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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.