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FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK
Friends of
Save NOW for Freshbrook School Monday
9am - 6pm
Christmas! CAR BOOT SALE Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
The Freshbrook Credit Union is the 14 July, 10am Thurday 9am - 9pm
people's bank! It provides the Freshbrook School nisex Hair Saf Friday 9am - 7pm
cheapest way of borrowing money Freshbrook Village Centre Saturday 8.30am -
anywhere and it's the best place to Car Park CO 873217 1 .3Opm
save. Boots £4I5. Tel: 872450
It's not too early to start planning
for Christmas and the Credit Union Salisbury Street
will help you save and spend your Clean up the Swindon
money wisely.
The Freshbrook Credit Union is original Fresh Tel: 619562
holding an open evening on Brook on 21 July For Nearly New nursery equipment,
Wednesday 4 July, 7.30p.m. at maternity wear & baby clothes and school uniforms.
Freshbrook Community Centre. Mayor to join in New factory seconds, e.g. cots, swinging cribs etc.
For more information, contact community clean up
Kingsley Matthews on 874511 or LET US SELL YOUR GOODS FOR YOU • HIRE SERVICE AVAILABLE
Kathryn Ruddle on 871320.
DUNCAN Facechoice
SELF DRIVE Pharmacy
FACES HIRE Freshbrook
Freshbrook Adventure Club Village Centre
Every Saturday Vehicles for Hire Tel: 870226
Saturday mornings 10.00am at competitive Rates Opening Times:
until 12noon at Freshbrook Vans• Lutons• Estates
Community Centre Cars• Mini Bus Monday - Friday
Group organiser Wendy Greaves 272 Ermin Street 9am- 1pm
reports: Stratton St. Margaret 215pm -630pm
The Club has now successfully Swindon Tuesday
completed its 8 week pilot project, Tel: 822193 9am- 1pm; 2.15-5pm
with an enthusiastic following of
between 30 and 40 children. We Open Daily 9am - 6 pm Saturday
now plan to carry on the Club until Sundays 9am - 1pm 9am - 12noon
the end of July and probably have a Bob Pixton surveys the sorry state of
break during August. 'Fresh Brook' pond in Grange Park r
Over the last 8 weeks the children with his son David
have used a video camera, tried
video animation with the Octobus On the old maps of West Swindon SHAW VETERINARY
project, done a printing session with several fields called Freshbrook are
an Art teacher from Greendown, actually to be found in Grange Park.
made visits to Coate Water and Most of the land to the east of the CENTRE
Lydiard Park. We regularly play original Hay Lane is called
football, snooker, table tennis, use Freshbrook SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE
arts and crafts materials/playdoh, With the clearing of land for
etc. housing off Hay Lane where the RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW
However, to enable the Club to original 'Grange' rectory of Grange
carry on indefinitely, we do need Park once stood, the course of the
more helpers. So, if you can spare fresh brook which ran from Shaw Consultations by Appointment
even one Saturday morning per Ridge to the stream next to Whitehill
month to help us supervise the Way has been revealed, along with Mon to Fri 8.30am - 6.00pm
children, orif you have a particular an ancient pond. 8.00pm -1 0.00pm
talent you think the children might The brook was blocked or piped Sat
9.00am - 12.30pm
be interested in, please contact me. when the new houses were built,
Also, with more helpers, we will be but the pond remains as a reminder .
able to accept more children into of earlier days and local councillor .
SHAW
the Club. is organising a working party to • LATE NIGHT :i VILLAGE
We still need someone willing to bring it back to life. CENTRE
organise 5/6 a-side football. We Bob Pixton, who has organised a SURGERIES .
have some very enthusiastic 8-12 numberof environmentalclean ups
year old boys desperate to start a 5/ in the area, is asking for residents • 24 HOUR
6 a side football competition, but who live close-by (i.e. Chandos,
I'm afraid the experience of the Bosworth, Rochford Close, etc.) to EMERGENCY GRANGE
parent helpers at present is join him for a pond clear out on 21 TREATMENT PARK UNK
CENTRE
seriously lacking in this direction!! July. The Major of Thamesdown •
So please, if there's anyone out there will be joining in as well.
who can spare some time to There's lots of rubbish to be FRESHBAXK WESTLEA
organise and coach these boys, we removed so that an environmental TroTHIU.
would be very pleased to hear from haven for wildlife can be created.
you - and so would the boys!! Turn up from 10a.m. with TEL: 881919
Wendy Greaves, Organiser, 5 wellington boots, old clothes,
Worsley Road, Freshbrook - Tel: spades, forks, flasks of coffee, etc.
644088 (after 4pm) fora good old community cleanup.