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Above: Julie Thompson-Noble considers the site from her bedroom window
Facechoice Pharmacy People living in Grange Park are hoping that a multi-national
Freshbrook Village Centre company will agree to try and hide its huge building which has
been built within a few yards of their homes.
Tel: 870226 The residents of Volpe and with the residents, commented
Lineacre Close off Hook Street that the solution is simple. "What
Opening Monday to Friday 9am - 1pm;
2.l5pm-7pm have been plagued by the is needed is higher banking all
Times: building of the massive they way up Hook Street and the
Saturday 9am - 12.30pm
computer centre and power planting of mature trees. It will
generation plant for Galileo at go a long way to hiding the
building."
Minder Security Services Windmill Hill Business Park.
er 11 Heytesbury Gardens, Grange Park going on for twelve hours a day,
Construction work has been
every day of the week for over a 100th lamp reported
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year. The residents anger was Freshbrook Councillor Bob Pixton
Installed Burgier Alarm
even greater when theybegan to recently reported his one-
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realise the size of the building hundredth street lamptothe SEB.
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growing outside their bedroom It was a tie between one in Grange
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windows.
Park which had been wasting
"It's height is abnormal, whilst money by being on all day, and
the blue glass and white brick the another in King Charles Road,
mi%itdcants The oddest one he has come
finish is atrocious," said Julie which was always off.
Thompson-NobleofVolpeClose.
"How it ever received planning acrose is the leaning lamp of
permission is a scandal, and the Newbury Drive. Dave Powell,
inconvenience of continuous pictured below with Bob, lives
building work should not be next to it and says it has been out
permitted on sites close to of true since it was put in. "Perhaps
residential areas. Ihopethiswon't the slope of the hill closeby
be allowed to happen when the confused the people who put it
Forget traffic, parking & Shaw Ridge Leisure Park is built." in.'
Complaints to the builders and
Bob Pixton is interested in
public transport! Stylish,
Thamesdown Council's Planning hearing about other lamp posts
Economical & Fun. The Department got no where at first which need his attentions. He
Honda Vision Met-In according to Paul Morgan. "We can be contacted on 695317.
will get you there. complained, but nobody wanted
to listen. Nobody really assessed
the effect on us. Very few people
were consulted before the plans
were passed in late 1987; we have
been ignored and disregarded.
"We have recently had a
meeting with Galileo, the chair-
man of the Planning Committee,
Derek Bye, and Tarmac, the
builders. The discussion was
positive and we're grateful; they
could easily be uncooperative.
"The Galileo representative
and the Councillor Bye
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strong case and are considering
Artdeans Motorcycles (Swindon) what should be done to diminish
201 Rodbourne Road, Swindon the intrusive effect that the NEW BOTTLE BANK
- - computer centre has on our lives." NOW OPEN FOR DEPOSITS
Telephone Swindon 34985/36671 Freshbrook's councillor Simon FRESHBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE
Cordon, who has been working
