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4 TOOTHILL
Determination gets
Ralph Palmer After-School Club back

Pharmacy
Ralph Palmer, M.P.S.,
Dispensing Chemist
3, Doorhurst Way
Toothill.

Hours of Opening:
Mon. - Fri. 9am-lpm;
2pm - 6pm. rate 3 afternoons a week
Sat. 9am - 12 noon. ting soon. If you would like to
out more, come along to the
m
........... the staff
Telephone: 512063 n evening to
the management committee.
EXCtJSIONS After-School Club chair Diane Stuckey second left with the After School
& TOURS club staff, from left, Jenny White, Suzie Woollaston, and Gail Fairhall
Adult Child A year of hard campaigning by Charity Fund, £2,000 each from
Wed 12 Apr Visit to Stuart Crystal £5.00 £3.75 parents in Toothill will pay off in the West Swindon Youth Re-
Factory (Aberbargoed) a few weeks time when Toothill's source Committee and Th-
Sun 16 Apr Bournemouth £5.50 £4.00 After-School Club restarts. amesdown Council's Arts and
Sun 23 Apr Weston-Super-Mare £5.00 £3.75 The club shut down at the end Recreation Committee, and
Sun 30 Apr Bournemouth £5.50 £4.00 of March last year and parents £1,500 from the Thamesdown
Sat 6 May Spalding Flower Parade £7.50 £6.00
Wed 10 May Westonbirt Arboretum £2.50 £1.75 started a campaign to raise the Community Trust.
Sun 14 May Forest of Dean & Wye Valley £5.00 £3.75 money to get it restarted. Three members of staff have
Also Booking Throughout last year, a group of been appointed by the after-
Elton John at Birmingham N.E.C. 18 May £20 parents lobbied councillors on school club management commit-
Cliff Richard at Wembley 17 June £26
Thamesdown's Arts and Recrea- tee and they will care for up to 24
WE Thamesdown Transport tion Committee. They also pre- children between 5 and 11 on
sented their case to local chari- three nights a week. The club
ENQUIRIES & BOOKINGS: table organisations. will be open to children living in
- FLEMING WAY KIOSK, NEAR PRIMARK, tel. 6399 Leading campaigner, and now Toothill with a number of places
chair of the club's management reserved for parents who work.
committee Diane Stuckey, said it Children will be picked up
Toothill Chinese Kitchen was great that after-school activi- from school and escorted to
English Food & Fish and Chips ties were starting up again. "This Toothill Farm where the club
time last year our children had meets. There they will take part
Special Chinese Food Take-Away Menu lost something they greatly en- in preparing a snack and a range
joyed. It was a hard slog for the of activities are planned by the
parents to argue their case. Some staff including crafts and games.
TEL: 487055 did not see any chance but we There's a chance to meet the
Hours of Business persevered. The more the coun- management committee and the
- 6.00-11.30pm
Sunday cillors tried to put us off, the more staff at an Open Evening on
Monday determined we became. We've Wednesday 12 April between
- Closed sit day
Tuesday had some help from local com- 3p.m and 7p.m. at Toothill Farm,
- 5.00-l1.3Opm
Wednesday 12.00-1.45pm 5.00-11.30pm munity workers but it just shows Bodiam Drive. They are keen to
Thursday 12.00-1.45pm 5.00-11.30pm
12.00-1.45pm 5.00-1200
Friday that a community group can get talk to parents who would like
Saturday 12.00-2.00pm 5.00-12.00 things done." their children to attend the club
Funding for the club is coming to explain how it will be run.
OPEN ALL BANK HOLIDAYS (MONDAY)
FROM 5.00p.m. -1100p.m. from a variety of sources; £4,000 Children can be registered and
from the Allied Dunbar Staff there will be refreshments served.
Rock School comes to Toothill Youth Club
CAKTRAVIEUEAD, Mark Hull and Suzanne Rees took on performing roles when Swindon
Rock School visited Toothill Farm Youth Club in March
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