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The Link Magazine • October 1993
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Protect your bikes Police perspectives
West Swindon Lions & Swindon Back from a training course, West Swindon's team sergeant
Police will hold a bicycle Terry Cuss comments on crime and other matters in the West
security stamping session on
Looking back on the summer, the I felt that things went fairly annoyance or concern to anyone,
Saturday 9 October, 10am to most notable event in West Swin- smoothly, apart from some minor and that affordable facilities fortheir
12 noon at the Link Centre don for us was the Wiltshire Festi- traffic congestion. But then it wasn't enjoyment are rare.
library entrance. val, which was quite a commitment. on my doorstep. Is itfairto them that the police are
It's completely free If you have any comments about always asked to 'move them on'?
the organisation of the event now is My view is that it is not just a
the time to pass them on because police problem, but one that needs
Second work from local publisher planning will soon start fornextyear. all of us to understand each other if
Crime wise, the last two months we are going to solve it, or even just
Local author David Pike has just have again seen Toothifi taking the make it a little better. It won't be
launched his new work, this time a brunt, with 10 homes burgled and 9 done overnight.
collection of poems which mix rural garages or sheds broken into. Please In the near future we holding
landscapes and urban images. try to remember the points raised in meetings with local councillors,
Featuring a colour photo of the my previous articles. youth workers and other agencies
ShawRidgeLeisurePark taken from During the summer months, with to discuss how we can jointly deal
the top of the Link Centre, under the the long evenings and no school, we with such problems, both real and
title 'On The Ridge,' David draws always have extra calls concerning perceived.
upon his experiences of WestSwin- actual or potential problems with If you are a victim, or in fear of
don and its Wiltshire surroundings groups of youngsters in the streets/ what might happen, ora parent who
for his sharply observed comment. play areas/shopping centres until takes responsibility for your chil-
In the 85 poems, he describes the late in the evenings. This is not just dren and feel that they are wrongly
fear of flying, he contemplates the WestSwindon, but all overthe town. accused simply because they are in
folly of life and what workcolleagues There have certainly been prob- the street, I would like to have your
might think of you after you die. lems at Freshbrook Centre, particu- views and suggestions.
Take a ride with Tony 'The Pizza larly with wanton damage, but also lalso want to hearfmmtheyoung-
Torpedo' delivery man, experience at Shaw Village Centre, and once sters, how do you feel about this
the behaviour of M4 commuters, or again at the Link Centre on a Friday point? Is there something that we
look down the barrel of a sniper's evening. could organise to help the situation?
riflebarrelinanobservationof world near a town not unlike Swindon. We are aware of them and are We all have to take an interest and
conflicts beamed at us daily. David is working on a third com- trying to take action in a number of perhaps go to a little trouble to
'OnThe Ridge' is the second work position to be published next year. ways to help the situation. achieve anything. I look forward to
by David Pike. Last year he pub- 'On the Ridge' costs E2.99 from I am very aware that the vast hearing from you.
lished 'SentinalontheRow,' a novel Ligden Publishers, 34 Lineacre majority of youngsters are responsi- Sgt. Cuss can be contacted atSwin-
filled with odd local characters set Close, Grange Park ble people and don't wish to cause don Police Station. Tel: 528111.

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