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The Link Magazine • October 1996
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First 500 homes in the north
WE HAVE IT ALL Two years after Swindon's north-
ern expansion was launched, five
UNDERCOVER... hundred houses have been occu-
pied or reserved in the Abbey
DUNCAN CAR SPARES Meads village, the first of four to
COMPREHENSIVE STOCKS OF be built over the next ten to fifteen
GUARANTEED NEW & USED SPARES years.
MOT FAILURES & ACCIDENT DAMAGED The first showhome opened on
CARS & COMMERCIALS 13 August 1994 and the Scotfords,
BOUGHT FOR CASH the first family, moved into their
PARTS REMOVED BY new Bovis Home on 21 October.
OUR OWN PERSONNEL Ten developers are presently
TEL: 01 793 - 820000 building houses in the area which
UNIT 59 THORNHILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE will eventually number 10,000.
SOUTH MARSTON, SWINDON
Pictured right: Sales consultants from
different building companies adver-
3-C 3-C tise their achievement
DECOTEX Heavy duties for hunky firemen

We've been fairly busy at your local fire station recently, not perhaps
Property Maintenance with the total number of calls, but with the type of incidents we've been
Painter & Decorator • Specialist Artexing attending, writes Sub Officer Perry Payne fromWestlea Fire Station
Since I last wrote we have re-
Telephone: (01793) 791388 sponded to 50 different incidents,
the majority of which have been
fires, with only 14 false alarms and
GARY 'WILKINSON four emergency special service
calls.
Car Body Repairs and Paint Spraying Spare a thought for some of the
M.o.T. Repairs and Welding fire fighters who, within a week
attended a fatal accident involv-
Free Estimates ing a lorry on the A419 at Latton
Unit 12 Brindley Close Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Swindon and then a fatal house fire in West

Tr 01793 421125 0860 808061 Swindon, the details of which are
still the subject of police investiga-
tion. Suffice to say that neither
incident was easy to deal with and
serve as an example of the more
difficult aspects of our job, which
unfortunately occur on a regular
Shaun, the hunky hugger of Westlea
basis.
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On a light hearted note, con- weekend and pretty shortly Shaun
SUREWATCH HOME gratulations to fire-fighter Shaun was the proud recipient of a very
Dunham on his success in the re- shiny trophy and loads of stick
SECURITY CAMERA KIT cent competition held in the from the rest of us. Perhaps if they
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Evening Advertiser to find 'Swin- had looked a bit harder
Each Surewatch 100 kit contains: don's hunkiest fireman'. It was a Shaun also starred with his
good natured response to a request Westlea colleague Neil Green as
+ WALL FIXING CAMERA with wide angle lens, by the newspaper following the part of our brigade canoe team
measures only 3 x 2' 'Swindon fire-fighter' that never who recently did very well in the
was, who won the Mr Swindon extremely arduous Bristol to Wind-
+ 20 METRES OF CABLE with scart plug to award at Kaos nightclub. Before sor canoe race. The team finished
connect straight into your TV or video we knew it, there were pictures on a very creditable fourth place with
one day, telephone votes over the a time of just over 22 hours.
+ POWER SUPPLY - 12v DC regulated power
supply which plugs into 13 amp socket Electrics: be safe, not sorry
I've been asked whther home ensure plugs and adaptors have
EASY TO INSTALL CAMERA NEAR FRONT DOOR
electrical appliances should be left the right fuse for the appliance. If
OR AT ANY OTHER CHOSEN LOCATION plugged in. Some, like videos, are in doubt, check with an approved
designed to be left on all the time. electrician.
INSTANT ACCESS VIA
But if you are not sure about the To sum up - if electrical appli-
TV REMOTE CONTROL appliances you use, check with the ances are properly wired, used,
Only .1 25OO manufacturer or the shop where fused and maintained, they are
you bought them.
unlikely to cause any problems.
However, most electrical alli- It seems timely to mention elec-
total price ances should be switched off and tric blankets. As autumn draws in
unplugged when not in use. Never you may be thinking of using the
Come and see a demonstration at: remove a plug by pulling the flex, electric blanket stored through the
Maxwell House always use the plug itself. Try to summer.
ensure you use one socket for each Please ensure it is checked care-
Maxwell Street, Swindon plug. It's possible to overheat a fully for any signs of wear and
618499 socket and start a fire by putting tear, ideally by an electrician, be-
several adaptors into it. Always fore you use it.