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6 FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK
Bids to clean up Freshbrook
Exncd7Wi& Greateffoits to keep Freshbmokand the cleansing department already

Grange Park free of litter are being carries out.

964esser made by local councillors. Looking further afield councillor
Councillors Bob Pixton and Sue Simon Cordon has approached lo-
Bates held an open meeting in De- cal companies to sponsor litter bins
7dT"h Cieen on 481758 cember for anybody who had ideas in the area which will be installed,
on how to keep Freshbrook Village emptied and maintained byTharres-
Centre tidy. A fence was recently down council.

erected along the footpath next to Simon would like to receive sug-
Facechoice Philip Stone thecommunity centre and they have gestions as to where bins should be
asked for new litter bins to be in- sited so that litter can be kept to a
Pharmacy Painter stalled in this area, along with an minimum. He can be contacted on
extension of the daily sweeping that 617723.
Freshbrook &
January Sales
Village Centre Decorator West Swindon's
at Gear Box
Tel: 870226 only daytime
For a high stcnidcd Slimming Class Bargains Galore

Good as new childrens and
Opening Times: of work with takes place at
Monday - Friday references cwcthble. Freshbrook Community Centre adults clothes, toys &
household items.
9am - 1pm Telephone now on Wednesday at 10.30pm.

215pm - 630pm fora Join in or call Freshbrook School
Monday and Friday,
Tuesday FREE estimate Karen Davey on 617123
9am- l pm; 2.l5pm-5pm for details. 3p.m. to 4p.m.
Saturday 9am - 12noon Tel: 870515
After Five Years in West Swindon
Rev. Tony Price reflects on five years work
At the beginning of January, I shall
Q be moving with my family to take
up the position of Vicar of the parish
MOBILE VEHICLE SERVICING of Marston in Oxford. This move
REPAIRS & TUNING
By qualified engineers from fully equipped brings to an end five years as Team
Mobile Workshops at your home or place of work Vicar of Freshbrook and Grange
Phone Dave Powell MOBILE e 0860 453329 • Swindon 612930 Park, serving at the parish church of
SET PRICE INCLUDES PARTS, LABOUR & VAT St Mary's, Lydiard Tregoze. They
have been exciting and eventful
years not just for the family (when
The Complete Kitchen we came, two of our four children
were pre-school age: now they at-
& Bedroom Centre tend four different schools!) but also
for the church and the parish.
* Kitchens by Symphony, We were attracted to West Swin-
Ram, Now, Apple don by the interest and challenge of
working in a growing area, with One of my greatest disappoint-
* Appliances by All many new arrivals and young fami- ments in five years here, has been to
Leading Manufacturers
lies. Because we were in the same find just how marginal the church is
* Bedrooms by 'Now' position ourselves, the contribution to most people in West Swindon.
& 'Misty' we have tried to make to the parish Church-goers in West Swindon
was to share the problems and the make up a smaller percentage of the
* Replacement doors joys of so many other families: population than in most depressed
to any size in Solid bringing up children, coping with inner city areas - which are usually
Timber or Laminate being a taxi service for their social thought to be the lowest anywhere.
* Help & Advice to assist events, trying to make ends meet If this is the case, it's not surpris-
your DIY installation financially, and sharing household ing that our town often feels like a
workina family where both parents place without a soul, in which eve-ve
* Our own Professional have a career. I can't say we've ryone is runningafter material goals, ryoneisrunningaftermaterialgoals,
Fitting Service Available made a better job of it than anyone and neglecting the spiritual values
else, but we have tried to live this which alone are really worth look-
* Free Delivery
WestSwlndonlifestyleasChristians, ing for. I am convinced that only
* For Free Advice, with the difference that faith can God can satisfy the deepest needs
Design & Quotation make. and longings of human beings; and
I feel particularly privileged to it is in the fellowship of the Church,
Call in have been serving the congregation with its message of Jesus Christ, that
or telephone our atLydiard Tregoze church, which is the reality of God istobefound. So
a precious asset to the parish. So my longing is still that the Church in
New Showroom
many of us are 'birds of passage', West Swindon may grow even more,
with no roots here; and yet we can because that's what the whole
find spiritual strength in that lovely community needs.
building, over 500 years old, which We wish all our friends in the
Ui1imfrL gives us a sense of belonging to Church and in West Swindon every
something much more enduring blessing in the coming year, and
85 Crlcklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon than West Swindon. We need that thank you for all your love and
Tel: (0793)511842 stability! friendship during our time here.