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18 NEWS & VIEWS
F Getting Hooked on Cable
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THE COMPLETE Forget about Bermuda! Did you know that you were living in the middle
of the Wiltshire Triangle? Not that its anything to boast about - the only
ELECTRICAL
i s, lej~ w _ SERVICE thing that goes missing here is decent television and FM radio reception.
For decades Swindon has been posed no problems for Swindon
BRITISH PAPER & BOARD G. Stevens Electrical sitting in a 'gap' between transmit- Cable. Tony Dukinfield, Sales Su-
INDUSTRY FEDERATION N.I.C.E.I.C. Approved ters and Swindon Cable was ongi- pervisor said, "The recent merger
nally set up to plug that gap by between Sky and BSB has shown
PHOTOCOPYING Commercial, Industrial piping television pictures direct into how difficult it is for the individual
& Domestic Installations homes. But technology
to keep abreast of TV
from single copies to moves on and Swindon
technology. Cable solves
SWINDON
CABLE
80 page bound books Full inspection & testing Cable has taken ad van-
the problem for its cus-
of premises undertaken tage of every new de- tomers. With our service
SINGLE Fire/Intruder Alarms velopment. you don't require any
dishes and we can bring
Specialists Under the auspices of
Il ls
ft
the best of satellite and
COPIES Swindon 870948 British Telecom a new
Broad Band System has been put in terrestrial programmes into your
11 place using the latest fibre optics home at the touch of a button. We
7p per Stephanie's capable of transmitting satellite are happy with the merger and
channels, new phone systems, tele confident that the channels of the
banking and home shopping as they new company will be of even higher
copy Secretarial areintroduced. Swindon is the first quality. Our customers will not
town in the country to complete the need to change any equipment to
J Services installation of the Broad Band Sys- take advantage of these changes."
-Artwork facilities available tem and because of Swindon Ca- Negotiations are now taking
-Double sided copying An Efficient Service ble's success we have been spared place between Swindon Cable and
Is offered for those the sight of streets full of satellite the new British Sky Broadcasting
-Collating/stapling
of you with that dishes.
company. "Because we represent
British Paper & Board Important letter or CV, Swindon Cable is now the most such a large number of customers
report or thesis. successful cable operation in the we can get the best deal and pro-
Industry Federation country, with over 25% of homes in vide satellite programmes and
Papermakers House Full secretarial the area taking its programmes. movies at a very favourable price,"
support for the small When BT sold its cable interests the Tony commented.
Rivenhall Road competition forSwindon Cable was The new cable service is now
business.
Westlea particularly fierce and the company available throughout West Swin-
Tel: 886086 Tel: 881413 is now owned by C.U.C, a Cana- don. Connection is simple and there
dian firm specialising in cable TV. is a discount for the retired or disa-
The 'war in the skies' between bled. For more information phone
competing satellite companies has Swindon Cable on 615601.
GwlE'!/JS Pause ... (from the chaos of Christmas)
from Alyson Cardis decoration making and table ar-
BOOK-KEEPING SERVICE Anyone inhabiting the proverbial rangements. On 7 December we
broomcupboard recently might not are sallying forth on a shopping
•:• DO YOU OWN YOUR have noticed that the seasonal fuss trip with the aid of transport and a
is well underway. All shops worth creche. Our Christmas bun fight
OWN BUSINESS? their salt are full to the cash regis- will be on 21 December atl2 noon
ters with over-priced 'Xmas' gunk. and will take the form of a lunch for
+ BOOKS A PROBLEM? So you'll be pleased to hear that the ladies with a separate party for
•. V.A.T. A HEADACHE? Pause have formulated a plan of the children.
action to bring some sense and So if you're regarding the coming
IF SO CONTACT US reason to comer of West Swindon weeks with trepidation why not
during the silly season. join us at Pause in the Link Centre
In November we started warm- Community Suite, for a little prac-
SWINDON 877599 (24 hrs) ing up with demonstrations on tical help and lot of good cheer.

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