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FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK 5

To Freshbrook
- via Pakistan and Nigeria! Facechoice R.T. Farley
Peter Grainger, the recently inducted pastor to the Freshbrook Pharmacy Landscape
Evangelical Church explains how he Freshbrook
and his family - pictured below - come to be in West Swindon. Gardener in
We are a well travelled family. that the new church building will Village Centre West Swindon
Between us, we have lived or be completed. But the real Tel: 870226
worked in Australia, Nepal, In- church is not bricks and mortar 20 years of experience.
dia, Pakistan, Mexico, Brazil and but people. And the church is Opening Times:
Nigeria! one of the few organisations Monday to Friday Turfing, Paving,
After we were married, we which exists for the benefit of the Fencing,
lived in Pakistan for three years. non-members. 9am - 1pm; Planting new Gardens
We were invited by the Church of We hope that we will get to 2.15pm - 7pm Rockery Construction,
Pakistan to make a survey of all know many people in Pergolas etc.
the languages in the southern Freshbrook and the surrounding Saturday 9am -
province of Sind. This involved area and that we will be able to 1 2.3Opm New gardens
trips out into the desert area bor- serve the church and the commu- TEL: 875174
dering India in order to take lists nity.
of words and phrases in over
twenty languages and dialects. Peter & Nita Grainger live at 22
More recently, we lived in Turnham Green, Freshbrook.
mud-walled house in the Plateau Tel: 40498. They have two chil-
Province of Nigeria. The Afizere dren Benjamin (aged 8) and Re-
community (population around becca (6).
80,000) invited us to make an
alphabet and prepare a reading G. Park School plans
programme in their own lan- available to view
guage. Freshbrook councillor Bob
So what are we doing here in Pixton has plans of the school THE COTSWOLD COLLECTION
Swindon? We are not learning and a layout of the site. He
the local language, although you invites all those interested in Probably the best collection of QUALITY PINE FURNITURE in
may find our Derbyshire accents seeing them to come to his the West Country, at the most competitive prices. Come and
see for yourself. Most items are immediately from stock.
a little strange! weekly surgery in the commu- Credit terms available.
We have come at the invitation nity Room at Freshbrook
School on Wednesday 5th Oc-
of the Freshbrook Evangelical tober, 7p.m. - 7.30p.m. A 33 Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon. Tel: 511898
Church to serve as their new Open Mon—Sat 9.30 am. —5.30 p.m.
minister. In a world where most Crossing Patrol
of the news seems to be bad Wiltshire County Council has
news, we believe that the Chris- agreed to a crossing patrol on
tian message is one of good news Worsley Road, outside
- for everyone! Freshbrook School. The post BASSETT Open 7 days a week
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