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Circulation 10,000 No. 70 January 1988

WHETTING YOUR APPETITE ROAD SAFETY CRISIS

A new concept in convenience placed into the oven. It will then
food is about to be launched in move down the oven being cooked
Swindon and it's going to happen in front of their eyes."
here in the west first. Coach Caterers are a Salisbury
The Link has reported the firm with take-aways and restaur-
proposal to start a Pizza take- ants across the country. Locally,
away and home-delivery service they are best known as operators
for some months. Now it's barely of The Trawlerman at the West
days away, for on Monday 18th Swindon Centre. "Because of
January Pizzarama at the new the growth of West Swindon, we
Shaw Village Centre will open to decided to go for a different
orders for high quality pizzas as dimension in the take-away
close to the real American style market," said Mr. West. "We
as it's possible to get. think people in West Swindon
will take to the convenience of Confined to a push chair, 7 year old Sarah Ogbourne with her parents,
Pizzarama having pizzas delivered to their flanked by Toothill Councillors Midwinter (left) and Winmill.
"Believe it or not the Pizza was doorstep, especially if it's a The lack of will by Wiltshire Freshbrook County and Borough'
invented in the last century in quality product from an outlet County Council to make road councillor Cordon has also been
America and made popular by they can visit. Once they have crossings at local schools safer is campaigning for lines to be
the Italian immigrant popula- tried them, I am sure they'll be making local councillors very painted on the road outside
tion," said Ian West, Managing back for more." frustrated. Two accidents in Freshbrook School to try to
Director of Coach Caterers who Pizzarama December, outside Toothill and prevent people from parking
will be operating Pizzarama. Freshbrook schools, demon- cars and creating a danger point.
"Naturally that's where we looked Ian West is really keen about strated the increasing dangers as However the Highway Auth-
to discover how to make the real the 'deep-pan pizzas' that the roads around them get more ority, Wiltshire County Council
pizza and how to develop the Pizzarama will offer. "This pizza congested. remains unmoved by appeals to
home-delivery market." has a very generous topping and At Toothill, Sarah Ogbourne, make road crossings safer. It
Mr. West spent two weeks the whole thing is about an inch 7, received severe cuts and maintains that painting lines on
travelling around the U.S.A. thick; they make a wonderfully bruises to her right leg when the road would have little deter-
earlier this year studying the pizza tasty meal. You don't get them in knocked down by a car. Waquas rent effect on car drivers waiting
business. "I was looking at their this country so they'll be some- Ali, 6, had slight injuries when to pick up children. It also takes
methods, the pitfalls, the kind of thing new for customers to try." knocked down on Gainsborough the view that traffic levels do not
equipment used and trying out Pizzarama will be employing Way, Freshbrook. warrant supervised crossing
lots of pizzas. I'm afraid I put on about 25 full and part-time staff, Toothill ward councillor Ricky points.
three-quarters of a stone." most of whom live in West Midwinter said that the accidents The County Council expects to
He described the American Swindon. It will be open 7 days a were two more to add to a growing pass traffic management responsi-
pizza as having a crispier base week, 12 noon to 11.30 pm Sun- list of incidents. "Thankfully bilities over to Thamesdown
and a more generous topping day to Thursday, to midnight nobody has been killed or maimed Council under an agency agree-
with less oil compared to pizzas Friday and Saturday. According yet, but looking at the traffic ment on April 1st. Commenting
usually available in the U.K. to Mr. West, 30 minutes is the problems outside schools and the on this, Coun. Winmill said
"We have our own dough recipe maximum time customers are number of pedestrians going to "Wiltshire is waiting until
and have chosen the best pizza willing to wait for a home-delivery. and fro at peak times, it can only Thamesdown take over the roads,
recipes for our menu," said Mr. Pizzarama will be aiming to deliver be a matter of time." but they will only be agents. The
West. "The pizzas will be cooked an order well within that target. A petition organised by Coun. County Council will still control
in a computer controlled oven The thought of a conveyor belt Midwinter and County Coun. the amount of money available
we're bringing in from St. Louis. oven and deep-pan pizzas sounds Winmill in Toothill was signed and this has to be spread over
It has a conveyor belt so cus- just too mouth wateringly good. by 500 parents from Toothill and lots of projects which have been
tomers will see the dough base There are just a few days to wait Oliver Tomkins School, where neglected for years. It's a good
being rolled out, the topping put before West Swindon can try cars parked on Beaumaris Road, way of transferring blame onto
on and the un-cooked pizza what Pizzarama has to offer. waiting for children, are a par- Thamesdown. It will take time
ticular hazard. Another calling for priorities to be sorted out
On the centre pages - it's what for safer road crossings was so I don't see action being taken
everybody has been waiting for!! organised by Freshbrook coun- immediately."
cillors Pixton and Leighfield.