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o. 119 • February 1992 Circulation 10,500 96 - 99 Manchester Road, Swindon
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Saturday Albania appeal
FEED THE
morning CHILDREN
movies for kids backing needed
are back A massive appeal to help Albanian children in hospitals and orphanages has been launched by people
in Wootton Bassett and they're calling for others further afield to help them.
As a result of parental demand,
the MGM Cinema at the Shaw The Wootton Bassett Feed the Children Appeal have given themselves just two months to fill four huge
Ridge Leisure Park are hying lorries with 120 tons of desperately needed goods for Albanian children.
an experiment with showing Departure date is Saturday 7 March and the appeal has a warehouse ready to take:
Saturday morning matinees for
youngsters in February. food - tinned, baby foods and dry goods toiletries - soap, shampoo, disinfectant

(milk powder, pasta, rice, sugar) clothes/shoes for children up to 18 year olds
childrenstoys (not cuddly ones), picture books,
* non-prescription medecines, cotton wool,
skipping ropes, sports gear.
plasters, bandages, etc.
I
If you can make a donation of goods, Toothill and Freshbrook Community Centres and the West
Swindon shopping centre are acting as local collecting points.
Cheque donations can be made payable to the Wootton Basset Albania Appeal, care of The Woodshaw
Inn, Garraways, Wootton Bassett.
Stimulated to action
Appeal joint organiser Martyn recording the project, including the Information on conditions in Alba-
Giles, landlord of Wootton Bassett's distribution of the donated items, nia and the work of Feed the Chil-
Woodshaw Inn, said that a docu- so that people here can see where dren will be displayed and mem-
mentary at Christmas about the their help went. bers of the appeal will been hand
plight of Albanian children stimu- Awareness Day to tell you what the project's all
lated a few people to think about The organisers are holding an Albania about. Offers of help can be made
what they could do and things have
I Awareness Day on Saturday 15 Feb- to Martyn Giles on the appeal
MGM manager John Kiel snowballed. ruary at the West Swindon Centre. hotline, tel. 854617.
"We're workingwith the charity
Cinema manager John Kiel
said that he had received many Feed The Children and have the Buy a pizza, help buy an incubator
infrastructure already donated -the
requests forchildrens shows and trucks from local hauliers, a Range Mike and Les Grey from West
he was willing to give it a by. Rover, a MAN VW minibus, the Swindon have committed them-
'The saturday matinees which warehouse, free 'phones and elec- selves to help the starving children
so many parents went to when tricity, free ferry crossings. of Albania.
they were kids were killed off in "Now we have to fill the trucks Long distance lorry driver Les
the early 1986s by television. It with goods and find sponsors for Grey, from Belsay, Toothill is giv-
was easier to let the children stay the £6,000 worth of diesel needed ing up a week's holiday to drive an
in front of the box for the morn- for the trip, and other expenses." articulated lorry to Albania loaded
ing. But the demand for big A film crew has offered its serv- with donated goods. "We'll be
screen films is growing, so let's ices to the appeal and they will be driving down through Italy and
give it a go. will be based in a secure camp in
"If there's support duringFeb- Recovering from tyranny Albania," said Les. "From there
ruary, we'll make the matinees a A brutal Stalinist regime hid Alba- we'll distribute smaller loads to
regularthingand bringbackcar- nia from public view for over forty childrens hospitals. I imagine we'll
toons and the old serials like Flash years. Now Europe's poorest coun- see some shocking scenes. If we
Gordon - just like the old days." try is trying to recover from the can help a little, it'll be worth it."
The fflrns during February are: brink of starvation and chaos. Pizza shop owner brother Mike
8 Feb Home Alone There are thousands of children of Shaw's Pizzarama has set him- Backing the appeal Mike and Les Grey
15 Feb Teenage Mutant In overcrowded hospitals and or- self the target of raising £600 in six until the end of February.
Hero Turtles I phanages desperatly trying to sur weeks to buy an incubator for pre- "With Les volunteering to go to
22 Feb The Goonies vive. Their carers are committed to mature babies. He has promised to Albania I had to do something to
29 Feb Honey I Shrunk Their work but are hampered by the donate £1 for every super sized back the appeal," said Mike. "The
The Kids. lackof life-saving equipment, medi- pizza purchased with the voucher organisers suggested we try to buy
lOam start cines, food, clothing and educa- on page 6 and 50p forevery regular a piece of medical equipment and I
Tickets cost 21.50. tional nateriais. sized pizza bought by customers hope the customers will back us."