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The Link Magazine . July 1995 3
Anti-youth crime initiative awaits WHY GO TO A SHOP
Government backing FOR CYCLE REPAIRS?
Youngsters who hang around the The proposal has been devel-
Link Centre have to wait until oped by a working party of repre- WE COME TO YOU. SAVE TIME, EFFORT & MONEY
August to see if facilities avail- sentatives from Thamesdown, * Free collections and delivery
able to them will be improved. Wiltshire, the police and volun- "W" * No call out charge
Home Office civil servants have tary organisations. But the idea 10 * No job too large or small
to give their approval first. depends on a grant application to
The Link reported exclusively last a Home Office fund which aims to HUGE DISCOUNTS ON PARTS AND
month that councillors on the Wilt- prevent young people falling into 40 ,m e-J A ACCESSORIES DELIVERED FREE
shire County youth services com- criminal behaviour. BIKE For a fast, friendly and
mittee were to discuss setting up a Another part of the project is to professional service call Phil Mitchell on
DOCTOR
youth support centre in a vacant rebuild two football walls in the Swindon 874873 or 0850 650956
office suite on the ground floor at floodlit Link Centre coach park.
the centre. They were vandalised four years WE NOW BUY & SELL USED BIKES
ago, pictured left. Football PLUS NEW CYCLES AT LOW PRICES
playing outside the centre's
library entrance aggravates
relations with other users
and managers who have to MORGAN & C
deal with an intimidating
atmosphere.
The walls were also a pub- SOLICITORS
lic showcase for graffiti art.

Meeting to
publicise
'Swindon's best COMPUTERISED CONVEYANCING
kept secret' LOW LOW FEES
Campaigners trying to re-
turn Swindon's Mechanics SWINDON (01793) 512982
Institution to community
OLD TOWN CHAMBERS, 119A VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON SNI 313H
use are organising a public
meeting to form a trust so
that the building can be ac-
quired and restored to the
people of the town.
YOU SPEND A
THIRD OF YOUR
LIFE SLEEPING

WHY NOT DO
IT IN STYLE?
GRUMPY

DJNVWA

STRAWBERRIES

Anybody interested is invited to
the initial meeting of the New Me-
chanics Institution Preservation SWINDON'S NEWEST P.Y.O.
As, well as our quality pine Trust on 20 July, 7pm in the Emlyn
furniture and beds, we now Square Community Centre.
stock a full range of brass In 1853 the people of Swindon STRAWBERRY FARM
and iron beds. raised the money to build the now
derelict Institute in the town cen-
ANTIQUES & tre, and also a covered market.
It housed a theatre, exhibition
ALL PINE hall, playhouse, reading rooms and BEHIND TEXAS
11 Newport Street, Old Town, dance hall.
Swindon Amongst the many achieve- OFF THE MANNINGTON ROUNDABOUT
ments of the Institute were the
Tel: 520259 education facilities which the
members developed there and WEST SWINDON
Established in 1978 which were to form the basis of
Trading in Newport Street since 1982
Swindon College.