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FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK 5
Rainbow Playgroup Christmas Bazaar
Saturday 26 November 1 .3Opm to 3.30pm Flillip Stcne Facechoice
Freshbrook Community Centre
Santa's Grotto, tombola, toy, book, bric-a-brac and cake stalls. Fainter & Pharmacy
Raffle, gifts, refreshments
L)eccrdtcr Freshbrook
Boots indoors Prize Bingo For a high standard Village Centre
Tel: 870226
Sundays 9am to 12noon Saturday 19 November, 7pm of work
Freshbrook Community Centre Eyes down at 7.45pm References available Opening Times:
Cost: £5 per table Freshbrook Community Centre
Further information, tel: 871017 Proceeds to Freshbrook Parent Telephone now for a Monday - Friday
9am- 1pm
& Toddler Group Xmas party FREE estimate. I 215pm -6pm
Tel: 870515 or
Few places available Saturday
Freshbrook Parent & Toddler Group meets every Tuesday and Thursday Mobile 0374 - 208527 9am- 12noon
lOam - 12pm in Freshbrook Community Centre. I
Newcomers are always made to feel welcome. 40p per child for visitors.
30p if registered. Refreshments.

Places available at two local playgroups
There are places available for children at the playgroups which meet at
Freshbrook Village Centre.

Rainbow Playgroup, which Freshbrook Playgroup meets in
meets in the Community Room at the Community Centre every morn-
Freshbrook School, has spaces at its ing and afternoon. Spaces are avail- CREATIVE HAIR DESIGN
morning and afternoon sessions on able fromJanuaiy at every morning
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or afternoon session, except on Fri- Now taking appointments for Christmas
days.
and Friday. Book now to avoid disappointment

Visitors are welcome to drop into Parents interested in finding out
the playgroup between 9am and more should contact 874166 or Call now about November Specials
11.45am or 12.15pm and 3pm, or 882905 to arrange a visit.

telephone 487755 or 872771 to find The group is an equal opportuni- TEL: 873217
out more. FRESHBROOK VILLAGE CENTRE
ties playgroup.
You don't get anything for nothing
Beware of 'sales' say public protection office
AT MAYS
Grange Park resident Eileen Mochan is feeling sore after spending £100
on goods she claims to be shoddy at a sale on 25 September. THE WEST SWINDON CENTRE
Like dozens of other people, she in. The dinner set I was given was YOUR LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT
responded to a leaflet through her very poor quality when I opened it
door advertising a sale of videos, outside, but the organisers refused 1995 BOOKINGS
radios, crockery and other house- to refund the money. They had two
hold items at fantastically reduced cheques totalling £100 backed by
prices at Freshbrook School. bankers card numbers and I came NOW BEING TAKEN
She said she should have sus- away feeling angry and conned.
pected something was up when she "1 say to Link magazine readers,
turned up at the advertised 11am 'learn from my mistake, don't get Call in for information on
start time to be told that the sale taken in, you don't get something
goods had not arrived. She returned for nothing.' 'A Free child places up to 19 years
as advised at 3pm and discovered Geoff Snowball, Swindon Senior r Euro Disney, Paris and other cities
that buyers could not touch items TradingStandardsOfficerwithWilt-
and what was billed as a sale was in shire Public Protection, said Eileen's * Villa holidays with private pools
fact an auction. experience was all too common. * Walking holidays, lakes and mountains
"The outfit were very slick at get- "The organisers of these last minute
ting buyer's interest worked up," sales are often sailing very close to * A la carte holidays, 5 star hotels
said a rueful Eileen. "The auction- the wind. People should beware of
eer piled boxes of crockery, cutlery the very low prices on offer and * Cruising the Caribbean and the Med
and lots of other items, and added a whether the sale is conducted like * Safari holidays in Africa
video for good measure. The first an auction. Prices mustbe displayed,
buyer must have walked off with so must be the name and address of * UK holidays, chalets, lodges, Butlins, hotels
£300 worth for £50. Maybe that the organiser. There are often prob- * Coach tours and escorted holidays
person was a plant because the rest lems with shoddy goods and possi-
of us who started to buy did not get bly dangers if electrical goods are * Concorde, Orient Express, Ballooning
anything like the same amount. being sold.
"You're led to believe you're buy- "Regrettably, the instinct for a For all information call us on 873222
ing quality goods, they say it comes bargain takes over; people throw Open 6 days a week
with a year's guarantee; but you caution to the wind and get sucked
can't examine the goods before you into buying. In short, I suggest peo- YS7b5 Travel Agents
buy. The atmosphere becomes ple should avoid these 'sales' like rlsei ThM Nerierk

highly charged and you get taken the plague." I