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The Link Magazine • August 1995
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SORE, TIRED, Bishop visits St Marys flower festival

ACHING FEET? REGISTERED
Pick up the phone and book
your appointment with OSTEOPATH
Martin Drew MBcHA, MSSch
CHIROPODIST
David Brunskill
Home visit service or come
to our modern town centre I
surgery Tel: 848093
Tel: (01793) 511284 anytime I
Verruca Specialist • Ingrown Nail
23A WOOD STREET
Corn & Callous • Fungal contitlonS
WOOTTON BASSETT
Lower Limb problems • Walking
tI1cumes (all treated) • Foot applianceSp

THAMES WOOD The Bishop of Swindon Michael Doe visited St Mary's Church Flower
Festival on 30 June to admire the magnificent arrangements by mem-

bers of the church and displays from five local primary schools on the
VETERINARY CLINICS
BSAVA theme of David and Soloman.
Standard
Built on a reputation of quality and care The flower festival was complimented by a concert in the church and
a Saturday afternoon summer fair. Over £2,000 was raised for church
62 -64 Purton Road, Swindon. Tel: Swindon 526780 funds.
Above: The Bishop of Swindon with members of St Marys Church, Joan
Woodhall Park
& Haydon Wick, Rumming and Marie Hanna in front of a display, 'David Crowned King'
Open: Monday to Friday 9am to 6.30pm
Saturday 9am - 11am
Purton Road

Providing for all your pet needs including: Lots of summer activity in the park

• Skin clinics
• Puppy parties
Sparcells
Peatmoor As I write this, early on Monday 10 July, the park is very quiet and
& Nine Elms • Dental clinics
peaceful - pigeons cooing, squirrels rummaging through the under-
• Slimming clinics

West Swindon • Rabbit clinics • Ambulance service growth and the litterbins, and a grey overcast sky. Michael Lilley,
Countryside Ranger reports.
24 hour emergency service, tel: Swindon 526780
What a contrast to yesterday,
Sunday, when it was extremely hot
and sunny and every facility in the
IMPORTANT DECISIONS REQUIRE park was in use. We had one inci-
dent where a young lad was hid-
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ing in the bushes, got stung by
wasps and then panicked and ran,
• Conveyancing • Family Law which caused the wasps to attack
him even more. We gave him first
• Wills • Probate
aid, then took him to PMH as he
• Personal Injury Claims needed hospital treatment.
• Employment Matters Please be careful in the woods. If
you see an area full of wasps, avoid
CARTER, READ & DOVE it, and don't disturb any nests.
The play area has now been re-
furbished. It's the most complete it
SOLICITORS has been for some time - just ready
Commerce House, 34/35 Commercial Road, Swindon for the summer holidays.
On 1 August we have the official
Tel: (01793) 617617 opening of the new Ranger Centre Steve Upton putting some finishing
touches to the Ranger Centre infor-
which will be full of displays and mation displays ready for 1 August
information to help explain the
The Double park and countryside to our visi- is an opportunity to discover more
tors. The Ranger Centre is next to about the many creatures that
the cafe in the existing Visitor Cen- make trees their home, through a
Glazing Doctor tre. range of family activities.
This is followed the next Tues-
On Sunday 30 July there will be
an 8 mile walk from Wootton day, 15 August by pond and stream
Bassett to Clyffe Pypard, starting dipping. Come along and see what
Swindon's window & door at lOam from the library in Wootton you can discover in our ponds
Bassett. apart from fish and frogs.
repair serviceft , On Friday 4 August there is an Finally on Wednesday 30 Au-
illustrated talk on bats entitled 'Go- gust at 8pm there is an introduc-
(01793)431788 ing batty at Lydiard' starting at tory illustrated talk on the sum-
745pm. This event will include a mer stars, at the Visitor Centre.
stroll through the woodland look- Let's hope for a clear night.
Mobile: 0973 - 452843 ing for them. We look forward to seeing you
On Tuesday 8 August the popu- at some of these events. For fur-
Sealed Units, Handles, Locks, Hinges lar 'Tree of Life' event will be run- ther details of events at the park
ning from 12 noon to 330pm. This please phone us on 771419