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8 WESTLEA
Westlea School Building arrives - name wanted
Summer Country Fayre Our story last month about the Westlea After School Club not having a
Saturday 29 June 2.00pm -400pm building to startup in after securing £15,000 to launch their club brought
a speedy response from two councils.
Acrobatics, Dance Displays, Grand Auction, Model Car Racing,
Roundabout, Pony Rides, Duck Race and many stalls Local councillor Ricky Midwin- building will compliment the
Also Childrens Football Tournament 9 3Oam & Fun Run 1 3Opm ter said there had been a bit of mis- George and Ann Tweed Commu-
Applications forms for Fun Run from school office communication between Thames- nity Room built by Thamesdown in
down Council who are providing 1986," he said. 'Working with local
the building and Wiltshire County people and the school, we will now
Council who had to make a decision see an after-school club, junioryouth
R.T. Fancy PB PLUMBING about use of the Westlea School site. activities and groups for older peo-
f SERVICES But all had been resolved and the ple start up in Westlea."
Thamesdown will be running the
contractors arrived on site in mid-
Landscape Gardener
Boilers Serviced May to prepare the ground. building but management arrange-
in West Swindon • Pump A brand new building measuring ments which involve the council,
20 years experience. Fitting Service 100' by 48 arrived at the end of May the school and local people are be-
Turfing, Paving, : • Water to provide the area with much ing worked out. A meeting involv-
needed extra community facilities. ing interested parties is to be held in
Fencing, Pergolas, Softeners Court. Midwinter said that Westlea mid-June.
Fitted §f had been built almost entirely by Children from Westlea School joined
Planting New • Washing private developers who had not set Councillors Gary Griffiths, Ricky Mid-
Gardens, Rockery Machines and any land aside for local shops or winter and Sue Bates to cut the first sod
Dishwashers Installed community buildings. "This new before the building arrives
Construction, Crazy
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Give the new building a name
In the beginning there was the Sunshine Room, a small hut provided by
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house developers after a noisy campaign in 1982 by local people to get
N ania somewhere to meet in Westlea. That was replaced by the George and Ann
TAKE-AWAY Tweed community mom at Westlea School in 1986. What's the latest
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& HOME DELIVERY SERVICE
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community building to be called?
Thamesdown Council's Community Development Division is offering
a prize to the person who comes up with a name which shows offWestlea's
WHY NOT HAVE A PIZZA community spirit. Suggestions by 20 June to Denis Onley, Community
Development Division, Thamesdown Borough Council, Civic Offices,
DELIVERED TONIGHT? Swindon.

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Farewell to church worker
7 NIGHTS A WEEK - 6pm 'til close Helen Lawrence says good-bye to a member of Westlea Church
Many local children will know (as she has here in Pinehurst) and
if you receive The Link through your door, ShaivnConnell -she's boeninvolved work with families and young peo-
then you are within our FREE DEUVERY AREA. in assemblies in several West Swin- ple.
All Pizzas are made fresh to order don schools. Sharon - a Church The centre includes a bookshop,
Army officer, has been a member of gymand is a ga rrison meeting place.
and generally delivered in 30/40 minutes. Westlea Church, but now she is Hopefully, they also have a foot-
NOBODY GIVES BETTER SERVICE moving on - to Germany. ball team and a nearby casualty de-
Sharon will be centre evangelist partment for our accident-prone
OR BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY!!! at a Church Army centre on the footballer.
TRY ONE TONIGHT!! British Army garrison atOsnabruck. Goodbye Sharon.
She says the title 'Centre Evangelist'
FREE TO YOUR DOOR, gives her plenty of scope to tell peo-
ple about Jesus in any way they can Bikers raise cash
WHY PAY MORE hear. She'll jump straight into the The children of Westlea playgroup
job with a three week holiday club took part in a sponsored trike and
for the garrison children. Later on bike ride in May. Eighty children
she will develop after school clubs took part and raised £450.