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10 WESTLEA

Self Defence for Help wanted Footpath at last "It's too late after a
Mr. Griffith, Head of Westlea child is killed"
Women School, is proposing to start a
A Self Defence Course will start coffee morning for parents to take A meeting held at the Link Centre
on 20 April called for positive
on 8 May at Toothill Church, for place every day.
six weeks. The sessions will run He needs some basic equip- action to prevent death's outside
between 10a.m. and 11a.m. and ment and materials to get it going. local schools.
The meeting of parents,
will be followed by refreshments. These include a kettle, some toys,
All women are welcomed and a cupboard to keep them in and headteachers, school governors
there is free child care. and a donation of coffee. and councillors was called after a
serious accident outside Fresh-
brook School in March. The main
FOR A SLIMMER FIGURE EVERYONE WILL NOTICE aim was to discuss the problems
faced by all the primary schools
Call your Counsellor
and to look at what schools had
ROY & JAN achieved so far.
Poor siting and the lack of traf-
Tel: 872693
fic management measures were
It's going to be a little safer for identified as the biggest problems
NEW CáTnbrIde DIET children to get to Westlea School affecting all the local schools.
DEVELOPED BY BRITISH IXK1ORS in future. Complacency by Wiltshire
Work is nearly finished on County Council and lack of inter-
footpaths on either side of the est in road safety by a few par-
VINCENTS roundabout on Whitehill Way at ents who drive their children to
the north end of Langstone Way. school were raised as major fac-
SELF DRIVE HIRE LTD. Ever since Westlea School opened torswhich endanger pedestrians.
People from the oldest to the
pedestrians from Eastleaze have
EURO WAY INDUSTRIAL PARK, BLAGROVE had to walk in the road and nego- most recently built schools re-
tiate a very dangerous crossing. ported their long running battles
Tel: Swindon 613133
The improvement works have to get the County to improve
CAR HIRE - Executive to Metro Range been fought for by local Council- pedestrian access, and to per-
BUS HIRE - 8 - 12 - 16 Seaters available lor Ricky Midwinter who said it suade car drivers to be more con-
had taken a long time to get the siderate to people on foot.
VAN HIRE - 7 cwt to 7.5 ton including tail lifts work agreed. "Wiltshire County The meeting agreed that the
TRUCK HIRE - 1 ton to 7.5 ton available Council refused to make the cross- County Council should provide
TIPPER HIRE - 1 ton - 35 cwt - 3.5 ton available ing safer, but whenThamesdown yellow lines, school signs, 'sleep-
Council took over highway im- ing policemen' and flashing lights
provements through an agency on roads outside schools. Greater
OVER 100 VEHICLES AVAILABLE agreement, we were able to get police prescence was called for.
TRY OUR WEEKEND SPECIALS them to see the danger to local Afurther meeting isplannedfor
children. early July.

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