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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.