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6 WESTLEA
Place your bets at the Fire crews deliver a better service
Westlea School Changes at WestSwindon's fire station in Westlea haveensured betterfire
cover for the area.
Race Night The station opened with a com-
Friday 12 March, 7.30pm. plex rota system which meant the
firemen worked on individualshift
GARDEN First race 8pm patterns. Now the eighteen staff
CENTRE
Tickets £ I on the door have been split into two watches,
each working three days on and three
Refreshments days off.
The station is only staffed during
Not just a Garden
Circuit Training the day, but the firemen are required
Centre - more a at Upper Shaw Farm to live within a mile. When on duty
they have to get to the station and
gardeners' paradise Ridge Green (starts 5 March) the fire engine has to be on the road
Fridays 8.30pm - 9.30pm within 5 minutes, no matter if the
where you can buy buy Price: £2 call out is in the early hours. On
unusual and hard to find Tel: Tony Wright on 431189 average the turnout time is between
varieties of Fruit Trees, for more info. three and four minutes.
Bedding Plants, Herbaceous Sub-Officer Perry Payne, recently
returned to Westlea Station after a
Perennials, Geraniums, spell at divisional headquarters in
Fuschias, Roses, Hanging FUGHT SHOP Swindon, said the watch system was Newcomers at Westleafire stat ion from left,
Baskets, Trees, Shrubs, a more effective arrangement. "It Phil Cambran, Perry Payne, Steve Law
Alpines, Heathers and means that the same firemen are on deliberatly.
Conifers Bring your flight duty at the same time. They've been Steve Law reaffirmed that Westlea
quote to anywhere able to develop greater team work is a community based station. "We
and get expert advice from skills through training and working want to develop even closer links
the people who grow them in the world to us together when on call. with West Swindon," he said. "We
"Station manning times have also welcome any organisation which
Grange Farm Nurseries and we'll beat it!! been extended so that firemen are wants to visit and find out how the
Insurance and car hire also arranged
Haydon End Lane on the premises for half an hour modern fire station works."
IMAGINATION AIR TRAVEL longer each day, and on weekend He also said officers were keen to
Entrance off Lady Lane and
CONSULTANTS mornings until Ipni" advise householders on fire safety
Westfield Way, Haydon Wick New station commander Steve in the home. 'There are many peo-
3 Lower Arcade, Brunel Centre, Swindon
Law, who arrived at Westlea on I ple without smoke detectors. It's
© Swindon 721221 TEL: 421888 February from Stratton St Margaret very important to have them, before
Open 9am - 730pm Mon - Sat firestation, said, "1 believe we have it's too late."
OPEN DAILY !J Z Diners Club, Switch improved the service we provide to Organisations who would like to
the community." make a visit should contact Sub-
In 1992, Westlea fire crews re- Officer Andy Hargreaves on487562.
St. David's Day 1st March is Opening Day at sponded to 872 calls including fires, He is also the contact for fire safety
road traffic accidents, releasing advice.
trapped people and fishing cows • The third new fireman at
CAERA)"ART from swimming pools. Unfortu- Westlea is Phil Cambran who joined
nately a third of the emergency calls the Wiltshire Brigade a year ago
were false alarms, often made after 9 years with the RAP.
Shaw Village Centre

Sale of nearly new baby/children's clothes
West Swi rtdo 's N ew C- cui"d cs and equipment
on Saturday 13 March, 10am - 12 noon
Ce vthe fop. Home cu"1d 601,devA Upper Shaw Farm Community Centre, Ridge Green.
80% of proceeds to the seller
20% to Upper Shaw Farm Mother & Toddler Group
+ Ceramic pots of all shapes & sizes For further information please ring 875357 or 871999.
+
Pots, vases, patio pots
+ Cat owner found through Link
Handpainted, coordinated ceramics
Sheila Mitchell writes:
+ Due to the interest and concern of Link readers the owner of our 'feline
Ornamental ironwork - jardinaires,
hanging baskets, archways lodger' mentioned in the article entitled 'Lost a Cat?' in the February
edition has been found.
+ Potted plants, bedding plants Chubby's owner has been found but many cats and other pets are not so
fortunate, especially in these times of recession when some owners find
+ Cut, Dried and Artificial Flowers that they can't afford to feed and care for their pets. Some owners even
abandon their pets when they move leaving them to fend for themselves,
sometimes because they cannot take them to temporary accommodation.
For this reason the population of 'stray cats on our stieets is bound to
C-cd I irt to visit L.ts ctt Ceu'rtcu't increase.
The Cat Protection League is a voluntary organisation which helps to
Shaw Village Centre, Ramleaze Drive, Shaw find homes for kittens and cats and helps with a variety of issues related to
Tel: 520959 our feline friends. One welcome service is their 'Lost and Found' register.
The local contact for this service is Gillian Llewellyn, tel: 851364. She will
be able to help you whether you have lost your cat or have found one.