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6 TOOTHILL
Work on Youth Centre starts
Runners for fun

An outing at Lydiard Park, rear 1. to r., Liam Glockling, Oliver Marshall, Andrew
Witchell, Wayne Eggleton, Brian Gardner, Kirsty Arthur, Justin Smith, Duane
Maslen. Front, Richard Norriss, Brenden Edwards, Michael Fallows, Anthony
Driscoll, Kevin Dunn, Gary Driscoll Renovating their building, front row Catherine Felton, Zara Porter, Jackie Warren,
Thirteen Toothill School pupils school cross country race at centre Simon Ford, rear, I. to r. Craig Macintosh, Sean Lea, Darren Stainer
were recently awarded certificates Newbury in March. In the girls Work has started on improving Whilst lease negotiations
and badges for completing a cross race Kirsty Arthur, who came a much needed facility for young between owners Thamesdown
Council and the West Swindon
country running programme. eighth last year, took first place people living in West Swindon.
The squad trained twice a week against sixty runners. Justin Smith The old cow shed at Toothill Youth Resource Committee take
during the spring term as part of came sixth in a field of 80 boys. Farm is having £10,000 and a lot of place, a band of young people have
the Five Star Scheme run by the Altogether Toothill School had six voluntary effort spent to make it started work on Sundays to clean
Amateur Athletics Association and runners in the top twenty finishers. more attractive to teenagers. This the building out and prepare for
sponsored by Esso. Teacher Brian Cartoon Time phase of renovation is the fourth specialist contractors to arrive.
Simon Ford, of Kirkstall Close,
Gardner, who coached the over the last fourteen years, starting
youngsters, said the main aim was Toothill School's Festival of Story when a group of volunteers first Toothill, one of the original users
to promote running as an enjoyable telling at the end of March ended pitched in and forked a few tons of and now a trained youth worker, is
way of getting exercise. Points were with all the pupils and the staff manureoutof the near derelict fa rm being employed by the Youth
Service to develop the youth centre.
awarded for attendance, per-- drawing one giant cartoon together. building.
formance and achievement in races A piece of paper some 400 yards Since then, volunteers and grants "We're doing some of the work
run within the squad. long was trailed right through the from Thamesdown Council have beforehand so that we can stretch
The pupils took part in an inter- school and everybody drew a scene allowed gradual upgrading of the the money available. One of the
from their favourite story. structure with a wooden floor, a conditions of the contract with
RALPH section of the cartoon being drawn. added bit by bit. On each occasion of the work on Sundays, so that
Pictured below is one small new roof, toilets and kitchen being building firms is that they do some
PALMER the youth centre has had to close young people can learn a bit about
for months whilst work went on bricklaying, woodwork, plastering
PHARMACY which meant users had nowhere to and decorating.
go. This time, with a grant of10,000 "When its completed the
3 Deerhurst Way, from the Wilts. County Council building will be used for social get
Toothill Youth Service, young people hope togethers, band practices, self-
that the building can be finished defence classes and for meetings.
Hours of Opening: once and for all and the centre In the past Toothill Farm youth
club has been exclusively for use of
Mon - Fri opened continuously,
The work taking place over the local young people. My brief is to
9a.m. - 1p.m. next few months includes adding work on breaking down the
2p.m. - 6p.m. TV, darts and meeting rooms to the barriers; hopefully it can become a
existing hall, installing a damp youth centre foryoungpeople right
Sat. 9a.m. -12 noon proof course and redecoration.
across West Swindon."
Telephone: 512063 The Westlea Fire crew paid a visit to Dunwich Drive Playgroup in April. Trying the
equipment for size are Andrew Lewis and Miles Gardner left, and trying a new kind
of water play with Fireman Martin Baldwin, Rebecca Lewis.
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Sunday 6- 1130pm
Monday Closed all day
I Tuesday 5- 1130pm
Wednesday 12-1.45pm 5-11.30pm
Thursday 12-1.45pm 5-11.30pm
Friday 12- 1.45pm 5- 12.00am
Saturday 12 - 2.00pm 5 - 1200am