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LOSE WEIGHT Westlea Community Action
Westlea School
QUICKLY AND SAFELY Wild West Bonanza Group gets name at fun day
FOR SPRING
Call your Counsellor Saturday 30 June. Wacky Club s
cets them up
Glenis at 2pm - 4pm for summer holidays
C featuring The Dixie
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Rebels
Western Headress &
Bouncy Baby
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Thb6- Competitions Judged by
Mondays to Thursdays Mayor of Thamesdown.
10.30am-2.30pm. Swindon 693875 Pony Rides, Archery,
Raffle, Tombola,
Cambildge, Lucky Programme,
DIETx Auction

Lydiard Landscaping

Patios • Fencing • Turf Laying
Walling and General Gardening
Small tree felling
For Free Estimates Some of The Wackys pulling on the rope, from left, Karen Warwick, Tara
Hudson, Sue Sheikh, Lorraine Warwick, Claire, Ross and Graham Duke, and
Tel: (0793) 874274 play development officer Paul Ryan.
Sheila Mitchell reports on afun day for
SOFT WATER CENTRE Westlea kids and parents
Come and see our full range of Water Softeners including the The first fundraising Fun Day took
NEW 19"HIGH PERMUTIT 2000E. place at Westlea School and the Watching
DOMEXTRA, BRUNER, PERMO, SEREIN AND EURO RANGE George and Ann Tweed Room on
IN STOCK Wednesday 30 May. A great deal crime go by
All at Unit 4, Oaklands Enterprise Estate, Braydon, Nr. Wootton of organisation had gone into Jan Jones returned to her Thornford
Bassett. Open Saturdays ONLY 9.30am - 4pm. making the afternoon a success both Drive, Westlea home late one
Ring Swindon 853156 for further information or appointment. for the children and the parents. evening in June to find she had
The good weather enabled outside been burgled to the tune £9,000.
activities to be enjoyed and the Losing equipment which was
CAROLINE OCKWELL Bouncy Castle proved to be very insured and many items of
TAXATION CONSULTANCY successful. Most of the children priceless, sentimental value was
enjoyed making their own badges bad enough. But knowing that the
• Are you paying too much tax? and in the George and Ann Tweed thieves made several trips to their
• Are you taking advantage of the Room smaller children had a great van to load up without anybody
time making things with paper, ringing the police makes Jan feel
new rules for taxation of husband crayons and glue. quite sick.
and wife? The Octobus Project entertained "It was 11 p.m., the burglars broke
• Professional Advice on Income Tax, a number of children who made the front door glass and undid the
puppets and in the school hall the latch," said Jan. "We're near the
Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax parents were able to browse around entrance to Thornford Drive and
and National Insurance the craft stalls and enjoy light apparently they made fire trips to a
e:ueaamms:ue.sasCaro1jfle Ock%vell refreshments. Everyone enjoyed van parked out on Westlea Drive.
the home made cakes, two of which All the upstairs draws and
Member of the Institute of Taxation
were donated for raffle prizes to cupboards had been turned out,
180 Thames Avenue, Greenmeadow, Swindon supplement the main prizes which downstairs they were very neat, no
Tel: 725919 were vouchers kindly donated by damage. They even had time to
Dominos Pizzas. The 'Name the move a light bulb from one room to
Group' competition was won by another, put their feet up on the
Marie Skeffington from Anglesea sofa and have a drink of whisky.
Close, Westlea, who came up with "It's amazing that nobody
'The Wacky Club'. thought there was something
The day was very successful. suspicious going on. I mean you
Specialists in video Everyone seemed to enjoy don't move house at eleven o'clock
themselves and much needed cash In the evening. Two days later the
& TV repairs was raised to help fund the two day police had a call from somebody to
Free home estimates play scheme to be held at the same say they had witnessed the crime.
location between 11.00a.m. and "1 find it a sad reflection that
All work guaranteed
3.00p.m. on Tuesday 31 July and people can't feel involved enough
Service from Barn - 9pm Thursday 1 August. Everyone to pick up the phone and report
involved put a great deal of time suspicious goings on."
NO CALL OUT CHARGE and effort to make the day a success Ironically for Jan, there is a
and we feel that it was well Neighbourhood Watch scheme
TEL: SWINDON 813485 rewarded. Further information barely 300 yards away where
about the Wacky Club can be another group of Westlea residents
obtained from Sue Sheikh tel are keeping an eye on each other
870492. houses.

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