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No. 85 . April 1989. Circulation 10,000
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Bassett Tel: Swindon 853887
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Following a serious accident outside Freshbrook School in March,
a meeting has been called so that people from all parts of West won in this
Swindon can discuss the problems outside schools near them.
Parents, Governors, headteachers, staff and car drivers are
asked to attend the meeting on Thursday 20 April, 8p.m., in the
Community Suite at the Link Centre. month's Link
Below: Six year old Adam Ritchens of Godolphin Close is carried to the
ambulance after being knocked down in Worsley Road on 13 March.
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hunneI Link for Swindon
by Engineering Correspondent Steve Blakeman
A consortium of local Civil Engineering Companies have won a
contract worth £15m with Eurotunnel for the excavation of cavity
chambers.
At present the Channel Tun-
Building work starts on The nel is running some 8 months problem with Civil Engineering
Companies all over the UK. The
Chinese Experience behind schedule and Eurotun- local consortium should start
work by June 1989.
nel have been discussing the
A ceremony to mark the start on Jim Cordon took turns at oper- The excavation of cavity
Britain's largest Chinese restau- ating an excavator in the pres- How did West Swindon cele- chambers will take place in the
rant on the banks of Peatmoor cence of the restaunteur Lau- brate Red Nose Day - Photos Swindon area and the chambers
Lagoon was held on 18 March. rence Lee, his business partners Inside. Below: Robyn Hawkins will be inserted in the tunnel.
(20 months) shows the way.
The Mayor and Mayoress of and directors of Wilcon Con- Estimates show that the prog-
Thamesdown, Coun and Mrs. struction (pictured below). ress of the tunnel should increase
by 15%.
Although the contract is a
major employment boost to the
area, there will be a problem of
what to do with the excess earth
the cavities will inevitably cre-
ate. An option could be the trans-
portation of the earth to form
the foundation of the proposed
dry ski slope at Shaw Ridge.
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