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Litter            GREEN TENDENCIES

      -the shops
       are trying!                                        Bob 	The Council has improved
                                                          its performance in cleaning up the  Re-cycle your
   Recent articles on street cleaning in                  front of the store daily, including
   January's Link, letters in February's                  Sunday, cleaning and providing  Waste Paper
   edition and the Government's                           more litter bins, but what else can
   proposed regulations on litter in                      be done in your opinion?       tet break
   the Environmental Protection Bill                      Philip The shop itself has pro-  a record1
   have all highlighted the awful state                   vided extra litter bins at the front of
   that residents in England leave their                  the store and we have our skip at   Saturday 19 May
   locality.                                              the rear, emptied three times a
     It's all very well seeing the Prime                  week. We have looked at buying a   gam -4pm  &
   MinisterbustlingaroundStJames's                        compositor to compress our rub-  Sunday 20 May
   Park, London pickingup littercare-                     bish but we probably don't pro-
   fully deposited for the TV cameras,                    duce enough to make it worth    9am- 12pm
   but how is it possible to persuade                     while. We have altered the style of   Toothill Village
   people not just to dump wrappings,                     skip but any that is 'open' to allow   Centre
   packets and cans in public places.                     staff to put rubbish in, is also 'open'
   Prosecutions for dropping litter are   Philip Jones - pointing out a litter bin   for rubbish to be blown about.   (rear car park on
   almost unknown except in Cum- ing plastic bags with rubbish in the  Bob What improvements do   Stokesay Drive)
   bria where there were over 100  worst areas.           you think are possible for the fu-
   successful ones last year - most of   Recently he went down to  ture?                IMPORTANT: Please
   the guilty thought that the police  FreshbrookVfflage Centre to inter- Philip Certainly when the Govern-  remove envelopes, plastic
   had better things to do!   view Phillip Jones the manager of  ment's regulations come into force   bags and cardboard from
     The proposed law will allow  the JCR general store.   a fine of £1,000 is proposed - this   paper to be re-cycled.
   members of the public to take local  Bob 	Well Philip here we are at  will stop people from dropping
   authorities to court for not keeping  the rear of your store looking into  litter in the presence of a police-  Martin Becker and Bren-
   their areas clean and allows Coun- the hedgerows, what sort of litter is  man! And the public will have a  dan Cracknell of the West
   cils new right to order landowners  visible?           right to get the Council to clean up  Swindon Animal Protection
   to clear up their patch. The penalty  Philip Plainly some of it is sweet  areas - this will be extremely costly.  & Environmental Society
   for dropping litter is to be raised to  wrappers, crisps packets and drink   For our part the JCR chain is  collected 3.16 tons when
   £1,000, with spot fines of £10 being  packets that have been thrown  looking at new contracts with clean-  they manned the skip in
   introduced.                down by residents. Other pieces  ing firms to see if more of the rub-  March, thanks to Link read-
     Councillor Bob Pixton has car- are plastic wrappingand cardboard  bish we produce can be disposed of  ers. This time they're look-
   ried on a campaign over several  boxes that could have been blown  in a better way rather than some of  ing for more. Have you
   years to clean up parts of the area,  out of our skip at the back of the  it being wind blown around the  been saving for them?
   including spending Saturdays fill-  shop.              area.


      Lace - A rare chance to buy something of quality

   It seems that there are parties held  home market and are looking for  buying from a picture on a plastic  quality lace, but it doesn't have the
   for most things nowadays, kitchen  another sales person in the Swin- bag. In the old days you'd go to a  same body or texture."
   containers, toys, perfumes, clothes,  don area.        drapers shop and receive individ-  Anybody booking a party with
   but here's a chance to invite friends   "The Ameri-                ual attention from  The Lace Place receives a commis-
   and neighbours to a totally unique  cans love the lace             the shopkeeper  sion in lace. John and Pm Hardie
   party.                     we sell mainly                          who would dis- also take bookings from ladies
     Why unique? Because very few  because they                       play a wide range  groups at which they give a talk
   people do them and also some of  want to take                      of lace of differ- about the fascinating history of lace
   the items for sale won't be avail- home something                  ent quality. You  with displays of very old pieces.
   able in a few years?       genuinely Brit-                         have touch it to  They pay a commission in cash to
     John and Pru Hardie from  ish," said John.                       get a feel for the  the group's funds. As their daugh-
   Highworth (pictured right) have had  "They often buy               way they are  ter is a keen ice hockey player, they
   along association with lace. John's  lace because their            made before you  are sponsoring some of the games
   was born and bred near Notting- mothers and                        can make a deci- played by the Swindon Topcats
   ham where most lace was made in  grandmothers                      sion."         ladies team, and passing on com-
   the past and his mother runs a sea- have pieces                      According to  mission donated to the team by
   side souvenir and gift shop selling  going back many               John whilst there  party givers.
   it. Pm was christened in a family  years."                         is an increasing   The Hardie's are looking for a
   heirloom made in the 1600's.   The Hardie's                        interest in British  salesperson to work in the Swin-
     Although they didn't have much  sell Nottingham                  lace from all over  don area. A pleasant personality, a
   to do with lace until a few years  lace in a wide                  the world, the tra- willingness to learn about lace and
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   ago, John and Pm now run the only  price range from 	 ditional methods  a car is required, but there is no
   lace party plan business in Britain  small pieces for furniture and dolls  of producing it are disappearing.  financial outlay. A kit is supplied
   and have an enormous knowledge  clothing, to large bed spreads made  "The old Nottingham Cluny lace,  with samples of sizes and patterns.
   about the history of lace and the  from highly complex patterns de- the type with the raised areas of in- Most goods are purchased on a
   way it is made.            signed in the 18th Century which  terwoven thread, is now produced  cash with order basis, but a supply
     Over the last eight years most of  will become heirlooms.   on two machines which are ninety  of dressed dolls made by John
   their time has been taken up with   John believes that parties in the  years old. And there are only two  Hardie's sister is available for sale
   running parties on American mili- home or a community organisa- operators, or twist hands, with the  at the party.
   tary bases locally and in East An- tion are ideal for selling lace. "You  skills to use the machines. They're   To book what will turn out to be
   glia, and supporting their sales  just don't see good displays of lace  close to retirement and once they  a very interesting party, orto apply
   ladies. But with the reduction of  in shops any longer, unless you go  give up traditional lace wilbe gone.  tobe a Lace Place salesperson, tele-
   military personnel in the country,  to Harrods or Selfridges. You can't  Some of the new computerised pro- phone John or Pru Hardie on
   they are looking to develop the   get a good idea of what you're   duction methods produce good   762143.
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