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NOW OPEN - Sports shop on the west side
West Swindon has a sports shop at to establish a full blown shop," said
last. No more trailing into town for Tom. "People told us clearly that
that shell suit, no more having to West Swindon required a sports
find a parking space just to buy a shop and luckily we were able to
squash ball. There's a local shop run find the unit a Shaw quite quickly."
by people involved with sport who An article in the December Link
can provide expertise and advice. magazine advertising a brand new
Westside Sports at Shaw Village shop unit at Shaw Centre got things
Centre is a venture between part- moving and Westside Sports were
ners Tom Taylor from Freshbrook up and running four months later.
and Graham Shepperdson from The new shop trades in branded
Chippenham (pictured right) who goods. All the well known names in
started trading on three evenings a sports and leisure wear will be found
weekat theLinkCentre lastAugust. there - Adidas, Puma, Nike, Slaz-
"We launched ourselves at the enger- and all sports are catered for.
Link Centre with the idea of finding WestsideSportshavea wide range 41
out what local people wanted and of quality trainers and sports shoes,
hoping that we could find premises swim wear, shell suits, tennis, squash Graham Shepperdson is a tennis of travelling into town for sports
and badminton racquets, plus leo- and squash coach and strings rac- wear and equipment.
tards, cricket bats, bags, snooker quets on the premises. For details of opening times, turn
Topping off that cues, squash balls and so on. If they Prices at Westside are very com- to page 11 of this edition. Call in or
special outfit don't have what you want, they'll petitive, which is a good reason for call Westside Sports on 875712 for
do everything they can to get it. saving the cost and inconvenience some of the best deals around.

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Tracy I(arpinski and some hats
Hats nowadays are an accessory,
but for the formal occasion a hat is a
must. So what do you do; buy one
which you may never wear again or
go without?
Tracy Karpinski has a solution.
She has set up House of Hats, a hire
business aimed at women in Swin-
don who need that essential item for
that special occasion.
She has over 100 hats available
and is always adding new ones.
"Women are willing to spend a
lot on clothing, but don't want to
spend a fortune on a hat," says Tracy.
"It's understandable, but a hat is
often essential to show off what
you're wearing. A well chosen one Advertisements in The Link work!
will do just that."
She takes pride in meeting her Ask anybody who lives in West Swindon Advertisements must have impact. If
customers to show the range avail- which publication they read. Most will say they don't you're wasting money.
ableand helpingthemmakea choice. The Link magazine. The Link is distributed to over 10,000
It costs £12 to hire a hat which is Why? Because it's relevant. homes in West Swindon - about 29,000
about a third less than it costs to buy people who are all consumers of products
one new, and there is a £10 deposit. People don't browse through or ignore
Tracy always allows lots of time for The Link, like they do other publications. and services.
hire. For example, you can collect a They read it very closely because it's If you need to communicate with them,
hat in a House of Hats box on a about their area and they can discover there's no better way than through
Thursday before a Saturday wed- what's going on. The Link.
ding, and return it on the Monday
afterwards.
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The House of Flats has a good Telephone 871793 and we'll help you get your message across
solution to a problem faced by many.
To make an appointment with
Tracy, telephone 539510 after 6pm. I