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Try a traditional cake for Eastertide • Letters to the Link
provided byNicola Quant, Senior Home Service Advisor, British Gas
Easter is the first main holiday of the year and is the most holy festival in the Letters with full name and address should be sent to The Link,
Christian Calendar. Simnel Cake now traditional Easter Cake in Britain was 13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, Swindon by the 15th of April.
originally baked by servant girls to take home to their mothers when they
visited them on Mothering Sunday. Criticising the Police
Simnel Cake
Mixed Peel
450g (lib) Almond Paste From Mr T.S. Watkins, Ascham Road, Grange Park
50g (2oz)
Glace Cherries,
225g (8oz) Plain Flour 50g (2oz)
I am writing to complain about a got when I phoned and reported
halved
5m1 (1 tsp) Baking Powder matter that concerns everyone in my car break in.
3xl5ml (3tbsp) Milk
5m1 (ltsp) Mixed Spice West Swindon, and that is the lack It seems there is a total lack of
3 To decorate of policing, or the lack of interest by 'footwork' by the police in our area
Eggs
Glace Icing
175g ((6oz) Butter or Margarine
I small Easter Chicken
175g ((6oz) Caster Sugar the police in dealing with crime in and that if it can't be done in a
4 Sugar Eggs
225g ((8oz) Sultanas the West Swindon area. I have squad car then it won't get done at
1.4m (I.Syds) Yellow Ribbon
175g ((6oz) Currants been living in my own house in all. I can honestly say that I have
Grange Park for well over 4 years never seen a policeman/woman in
Method
1. Grease and line a round 8" cake tin with greaseproof paper. and in this time I have heard, read our area after about 6.00p.m. on
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, beat in the or seen moreand more crimesbeing foot.
eggs, a little at a time. committed. I find it very worrying that there
3. Stir in sultanas, currants, peel and cherries. Recently one of my neighbours is this 'negative' attitude by the
4. Sift the flour, baking powder and mixed spice together. Fold into the had a car window broken and a set police and when you report a crime
mixture along with the milk. of speakers and a stereo stolen, a you get put through such an ordeal,
5. Roll out half the almond paste into a circle the size of the cake tin. few weeks later another neighbour with statements, forms, lists,
6. Place half the cake mixture into the tin and smooth top, cover with the had theircarwindow removed and questions that the police I feel,
round of almond paste. Spread the remaining cake mixture on top.
7. Bake at Gas mark 3 for 2 hours, then reduce heat to Gas Mark 2 and their stereo stolen. Low and behold would rather you did not report it
continue cooking for about Viz hours, (test by pressing with fingers, if a couple of weeks later I find my car at all.
cooked the cake should spring back, have stopped bubbling and have has had the door 'jummied' open If the situation does not improve
begun to shrink from the sides of the tin). and a couple of cassettes stolen then I, for one will be writing a long
8. Meanwhile, divide the remaining almond pasted into eleven equal along with a stick on furry cat (who letter to my local M.P. How can we
pieces (to represent the eleven apostles, you do not count Judas the is now minus a leg). help the police, when they won't
twelfth apostle who betrayed Jesus). Roll each piece into a ball and My neighbours who had their help us?
brush one side with oil. car broken into contacted the police Any response by The Link would
9. About twenty minutes before cake is cooked, arrange the almond paste
balls around the edge of the cake, oiled sides against the greaseproof. who 'calmly' told them that they'd be great in putting this point across,
When cooked remove cake from the oven and leave to cool in the tin. had 5 more that night in Grange perhaps we could have a few more
10. To decorate, spread glace icing in centre of cake. When set place Easter Park alone! They then told them letters about crime in WestSwindon
chicken and sugar eggs in centre. Place yellow ribbon around the side that they'd "look into it". This and ways the police could control it
and tie in a bow. unenthusiastic, laid-back, "ow and reassure the West Swindon
really Sir" sort of attitude is what I public about it.
Vacancies
Link 3-5 Playgroup require a morning assistant and an afternoon Dear Asda
assistant Tuesdayto Friday. For further information contact the supervisor, This is a letter sent by a group of West Szvindon residents to Asda Head Office.
Link 3-5 Playgroup during playgroup hours or write to the Chair, 5 Buie Blood pressure, stress and anxiety letter was standing in a long queue
Close, Sparcells, Shaw, SN5 9SX. Closing date: 7 April.
- all things we should avoid. So in chaos at 1.30p.m. lunch-time
Person required for light household duties four hours per week. Hours why does shopping in West Friday 16 March for well over half
to suit. Small house, Westlea area. References required. Tel: 873561 Swindon Centre give us all three? and hour. There were thirteen
after 6pm. The whole atmosphere in there check-outs open out of thirty-seven
seems to be disconcerting. The and when we complained we were
shortage of staff not only adds to told 'shortage of staff'. NOT
Midday Supervisory the confusion but also appears to GOOD ENOUGH!
Come on Asda, shake yourself
make the rest unhappy.
We have put up with Carrefour up. Its about time West Swindon
Assistant running down until the Gateway had a store to be proud of instead of
£711 pa. takeover; they promised us an a second-rate fight. You owe us a
improvement. Certainly the decor good shopping area.
A Midday Supervisory Assistant is required to look after improved but the standard of fresh If the staff ASDA be happy,
school children in their dining room and playground during vegetables, bread etc. still left a lot And I ASDA shop there,
school lunch hour at Toothill County Primary School. to be desired. Now we have Asda Then they ASDA provide a service
You will be required to work 5 hours who once again are promising the And it ASDA be perfect better!
per week during term time only. improvements. The store certainly
No previous experience is necessary but those applying seems bright, the vegetables fresh, Yours faithfully
should possess the ability to communicate with the choice more varied, but once J Collard, G S Levedon, FR Carter,
and enjoy the company of children.
The salary includes holiday and retainer pay. we have selected our goods we can't K W Carter, A W Carter, S A
get out of the place. Barrat, G Saunders, C M Besley,
Application forms and further details can be obtained from The latest incident which has SC Lear, D Willoughby, E Sarley,
the Head Teacher, Toothill County Primary School, infuriated us enough to write this L Garill, E King, M King, J Barker
Stokesay Drive, Toothill, Swindon SN5 8DR.
Telephone 497250
Closing date for applications is 5 April 1990. Thanks to The Link
From Jacqueline Frost, Secretary, Rompers Mother & Toddlers Group
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER
I write to thank you for publicising our group in the last edition.
We have been inundated with new mums and telephone enquiries
Wiltsh ire about the group. Perhaps we should have asked people to telephone first
as we were rather overwhelmed after The Link first came out! We are
very grateful for the publicity, it had the required effect, and we have
now even got a waiting list!
OUNTY COUNCIL
Thank you so much for your prompt help, and on a personal note from
me, I have been receiving the magazine since it first came out and always
look forward to reading itand haveoften found the information in itvery
useful; so keep up the good work.