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Peace missions and fears for tion they are witnessingat firsthand.
soldier safety in Bosnia We can only pray that no more of A & H Fencing
From an Army wife our servicemen will be injured or THE ODD
The injury of the young 9th/12th killed and that they will all return Sheds, Patios,
Royal Lancer officer followed by the safe in mind, body and soul. Barbecues, Walls, JOB MAN
tragic death of a young Lance Cor- For those that do not return it is to
poral from The Royal Welch Fusi- be hoped that their families will be Pergolas, Wendy & Small building work, carpentry,
liers Regiment brings the reality of well looked after, though this is of- Summer Houses joinery, painting & decorating, =
the situa tion of the conflict in Bosnia ten not the case. The pain and suf- fitted wardrobes and kitchens, =
into focus, especially here in an area fering of losing a loved one is often Any kind of garden plugs and washers fitted
where a vast number of servicemen further compounded by the lack of and building work =
and their families live. adequate financial provision to help "No job too small"
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Following his accidentJustin Free- the family 'soldier on'. Many fami- undertaken Very reasonable prices
land made light of his injuries in the lies discovered this to their cost fol- Free estimates
quirky way typical of cavalry offic- lowing the Falkland War. War wid- Call for free estimate Call Tony, the Odd Job =
ers - he'd got in the way of a bullet. ows fromboth the World Wars have Tel: (0793) 695613
Nevertheless, the underlying mes- experienced this foryears. The serv- (West Swindon) Man on 0793 - 886022
sage in all the interviews has been ice families of the Cheshire Regi-
that these men are doing a job for ment living in Germany are already
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which they have been trained and paying the price for seeing their
the odd accident, whilst unfortu- loved ones in Bosnia. The service- RON AHRENS FhhIip
nate, is the price to be paid for get- man's allowances have been cut - a BUILDER
ting the job done. The UN convoys quitedeplorable,indefensibleaction. Stone
are getting through. Aid is reaching Our servicemen and their fami- DECORATOR
the areas where it is needed most. lies deserve proper, adequate finan- Fainter
The death of Lance Corporal cialand moralsupport to make their Specialising in all aspects
Wayne Edwards in his Warrior ve- situation more bearable. Now that of high quality building Lecorutor
hicle whilst escorting an ambulance we are once again being drawn into work especially decorating,
is a stark reminder that our service- the Iraq conflict, more families will carpentry & plastering. For a high standard of
men are often called upon by our be experiencing the anxieties and work with references
politicians to lay down their lives in frustrations which active service All work guaranteed. available
conflicts of which we have no part. brings in its wake. The long lonely No job too small.
His family probably feel, asdo many, hours and the fear of that 'knockon Telephone nowfora
Free estimates
that our troops should not be in the door'. But service families are, in FREE estimate.
Bosnia - that the war has nothing to the main, quite resilient and re-
Telephone: 692134
do with us. However it is because of sourceful and at the end of the day Tel. 870515
(West Swindon)
our commitment to ease the suffer- they will cope. It is to be hoped that
ing amongst the innocent victims of a satisfactory conclusion to the vari-
war that our servicemen have be- ous conflicts will be achieved soon
come involved. We can only guess thus allowing our servicemen to re- HAND4ADE FIREPLACES
what kind of suffering and depriva- turn safely to their families again.
IN BRICK OR STONE
Thanks tromJack and Jill senter, Mr Gary Vincent for coming Profesionally built to
Toddlers, Toothill and judging both the children's and
From Mrs J C Piatek and Mrs S adult's fancy dress competitions, your exact requirements.
Gardiner, and drawing the raffle for us. The Free design service.
We would like to express our thanks children had a surprise visit from
Tel: Swindon 535291
to the following companies who Father Christmas who delivered
donated prizes for our raffle at our their presents and everyone had a
Christmas Party on 15 December. really wonderful time.
They are: Boots the Chemist, Coca Lastly we would like to thank Mark Proctor
Cola, W H Smith and the Oasis Lei- everyone for buying raffle tickets
sure Centre. (we raised £15) and to all the mums CARPET VINYL FITTER
We would also like to say a big for their continuing support. We Carpet and Domestic Vinyl
thank you to GWR FM Radio Pm- wish you all a very happy new year.
Carpet Tiles, Vinyl Tiles
Young con artist one stage entered the library to aska Free Estimates (0793)641057
From Sheila Mitchell, Westlea familyformoney. Whenchallenged
A disturbing incident occurred on the child handed back the money
16 January, as I was going to the she had been given and the staff at
Link Centre. A young girl aged the Link and in the library were
about ten approached meand asked going to endeavour to ensure no
for 30p. She said that she had lost repetition of the incident.
30p and needed it to telephone her The child showed no sign of em-
mother. Feeling concerned for the barrassment and was clearly quite
child lit over 30p and continued on unconcerned that her little 'scam'
my way into the library whereupon had been uncovered. The librarian High Street 1st Floor, Anglia House
I overheard a lady telling the librar- seemed to think that a similar inci- Wroughton 115/118 Commercial Road
ian that she had been approached dent had happened a few weeks Swindon Swindon
by a young girl asking for money. earlier and some of the Link staff
Tel: (0793) 812588 TeL (0793) 522688
She had subsequently seen the believed that the child was trying to
young girl counting money in a cor- get money to go skating. John Wilding at Wroughton
ner outside. The lady wanted to The worrying aspect is that this and Peter Winton or Helen Raynes at Commercial Road
warn some of the older people in the child was unashamedly approach- will be pleased to attend to all your Legal needs.
library about what was happening. ing men and women alikeasking for Our Wroughton Office is 10 minutes from West Swindon
It was clear that the child had money,a situation whichcould have and offers private carparklng for clients
approached several people and at horrendous consequences.