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Jam packed at Lydiard
Link Centre Charity Market - Sat. 15 June
There are bargains galore at the stalls arranged by a variety of The free attractions of Lydiard Park
community groups at the monthly charity market. (The market takes are greater than ever and there are
place on the third Saturday of the month with the exclusion of August worries that it has reached satura-
and December). tion point.
To book a stall, telephone the Link Centre on 871212 ext 234. On some weekends last summer
The next dates are 20 July, 21 September, 19 October. well over 1,500 cars would pour into
the park and sometimes bus loads of
the complete carpet service people arrive from fa r afield outside
Thamesdown. With people walk-
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ing and cycling there as well, there
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could be 4,000 to 6,000 people in the
• Home Selection Service park at peak times.
w. Expert Advice
AV More people means more erosion
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CARPETS PRICE on footpaths, greater wear and tear
23 Milton Road, Swindon Tel: 528903 on equipment, more dog mess and
more litter to clear up. Lydiard Park
will soon be conducting a traffic Ivan Robbins, directing the crowds
Visit a Sheep Farm count to monitor more closely the
number of people visiting the park, mer is available from Neil Hillier at
but in the longer term what might be Thamesdown Parks Service on
on your doorstep done. 493546.
Head Ranger Ivan Robbins said
Sheep milking daily 'Sheep Shearing every weekend an events programme was being Book of local walks
organised to get people to visit other Thamesdown Council Parks Serv-
'Pets corner - Ducks. Hens, Donkeys,
sites of interest. 'There are walks, ice has produced a welcome booklet
Pony, Calves, Pigmy Goat talks and visits organised in a which gives straightforward guid-
REFRESHMENTS IN OUR NEW CAFE number of wildlife and conserva- ance on twenty walks in and around
• Picnic & play area •Maze tion areas in and around Swindon. Some are close-bothers
'Goats & Sheeps Milk, Yoghurt & Cheese Thamesdown. Hopefully these will are a car drive away.
Open Thursday to Monday 230pm - 530pm take some of the pressure off the All are described in detail, with a
Party bookings Tues. & Wed. (discounts offered) park and I suppose there will be map, points of interest to note and a
some self-regulation. If people know convenient places for refreshment.
Southleaze Sheep & Goat Farm the park is going to be too crowded, Get out there and take the air with
(turn right off Telford Way, behind Texas DIV they will come at other times or be this useful publication available at
off Great Western Way) Tel: 523134
attracted elsewhere." .95 from bookshops, the Informa-
A booklet outlining the environ- tionCentreand many Thamesdown
ment events programme this sum- Councils recreation facilities.
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HILLIER All
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Ruth Sharpe compares the new 'antique style' signposts
FUNERAL with the modern and boring
Pedestrians in the Westlea area will baseat Blunsdon station right round
SERVICES LTC. have remarked on the pleasant 'an- to Coate Water. The route will be
tique style' signposts that have ap- officially opened in June after many
years of cooperative work between
peared recently.
55 Victoria Road Retaining the feel of Swindon's Thamesdown Council and local
252 Whitworth Road
Swindon
Swindon railway heritage, thirty signposts conservation volunteers.

have been individually cast and Three leaflets were published last
Tel: 522797
Tel: 522145
painted in green and gold to direct month describing different sections
walkers and cyclists to a variety of of the route and the Allied Dunbar
PRIVATE CHAPELS OF REST
points on the River Ray Parkway. Conservation Volunteers showed off
24 hour personal service throughout the year The nine mile route around the their tree planting work on the West
A FAMILY BUSINESS OFFERING HELP west and south side of Swindon al- Swindon section on 19 May.

AND ADVICE WHEN MOST NEEDED lows people to get from the Swin- The leaflets can be obtained from
donand Cncklade Railway Society's Thamesdown Parks Service.