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26 NEWS & VIEWS

Students shocked St. George's Day
NOBODY DOES by deaths Parade at West

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FOR THE BEST IN ON-SITE Report by Terry Baker, Group
CLEANING OF CARPETS & Scout Leader, 1st Westlea Scouts
UPHOLSTERY. FOR MAKING
I A FIRE. FOR SOIL PROOFING & The North Wilts District St.
SHIP-SHAPE AFTER FLOOD OR
1." STATIC PROOFING. Georges Day Parade was held in
-
West Swindon on Sunday 26th
April and was attended by 350
Scouts and Guides from all over
North Wiltshire. The parade was
SWINDON (0793)486918 lead by Cricklade Town Band,
the salute was taken by Roger
38 Beverley, Toothill, Swindon Reeves (Acting District Commis-
AN INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE OWNED & OPERATED
sioner) and Tony Pistell (Former
UNDER LICENCE County Commissioner of Wilt-
shire).
The service was held at St.
Peters Church, with Father
O'Driscoll and Rev. Keith Boxall
Sufia All and Karen S piers officiating, the address was
given by Tony Pistell.
The murder in the Sudan of Chris
and Claire Rolfe, two Swindon
based Aid workers in early May HELP NEEDED AT
left two Greendown students
THE COTSWOLD COLLECTION stunned and saddened. For al- BABY BOOM
though they had never actually
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Credit terms available. The Rolfes, with their two pre- Group is having a baby boom!
school children, were caught in a But so many mums now have
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Open Mon—Sat 9.30 am. —5.30 p.m. sat down at a hotel in Khartoum, we could really with some spare
It
capital of the Sudan. Chris pairs of hands.
worked at Thamesdown Volun- If you like young children and
tary Services Centre until 1983 can spare an hour or two on
Open 7 days a week and Claire was a social work Wednesday mornings or Thurs-
BASSETT Radio Controlled 24 Hr. student based there for a time. day afternoons we would be de-
They then went to Somalia and lighted to hear from you . The
lyre Breakdown Service
TYRES later the Sudan to set up self-help sort of help we would like is as-
projects and businesses with sistance with aprons and general
refugees fleeing from the various supervision on the painting or
conflicts and drought that beset playdough table, or help with
that part of the world. They were cutting out or drawing; in fact
working with the Quaker Peace playing with the children.
and Service organisation. If you can help, even on an ir-
"We were shocked when we regular basis, please just come
were told about their deaths," along to the Upper Shaw Farm
said first year student Sufia Ali. Community Centre, opposite
"They were so good to us." Shaw Ridge School, on Wednes-
"We were doing a project on days 10a.m.-12 noon or Thurs-
Somalia in our last year at days 1.30p.m.-3.30p.m. or tele-
Freshbrook primary school," phone on 875150.
said Karen Spiers. "We were
finding out about the farming,
weather, religions and the lan- JUMBLE
guage and the lives of refugees. SALE
We contacted them through Miss
Wollen, our teacher. They sent us TOOTHILL
several interesting letters and
gave us so much information. COMMUNITY
We couldn't have done the proj-
ect without their help." CENTRE
"We never met them, but they 9TH JULY
were wonderful people. We
were so sad when we heard. The 2p.m. - 4p.m.
bombs were not meant for
Unit 7 Templars Way them." IN AID OF
Industrial Estate, Marlborough Rd., A memorial service was held
Wootton Bassett, Wilts. SN4 7EJ. for the Rolfes at the Friends 1ST WESTLEA
Telephone: (0793)854771 (Eve. 850514) Meeting I louse in Swindon on BROWNIES
Sunday 19th June.