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26 NEWS & VIEWS
SWINDON SOFT WATER CENTRE Under 5's Disco • Friday 7 December
Makes water softening simple Community Suite, Unk Centre
No. 1 Best selling water softener in the UK
Tickets from Unk Centre reception cost 20p per child.
Adults are free
Taste of France at W.S. Centre
The worlds most advanced fully automatic non-electric meter-controlled system There was a flavour of France at new wine which was released at
DRIVING I. 'a' ber with competitions, French res- Paris for the grand draw which will
Showroom at 260 Ferndale Road, Swindon
Call BRIAN COX on SWINDON 527172
ASDA between 15 and 24 Novem- midnight.
West Swindon Centre travel
taurant food and in-store wine tast- agents A.T. Mays have donated the
LEARN TO DRIVE
ing to celebrate the arrival of major prize of a weekend for two in
Beaujolais Nouveau.
Money raised during the week take place on 31 December. £6,000
ALAN COWCT
MODERN
for the Blind. ASDA are backing are on sale in the Centre are sold.
0793 - 872244
the RNIBs 'Looking Glass Appeal'
And in December there will be
TECHNIQUES INDIVIDUAL TUITION went to the Royal National Institute will be raised if all the tickets which
which aims to raise over LiOm to second French Week and another
Established in West Swindon in 1978 provide new facilities for special competition in support of the Royal
schools and colleges for the blind. National Institute for the Blind
The French week started when a which will run until the end of
Curtains, Bed Fashions, car driven by store managers ar- January.
rived at 1p.m. with a delivery of the Watch this space for details.
Sofas, Blinds, Cushions, Sue Walklett, AT Mays Manager and ASDA Manager Les Lloyd watch travel
Lighting and Carpets, consultant Tracy Wills pours the first glass of Beaujolais Nouveau for Swindon
Town players Ross MacLaren and David Kerslake
All Beautifully
INTERIORS
Co-ordinated
Free measuring service and sample loans.
Superior Fitting Service.
Please call in to browse.
38 Havelock Street, Swindon
Telephone: (0793) 513701
(Formerly Curtain Dream)
WHAT TO DO
NEXT?
For repairs on all Volvo and Dangers to Leisure Park walkers
non-Volvo cars Fears for pedestrian safety now that
Shaw Ridge Leisure Park is opened
Ridgeway West Paint and Body Repair Centre can is being expressed by a local coun-
help take the STRESS from You and Your Vehicle cillor.
Freshbrook councillor Bob Pixton
is worried that the attractions at the
park will increase the number of
peoplewalkingalong Whitehill Way
from Freshbmok and Grange Park.
The only official footpath routes
takes walkers up and alongthe ridge,
or around via the West Swindon
Centre.
"When the park was in its plan-
ning stage it was obvious that pe-
destrians were not being catered
For a ree estimate on al types of large and small for," said Bob. "Comments from
Accident or Paint Repairs, contact: local people got an overground
Terry Davis, Ridgeway West Paint & Body Centre, crossing point provided by the Link Councillor Pixton looking at the route
Centre, which is going to be danger- pedestrians will take from Grange Park
2 Lynton Road, Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon
ous to use, but at least it's officially along Tewkesbury Way
Tel: 0793 - 491149 • Fax: 0793 - 521564 designated. congested at times. It's a place where
"Now that the facilities are open, accidents are bound to take place."
LaoAWST you can see the route people will Coun. Pixton is asking the high-
RIV take to walk to there, and the dan- way authority to again take a close
gers they will encounter. Tewkes- look at the problem of pedestrian
bury Cross roundabout will be very access to Shaw Ridge.
