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                                 No. 114 September 1991 . Circulation 10,500      96 - 99 Manchester Road, Swindon
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       Cutting edge fire crew celebrates first year                                   Have a FREE

   A year after moving into their new
   home a team from Westlea fire sta-                                                      glass of
   tion have acheived second place in
   a national competition to test how                                                        wine!
   well fire crews remove casualties
   from road accidents.                                                                   Link Magazine
     Competing in the National Ex-                                                     readers are offered
   trication Championships over the
   Bank Holiday weekend, Westlea                                                       a FREE glass of wine
   competed against brigade finalists                                                   by West Swindon's
   fromall over the country and were                                                         Hotel Ibis
   pipped for first position by col-
   leagues from Trowbridge station.                                                     Turn to page 18
     Each team had 20 minutes to                                                           for details
   show their skills in extricating a
   live casualty from  simulated road
   accident.
     Team leader Sub-Officer Pete                                                      Green map soon
   Townsend said the station was   Cup winners, from left, Fireman Steve Hartree, Leading Fireman Clive   Our request for help with the pub-
   delighted by their performance.   Hawes, Sub-Officer Pete Townsend, Firemen Jefferies and Baldwin   lication of a 'green map' showing
   "We're very pleased to have taken   Pete put the result down to the nications, Bridgewater Wind-  the open spaces, footways and cy-
   such a good placing at our first   introduction of new extrication sLIns, Turner Metal Fabricators   cle routes around the area brought
   attemptagainst experienced crews.   techniques, forward thinking corn- and Hammal Joinery.   forward some helpful suggestions
   We're really fired up to come out   mand and control, and good aware- • On page 7, meet a young man   from readers.
   on top next year. And for Wiltshire   ness of casualty condition, 	who helped the Westlea fire   The map will be published next
   to sweep the board is amazing.   He said that the team trained by 	crews during their training.   month and will include informa-
     The winners get the chance to go   cutting up 50 cars, compliments of  	•  The Link magazine celebrates   tion on recycling points in Swin-
   to North America to compete in the   Cooper Metals. Help had also been 	Westlea fire station's first birth-   don. Any further ideas should be
   world championships.        received from Motorola Commu- 	day on page 24.         sent to Bob Pixton on 695317

                  More vandalism warning if graffiti wall is not rebuilt
   Graffiti is starting to spread around                                              sixty minutes to spray his design.
   WestSwindon because graffiti art-                                                  He always records his work with a
   ists are fast losing an official site for                                          photograph.
   theirwork, according toMikeSmith                                                    For some, graffiti painting is art,
   from Shaw.                                                                         for others it's vandalism. Mike
     Two large walls were built at                                                    said that serious graffiti painters
   either end of the Link Centre coach                                                want to see their work appreciated
   park six years ago and have dou-                                                   and don't go around spraying bus
   bled up as goals for football and                                                  shelters. However they are becom-
   rollerhockey, and as outdoor show                                                  ing frustrated by the lack of official
   cases for colourful works by local                                                 surfaces on which they can paint.
   youngsters interested in develop-                                                  "1 can't understand why the coun-
   ing their street art skills. One of the                                            cil doesn't repair the walls. You
   walls was rebuilt two years ago but                                                can see more graffiti in the wrong
   vandals have continued to dam-                                                     places and it'll get worse."
   age them and both are now in a                                                      A spokeswoman for Thames-
   poor condition.                                                                    down Council said the problem
     This means that there is less space   Nowhere offical to spray for Mike Smith    would be investigated.
   for graffiti artists to show off their                                             •  Mike is keen to take oncommis-
   work, and some are starting to   graffiti spreading out," said Mike,   painted over by somebody else."   sions and would like to hear from
   spray paint in other places because   a flfthyearstudentatCommonweal   Mike started graffiti art three   any companies with a blank wall
   they will last longer.     School. "Before the walls were   years ago, inspired by the fashion   or temporary surface which they
     "People were sticking to the walls   damaged you had the chance of   and the publicity it received at the   might like brightening up with a
   at the coach park, but now that one   seeing your work for a month.   time. He plans out his work on   jazzy design. He can be contacted
   has been broken down you can see    Now, its only a few days before it's   paper and takes between twenty to    via The Link.
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