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6 WE STLEA
Firefighters win
COOKS charity trophy

T.V& The fire fighters at Westlea Fire Sta-
tion are celebrating their success of
VIDEO being the top fund raising fire sta-
tion in Swindon after their first full
REPAIR year of operation.
The three stations in the town,
Swindon,StrattonandWestlea,com-
SERVICE pete annually for The Jubilee Bell.
The amounts raised are not made
FREE public as other forms of charitable
Home Estimates effort are included in the judging.
Repairs by
Qualified
Engineers.
Westlea School infants performed a nativity play for parents in December. Some
Sales & Rentals of the players were, back row, from left, Victoria Wells, Gary Oliver, Sarah
All Work Norman; Middle, Joel Blake, Thomas Firucci, Cohn McKenzie; Front, Ryan
Anderson, Sam Turner, Luke Powell
Guaranteed
Tel: Swindon Appeal for safe riding
825795 A mother from Westlea is appealing ginning of October at the top of the

to bicycle riders to take care of where footpath next to Edington Close,
NO and how they ride their bikes after Toothill, where pavement and cycle
her son was knocked over. way merge.
"The cyclist came round the cor-
CALL Jane Stevens from Silchester Way nerso fast that he didn't have time to
was returning with her sons Neil
and Danial from Windmill Hill stop; he just ploughed straight into Displaying their trophy, back row,from
OUT School when a bike rid den by a teen- Danial," saidjane. "Therewasblood left, Acting Divisional Officer Simon
age boy appeared around a corner streaming down his face and I really Raith-Jones, Firefighters Bruce
CHARGE and knocked Danial flying. thought his eye was damaged. He Weatherston and Paul Brew, Leading
The incident took place at the be-
would havebeen very badly injured
firefighter Chive Hawes, Firefighters
if he was smaller, but luckily he was Andy Collins and Andy Mangnal;
r
just cut and bruised on the face."
Front, Firefighter Pete Newman and
A passerby kindly carried Danial
10% OFF ANY home and the bike rider apologised Sub-officer Andy Hargreaves
profusely for what he had done.
The Westlea fire fighters have
However Jane wants both parents raised cash for guide dogs for the
LOUISIANA and schools to get the message acluss blind, run raffles at family functions
to riders to think about pedestrians. at the station and took part in tin
There are lots of parents pushing rattling for Cystic Fibrosis. Just be-
CHICKEN PIZZA* buggies or with very young chil- fore Christmas they went out on the
dren toddling along slowly and the streets of Westlea to sing carols, but
AT appearance of heavy mountain bikes this time not for money.
going at speed can be frightening.
Leading firefighter Give Hawes
"The footpaths are not meant to said charitable activities was one
be bicycle race tracks; a little more way of making the station feel part
care is needed," said Jane. of the community.
Santa was delivered in great style to Westlea School's Christmas Fete on 30
November, compliments of a luxury carriage supplied by Dick Lovett Porsche on
Great Western Way. £1,700 was raised for school funds.
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