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NEWS & VIEWS
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West Swindon focus on Under 5s is ho/ding a WRIGHT
PLANNING
Free Awfumn P/ay Workshop SERVICES.

for a//parents & pre-school children 10 years experience
preparing High Quality
Tuesday 23 October, lOam - 12 noon Building Plans for West
Swindon residents
CommuriHy Suit e, Link Centre Planning & Building

flaking, painting, glue/ng and sticking. Junk table, giant Z3r/o train set raffle. regulations approvals
obtained
New Attraction: Sandwich Making!
Call Steve Wright on
Swindon 871553
Baby Equipment Sale (No clothes)
Saturday 6 October in the Community Hall at the Link Centre.
Organised by the West Swindon branch of the National Childbirth Lydiard
Trust, sellers keep 75% of the sale price and the rest goes to NCT
funds. To register last minute items for sale, contact Helen Snook
Landscaping
on 870028 or Beverley Cejer on 876696 for a registration form
Fun Camp for Help children
December stay safe Patios • Fencing • Thrf Laying
Walling and General Gardening
When approached by parents at a With a number of reported local
local playgroup if there was any- incidences of adults following chil- Small tree felling
thing available for children in the dren or trying to entice them into
summer holidays, three Green- their cars, the Stranger Danger For Free Estimates
down gymnasts showed a bit of campaign by Swindon Police is
enterprise by organising a summer more important than ever before.
camp for three to 9 year olds. Community Liaison Officer PC Tel: (0793) 874274
Clancy and Dulcie McMullen Ian Home, once a beat officer in
and Emma Kilby organised a pro- West Swindon (pictured below), is
gramme of trampolining, gymnas- touring local schools showing a
tics, painting and ball games for 40 video and delivering a blunt mes-
children, for two hours a day for sage. "Don't go with people that DIAL A VIDEO
two weeks in August. you do not know well."
From the contributions made for
their efforts by grateful parents, the from New Refeases
students were able to donate £80 to
school funds.
Your Home Delivery & Pick-Up Service.
They are thinking another Fun
Camp in the Christmas holidays When you want to watch a video simply call us
and would like to know how many and we will deliver to your home within minutes,
parents would like theiryoungsters and pick it up again once you've watched it.
to take part. Write to Clancy
McMullen at Greendown School, Blockbusters in stock
Grange Park Way to express an Driving Miss Daisy c Howling v The Rebirth
interest. Next of Kin * Weekend at Bernie's * Glory
Below: Greendown head Ian Matthews Reanimator 2 * Black Rain * War of the Roses
receives the cash raised from entertain-
Tango & Cash * The Delinquents * K-9
ing youngsters from Clancy, Emma Two Moon Junction * Ghostbusters II * Lock-Up
and Dulcie
Shirley Valentine * Road House * Earth Girls are Easy
Casualties of War * Parenthood * Little Monsters
Ian, from Grange Park, believes
it is important that parents rein- Back to the Future II * Turner and Hooch
force his campaign. "Parents Young Einstein * See No Evil, Hear No Evil
should identify who they regard as Pet Semetary * When Harry Met Sally * Society
a safe person for a child if, for ex- Membership is Free.
ample, he or she is playing in the
street and needs somebody to turn We're open lOam until 2am
to. THE FOLLOWING MORNING.
"Children also need to know that The cost is £3 per hire.
they can break the rules sometimes.
They must know that they can kick, Special Introductory Offer
bite, run away, shout at strangers Your First Video will cost
so that they can stay safe." only £1 per household.
PCHorne is always ready to help
with advice and can be contacted at
Swindon Police Station on 528111 RING 513489
ext. 4145.