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                                      No. 96 March 1990 Circulation 10,000
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   New names on

        the scene
   Several new names have ap-                                 Poll Tax bills
   peared or will appear in the area              will start to arrive in the week
   in the near future. All have to do
                                                                                                        f
   with food in one way or another.   -                 beginning 19 March.
     In February, the Dominoes
   Pizza fast-food takeaway and    The Freshbrook Village Group residents organisation
   home delivery service opened at   is holding a meeting on Monday 26 March so that tax
   the West Swindon Centre.  The
   Link is  pleased that Dominoes    payers can ask questions of members and officers
   have sponsored the latest version
   of the West Swindon map which      from Thamesdown Council who will be present.
   will be of considerable help to
   residents and non-residents alike.   All invited. Freshbrook Community Centre, 8pm.
   Read all about them on page 24.
     Also in February, a start on
   building a third pizza outlet in   Should people who live in Thamesdown and pay
   the area was made on the Shaw   the Thamesdown Poll Tax be charged less for
   Ridge Leisure Park site. Pizzahut
   will be located to the left of the   facilities than those who live outside the borough
   entrance into the Park and will be
   open in the summer, four months   and pay a lower tax? What are your views, wed
   ahead of the other facilities.   like to know. Turn to page 3.
     Morlands Brewery will be op-
   erating the family restaurant
   being built on the Leisure Park
   site, but they have also just started   Royal Mail service dedicated to the west
   to convert the near derelcit Brook
   House farmhouse, Shaw into a  A new Royal Mail delivery office
   Peppercorn Restaurant. This will  commenced operations on 19
   open in the summer. There's more  February and was officially
   details on page 27.         opened on March 1.
     Finally, 10 March sees the name   The new office, located on the
   Gateway finally disappear from  Westmead Industrial Estate, near
   West Swindon when the Deputy  Westlea, will ease the space
   Mayor of Thamesdown will offi-  problems in the mechanised letter
   cially relaunch the superstore as  office in central Swindon. It will
   an Asda.                    also reduce travelling time and
                               costs for staff, and will ensure
                               more reliable delivery times.
    Its that month again!       All twenty-eight cycle and foot
      Write an April Fools     deliverers will operate on a
       story for The Link      dedicated basis. This means that
    Once again we're inviting you   for the first time, all households
    to write ashort story about some   in West Swindon will have their
    aspect of West Swindon which   own regular postman or woman.
    could just true, but is in fact an   District Head Postmaster Brian   West Swindon sorting office manager Aziz Aghabi (right), with three of the
    April Fools story. Last year's   Stark said, "The direct linking of   Royal Mail  staff   serving thearea,from the right,John Sefton, David Groome
    contributions had readers   postal staff with regular   and Bob Skinner
    guessing and we're hoping for   deliveries will help us foster a
    more stories of sublety and wit.   better relationship with  nearby rural areas will also take  person to collect mail which
    We're offering £10 for the best   customers and should help us to  place from the new office.   cannot be delivered to their
    story and £5 for two runners   reduce the current high level of   As a further service to West  address.
    up. They should be no more   missorting and misdelivering of  Swindon residents, the new office   "The move out to West
    than 200 words and be with us   mail."               will also be open for enquiries  Swindon is a reflection of the
    by 17th March.              Royal Mail van deliveries to  from 7a.m. to 1p.m., Monday to  Royal Mail's determination to put
                               businesses in West Swindon and   Friday. Customers can call in   the customer first," said Mr Stark.
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