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The Link Magazine • December 1996
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A year at Westlea fire station Could you promote educational books, Primary, Secondary &
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I'm again writing a Christmas message on behalf of your local fire Free training available ALL SUBJECTS
station, writes Sub officer Perry Payne. For details, phone Swindon 881364 ALL AGES
or 01764 685282 (Independent distributor)
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It seems appropriate to recap on an opera. Most importantly, the
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some of the things we've been in- station provided Swindon with its
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Operationally, we have responded seven, perhaps, 'stumpiest' fire
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this year including: house fires, I've tried to give some helpful hints
road traffic accidents, lift rescues, of fire safety advice and I hope
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animal rescues, thatch fires, fac- they have proved useful. If you
tory fires, skip fires, barn fires, ex- still don't have a smoke alarm, then
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It only remains for me to thank FITTED, REPAIRED (SPARE PARTS AVAILABLE)
Some have been amusing, some you for your valued support which
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tragic, but at least they are all dif- of us I wish you a safe and very S WIN 0. N
ferent. merry Christmas and a happy New
Year.
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Firefighters in the community:fire-
fighters took on the Swindon Locomo- Our conservatories and windows are such
tion at wheelchair basketball in the
Link Centre sports hail on 17 Novem- outstanding quality, they almost sell themselves.
ber. Fire fighter Neil Chamberlain
tries to block Locos Mark Thipthorpe
So when you visit our showroom, there's no
I remember we attended the first
incident for the Wiltshire Fire Bri- pressure, no fast talking; just plenty of time to
gade in 1996 in the early hours of browse through examples of our extensive range.
New Years day to free a man and
woman at a party who had con- With very competitive prices and a wide choice of
trived to become handcuffed to- ways to pay, even our terms are easy to live with.
gether, without the aid of the Con-
stabulary. I also recall the man In fact, the only trouble you'll have, is choosing!
had some explaining to do to his
fiancee, also at the party, but not
handcuffed. I often wonder how ' P ~k MONTAGUE
he got on...
Throughout the year we've been
involved in all sorts of activities. CONSERVATORIES & WINDOW CONSULTANTS
We nearly had a competitor in the
London marathon (thwarted by a
knee injury), raised money for a 48 High Street,Wootton Bassett • Tel: (0 1793) 849832
mobile respiratory monitor alarm
for the children's ward at PMH, Open Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm
took delivery of a new fire engine
(very nice too!). We helped Helene j ij LTJ I
Woodham from Westlea to achieve [[[1 H [I,
her Duke of Edinburgh's gold _10
award, saw fire fighter Paul Brew
break a world master's swimming BUYING'S A PLEASURE WITHOUT THE PRESSURE
record, hosted an open day, and