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WESTLEA 7
Wildlife takes a hold at school PB PLUMBING
Three years hard work to improve R.T. Farley
the environment around Westlea SERVICES . Landscape Gardener
School and provide pupils with a • Boilers Serviced
natural source of study came to- • Pump in West Swindon s
getherduringa week devoted to the It 20 years experience.
Environment recently. Fitting Service
A pond built by parents in 1989 • Water Turfing, Paving, :
was the first major project and is Softeners Fencing, Pergolas, :
now the habitat for frogs, insect life Fitted Planting New
and many wet land plants. • Washing :
Since then staff and pupils have Machines and Gardens, Rockery :
built a wild flower garden, shrub Dishwashers Installed Construction, Crazy
beds to attract butterflies and bees,a
rockery and a patchwork garden. Tel: (0793) Paving etc.
The rose garden will soon be the site Tel: 875174 .
of a bench built and presented to the 642995
school by the fatherof a teacher who
died soon after leaving the school.
Each class took on a task during
the week of events to brighten up or
improve the school environment. Infants Claire Branson and Stuart Ross
Window boxes were planted, canal with some of the canal barge ware deco-
buckets painted, trees surveyed, rated by the children
bottle gardens made, a nearby keeps up enthusiasm for the envi-
stream was cleared and a bird and ronmental care.
trellis garden were built. The next project is to redesign and Property Management
Head teacher Neil Griffiths said a convert a patio into a quiet reading
lot of thanks should be given to area. This will also involve children & Residential Letting Services
green fingered teacher Ann Wang in bricklaying to build raised flower 16 High Street, Old Town, Swindon
who brings in masses of plants and beds for children in wheelchairs.
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Who did
this? MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN
These three trees in
leaf, newly planted STAY COOL IN THE MIDDAY SUN
next to the Health
Centre were wantonly WITH:
destroyed late on Fri-
day 7 or early Satur-
day8June. Werethere
any witnesses? Will
anybody own up?

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No more compost please
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The long running saga of the Green- Council to remove the tip and its LUXAFLEX®CONSERVATORY BLINDD
down Copse compost tip has been contents. For free advice and a home visit contact
sorted out. It has been taken away. Although the compost containers
Articles in The Link featuring a have gone, some residents are still
community clean up in the copse dumping ga rd en refuse in the Copse. COTT ( IECE
LIMITED
organised by local councillors, a Please stop doing so and use the (L) INTERIORS & SOFT FURNISHERS
complaintby local residents that the municipal dump at Bamfiold Road.
compost was not being used or Thamesdown Council is consid-
managed properly and an exchange ering how a Borough wide organic 71 Manchester Road, Swindon, Wilts SN1 2AJ
of views on our letters page resulted and recyclable refuse collection Tel: (0793) 511535 Open 6 Days a Week
in a decision by Thamesdown service can be run.