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No. 90 September 1989 Circulation 10,000
100% commitment to Leisure Park W. Swindon

Building work at Shaw Ridge Leisure Park "Work on site will commence towards the Health Centre start
starts in just a few weeks - that's definite. end of October and we expect to see the
The sale of land was agreed on 22 August Leisure Park trading by Spring 1991.
along with a firm commitment from all the He also confirmed that Cannon Cinemas
companies to take part. had taken over the multi-screen cinema and
Shaw Ridge Leisure Park will comprise of would be operating eight larger auditorium
an 8 screen cinema, a superbowl, night club, rather than the 10 originally proposed by CIC/
family pub, pizza restaurant and five star hotel. UA. "It will be fitted out to a higher standard
Confirming a start date Michael Oldrleve, than we envisaged," said Mr Oldrieve.
for Carter Commercial Developments, said, "I've also commissioned a larger than life
"All the operators have now made substantial bronze sculpture of Swindon actress Diana
financial contributions and are 100% commit- Dors as our contribution to the arts in Thames-
ted to the project. down. It will be located outside the cinema."
Health Centre for derelict site next to Link Centre
Call for pub to keep 'traditional name' Work on building West Swindon's perma-
nent health centre starts on 4 September,
A Freshbrook resident decided to change the several years late.
has called for Fresh- image of The Corn- After a long period of planning and many
brook's village pub to flower. It will be re- proposed start dates, the area should have a
keep the name origi- ally convenient to centre providing a comprehensive range
nally given to it. Cathy have a family pub health care by the beginning of 1991. Al-
Baker from Sidney close-by. though the completion date is set for 2
Close, Grange Park is "But why change November 1990, building hold-ups and
objecting to a proposal the name? It's only moving staff in from different sites is likely
to change it's name seven years since The to delay the day when the first customers
because it's unneces- Cornflower was built. enter the centre.
sary and will confuse It's all so new around Because money and a start date for the
people. here that it's impor- health centre have not been confirmed until
Pub owners Whit- tant to try and put quite recently, the District Health Authority
bread Severn Inns are down roots. The pub has not been able to find a Doctor to set up
spending £250,000 on got it's name because a practice in the Centre. However it will
refurbishingmeCorn- somebody knew the provide facilities for two dentists, clinics for
flower which closed in field where it stands chiropody, speech therapy, audiology, anti-
mid-August to allow used to be covered in natal care and child health.
building works to take cornflowers. It's a The Community Psychiatric Service will
place. The pubis being lovely original name beholding mental health clinics in the centre
completely rebuilt in- which gives you an and it will provide an office base for Health
ternally and extended idea of what was here Visitors and District Nurses.
to create a two bar hos- before; it has the sense
telry. A special em- of tradition that the
phasis is being given Cathy Baker, hoping Freshbrook's pub New pre-school guide
owners are trying to
build into it.
A new edition of Toddler Out West' has just
in the re-development will re-open with the same name
to families who want to go out to a pub to- "Look how Gateway at the West Swindon been published. It's a guide book for parents
gether. A comfortable lounge and family Centre is still known as Carrefour. It's too with pre-school children and it's packed with
room will allow parents to enjoy a drink and easy to think that a new name can change it's information about parent and toddler groups,
a meal with their children. image, but I think a new name for The local services and facilities for under fives.
The Link ran a competition on behalf of Cornflower will just cause confusion. It will Copies can be obtained from the Commu-
Whitbread Severn last month inviting read- take years to overcome and in the meantime nity Suite at the Link Centre.
ers to come up with suggestions for a new Freshbrook will have lost something of it's
name. past"
However, whilst she is enthusiastic about A spokeswoman for the owners com- SAVE & RE-CYCLE
the alterations, Cathy Baker cannot seet why mented, "Whitbread Severn Inns have de-o
cided
the name of Freshbrook's pub should disap- cided to re-name The Cornflower in order to
pear. "1 think it's great that the owners have fit in with the pub's new look and feel. It is
decided to cater for the family. We often felt that this will help to emphasis the changes
pop up to The Village Inn at Shaw Centre that are being made at the pub during it's On pages 16 & 17 we st&t a two part feature on
because the facilities cater for our three chil- refurbishment." how West Swindon people can make a small
dren. I'm really glad that Whitbread have Freshbrook's pub will re-open in October. contribution to saving the worlds resources.