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8 WESTLEA
Big income for Comic Relief at school
WIN A HOLIDAY ZAHRA The children of Westlea donned fancy dress on comic relief day and raised
FOR &I SUGARING Q49.20. There were a variety of fund raising events taking place in the
school including football and netball matches and bowling. Home-made
IN OUR SPRING The most effective and cakes and biscuits were sold and the children made a joke book, donating
natural method of hair 5p for every joke included. The resulting joke books were then sold.
COMPEITIION removal. Suitable for all
parts of the body.
VISIT THE FLIGHT Westlea Playgroup news
SHOP AND ENTER BEAUTY AL The sponsored obstacle event which The Mini-Market held on 3 March
took place at the George and Ann raised £56 which has been used to
IMAGINATION AIR TRAVEL THERAPIST Tweed room on 24 and 25 February buy new wooden jigsaw puzzles
CONSULTANTS I H. B. C. raised jC2OO for charity, which are made locally.
3 Lower Arcade, Brunel Centre, Swindon Make-up, manicure, pedicure The playgroup held its sports day on 17 March. Some parents who were included
TEL- 421888 in the fun were, from left to right, Judith Mumford, Stephan Farringdon, Sarah
Ring Joanne on (0793) 613484.
Open 9am - 730pm Mon - Sat Home visits if required Morris, Jennifer Paul, Julie Chamberlain with Samuel, David Paul and Annette
(3 X Diners Club, Switch Banham, with children in front Kathyrn and Christiaan Paul

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Dangerous Street games
OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK Sheila Mitchell calls for play areas safer
With better weather and lighter eve- where they can be watched more
nings now with us, children are once easily.
again able to get outinto the fresh air This practice, however, is ex-
to play. However, many children tremelydangereus and often causes
do not play in the play parks in the annoyance to other residents. Chil-
area, nor do they play in their own dren run the risk of being injured by
gardens. Instead, many play their motorists and also of causing dam-
games of football, street hockey or age to other people's property.
cricket in the read, something which The police admit the situation is a
SALE NOW ON is both dangerous and potentially difficult one and whilst they have
some sympathy with the anxieties
irritating to the other residents.
Special offer on ex-show buildings Seven years ago when Westlea of parents, they can also understand
Park was being developed the tiny the feelings of those residents whose

* Free planning if required * Steel reinforced shrubs and trees which wereplanted lives are made a misery by the con-
did not obscure the play areas from tinuous noise engendered by ball
* Free on-site surveys * Welded construction throughout
view but now that the plants and games, which sometimes continues
* Multi-point locking * BS-BBA certified trees have matured many of the play for several hours, plus the ever

* Triple polycarbonate * 10 year guarantee areas are completely obscured thus present fear of damage to gardens,
* 28mm sealed units making them potentially unsafe ar- can and windows. The police do
eas in which to play. point out that any damage caused
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There was at least one incident by such games constitutes 'criminal
Help and advice always given
during last sumrnerwhen the police damage' for which the parents
advised the children playing in the would be responsible for any com-
KINGFISHER CONSERVATORIES park to return home following a pensation.
& WiNDOWS report of a man watching them. Maybe, it is time that the relevant
Parents are therefore reluctant to council department looked again at
Unit 7, Barnfield Road allow their children to play unsu- the play parks to see if they could be
Great Western Way, Swindon pervised and with the ever present made more 'environmentally
Tel: 0793 - 643866 • Fax: 0793 - 481139 fear of abduction, many obviously friendly' to children so that they
Open: Mon - Fri 8am - 6pm; Sat Sam - 4pm feel that they would rather let them could play safely thus keeping them
play in the read outside their houses away from the roads.