, M.P.S., Dispensing Chemist the education of the children
pioneer in the field of support to
3, Deerhurst Way, Toothill the elderly. Few other local involved. One of the great
pleasures of the year was seeing
Hours of Opening: Mon—Fri. 9a. in. - 1p.m.; 2p, m. —6p.m. authorities have such a complete some quite shy kids develop
Sat. 9a.m. -- 12 noon and advanced system. I hope that confidence on the playscheme.
every elderly person in Thames-
Telephone: 512063 down will be connected one day As WASPS becomes a larger
to provide security and support." organisation it will need more
support so please do what you
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward moved can - make sure you go to the
CAKTROVIEUEAD. to Toothill in November last year Race Night fund raiser on April
after 28 years in Northampton.
Mr. Woodward is from Swindon 9th. (See page 19 for details.)
SOLICITORS originally and they are both im- My other main memory is of
pressed by the changes to the Toothill bonfire night where I
Contact us for all your legal needs town. "We're just finding where was amazed at the number of
including everything is at the moment, but people (over 40) who gave their
time and effort to produce a
we like West Swindon a lot,"
house sales & purchases, said Mrs. Woodward. "We're great night out for all the resi-
not far from the town centre and dents of Toothill. I know that
matrimonial matters and there are so many nice walks there is a real need and demand
criminal law. around. for more family social events in
"We have found the council the area so lets get on and organ-
very helpful to us," added ise some more big events - what
103-4 Commercial Road, Swindon. Mr. Woodward. "We moved to about a Toothill carnival.
Thanks to everybody in Toot-
Tel: 617617 Swindon to finish our days. The hill who has made my stay so
Homeline phone will give a sense
of security." enjoyable.