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22 DAY IN THE LIFE
Barbara Naylor from Toothill describes how those
Philip Stone Listening to The Lin k who cannot read the magazine have the chance to find
out what's going on in West Swindon
Painter & (Music, then fade...)
"This is the May 1990 edition of The Link - West Swindon's Community Magazine prepared on tape by the Swindon
Decorator
and District Talking Newspaper."
For a high standard of (Bring up music, then fade...)
work with references "The Link Magazine is transferred to tape with the kind permission of the publisher and editor, Roger Ogle."
available. So will begin tonight's session in
Telephone the Swindon Talking Newspaper's
studio in Victoria Road.
now for a For the past year we've enjoyed
the great pleasure of putting The
FREE estimate Link on cassette tape each month
Tel: Swindon for the ten or so visually handi-
capped people in the West Swin-
870515 don area, who are also regular lis-
teners to our weekly Swindon
/
Newspaper tape.
DUNCAN Last night I read through the
newly arrived Link, familiarised
SELF DRIVE myself with this month's contents,
and decided which features and
HIRE news items should be recorded - or
rather, what had to be left out, since
Vehicles for Hire it's unfortunately impossible to
at Competitive Rates include it all on a 90 minute cas- the controls
Vans• Lutons• Estates sette tape. Then, armed with scis- east of Swindon. There I'm part of things that are going on in our own
Cars • Mini Bus sors, pen, paper and a stick of glue, an Accountcroup,meetingclients, part of Swindon.
272 Ermin Street I 'edit' it in a suitable fashion for perhaps talking through a brief with These wallets will be delivered
Stratton St. Margaret reading on to tape. the creative team, checking copy post-freeby theRoyal Mail,by first-
Swindon In the meantime, though, I must and artwork, maybe sourcing class post. Listeners return them to
spend the day at work - which isn't marketing information on a par- the studio, again post-free, where
Tel: 822193 a hardship either, as it's an adver- ticular type of produce, occasion- the tapes are wiped clean ready for
tising agency located in an old ally attending a photographic ses- the next edition.
Open Daily 9am - 6 pm manor house, set in beautiful sion. Making coffee
all in all,
If you know of any blind or visu-
Sundays 9am - 1pm grounds, out in the country to the lively and not the least bit boring. ally handicapped person who
I'll leave as soon as I can tonight would like this, entirely free, serv-
and get up to the studio early to ice (or who would like to join the
have everything prepared for the 170+ who regularly receive our
CARTER, GOVIER, READ two readers when they arrive at weekly Swindon Talking Newspa-
7p.m. This means recording my per), please do not hesitate to let us
S 0 L I C IT 0 R S introduction to the May edition of know - it is our pleasure to provide
the tape, cleaning the heads on the it. For more information, contact
copying machines and, of course, Stan King on 528560 or Barbara
Contact us for all your legal needs putting the kettle on so that we can Naylor on 495188.
start with a cup of tea. (I don't want
including you to think this is a business ven- Editor's Note: Hearing The Link read
house sales & purchases, ture - it's all entirely voluntary and aloud gives the stories a very different
we're all friends who do it because perspective. It's always enjoyable lis-
matrimonial matters and criminal law we enjoy it and have fun!). tening to the tapes and we're glad to
It'll be Mike and Don reading help those helping others.
tonight and they will sit down on
34 - 35 Commercial Road, Swindon either side of the table in the studio,
in front of the microphones, each Car Boot Sale
Tel: 617617 with a pile of stories in front of him. Saturday 12 May
I'll shut the door on them and move 1O.00a.m.
to the other side of the glass to do
ID,
Freshbrook School
the engineering. I communicate
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Car Park
Air with them now either by waving, £4/ES on the day
or more professionally, by use of
the headphones. Call 872450
Towing (3- CaMn"C' Mike and Don are old hands at
this recording business and I ex-
The best BAR NONE pect we'll have it all on the master • Car Boot Sale
tape before 9 o'clock.
for Quality, Price and Service. Then we'll take copies of the Saturday 19 May
master. We have a bank of fast Coach Park
Fitted or Do It Yourself. copiers which can copy both sides Link Centre
Agents for York & Witter towbars. of a tape at the same time in about 10.00a.m. start
four minutes flat! We'll give each
Unit 16, Station Industrial Estate, one a quick check and them leave Proceeds to
them ready for sending out in postal Westlea Guides
Sheppard Street, Swindon. wallets, providing our West Swin- £5/6 on the day
Swindon 613147 don listeners with the independent Tel: 617620 to book
means of keeping abreast of all the