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38 The Link Magazine. September 1996
STAFF WANTED URGENTLY Letters to The Link Rebuild our tower, please
Cleaners, £3.80 per hour part/time, Last month, Katy Colley from
must have transport. Tel: 731725 Letters should be sent by 15th of the month to the address on page 2 Shaw wrote to The Link describing
how a popular play tower in a
Middleleaze Drive dangers
nearby park had been burnt down
From Mrs C Hill, Pearl Road Middleleaze
by vandals.
A fourteen year old boy was in- I believe that another speed limit Thamesdown Council's parks
volved in a road accident on sign is necessary, as well as school department removed the debris,
Middleleaze Drive on Monday 29 crossing patrol signs. Railings to but Katy and her friends want an-
July. He was cycling towards Pearl prevent cyclists from crossing care- other tower installed. "It was re-
Road when a car hit him and he lessly would also help prevent fu- ally stupid to burn it down; it was
broke his leg. ture accidents. The trees and not fair on young children," said
As a School Crossing Patrol Of- shrubs need cutting back and Katy. "The tower gave us a lot of
ficer on this site, I have had in- maintaining at a safe height to give fun. It had rooms inside it and you
HOTPOINT creasing difficulty in seeing com- a safe view of the road. could hide from the rain."
ing traffic because of the design of
WASHING MACHINE REPAIRS
Middleleaze Drive. It is subject to Katy Colley, centre left, and friend Krista-Leigh North, sitting on the site of the
• Same Day Service play tower with other young users of the park off Cartwright Drive
a 30mph speed limit, but the road
• Guaranteed Repairs
design encourages drivers to go
For a friendly, helpful
service, call J. Martin. faster at this point. The footpath
going towards Pearl Road is al-
Tel: 694930 1 Alnwick, Toothill
most concealed by shrubs and trees
HOOVER which have grown to well over six
feet tall. Drivers have little oppor-
tunity to see pedestrians and cy-
Baydon Home & Garden Service
clists. I have seen many drivers
HEDGE CUTTING dangerously exceeding the speed
TREE PRUNING limit in the last year. I had to
report one driver for failing to stop
LANDSCAPING when I was helping children to
cross. If I had not been on duty, he
For information & estimate, phone
might have hit five children aged
Christopher Payne 01672 540435
between seven and ten.
For Sale For Sale For Sale Room to let
Maclaren Super Dreamer complete with Girls white ice skates, size 2, good cond, 3 seater plus 2 seater couches, fawn Non smoking professional female in
raincover, cosytoes and 0-9 month car £10. Roller blades, white, size 3, good with pink floral design, £200 or nearest Grange Park, to share house/facilities with
seat, £65. lndeset cooker, electric hob, cond, £10. Crystal Maze game, as new, otter. Tel: 871362 (Freshbrook) single mum and daughters. Deposit and
gas oven, £100. Tel: 870034 £8. Tel: 872440 (Grange Park) 2 seater settee, floral cottage style, ma- references required. Tel: 876115
Cot & mattress, quilt, 2 bumpers, 2 quilt Foot spa, excellent cond & working or- hogany frame, exc cond, £55. Strawberry Professional non smoker required to
covers, 6 sheets, 3 blankets. Busy play- der, £10. Tel: 488468 (Toothill) dralon, 2 seater settee, armchair, foot- share 4 bed well equipped gas c/h home
house, boxed, £30 vgc. Tel: 875681 Black riding boot, size 4.5, £20. Tel: stool, mahogany frame, vgc £40. Tel: in Sparcells, own bathroom (exc Wends).
Maclaren Super Dreamer pushchair/ 873685 (Grange Park) 876187 Tel: 873897
pram good condition, includes cosytoes, Creda fridge/freezer, automatic defrost, Dining table, 5' with 6 chairs in rose pink/ House exchange
sun canopy and raincover, all matching, large, 10.7 Cu ft capacity, drinks dispenser, blue seal, modern & in exc cond, £150. Housing Association, one bedroom
£60. Tel: 881353 tilting/adjustable shelving, many extras, Tel: 618794 ground floor flat, central heating, sole
Mamas and Papas 3-in-1 pushchair exc cond, 3 yrs guarantee if required, Garden furniture-large round table, um-
garden, South East London, for 2 bed
(carrycot and chair), raincover, sun canopy £320. Tel: 812750 brella with stand, sold as seen, £15. Tel: house, West swindon. Phone 6pm. Tel:
2-in-1 padded footmuff, changing bag, all Black sideboard, 4 drawer, 2 cupboards, 876583 (Shaw Ridge) 0181 473 9594
matching, suit either sex, £180 lot. Tel: £45, buyer to collect, ex cond. Tel: 434468 Small vacuum cleaner, especially de- Modern 4 bed or spacious 3 bed house
693477 (Toothill)
Double wardrobe, mirrored doors, vgc, signed for cleaning computer/photo copier, sought in exchange for a modern 4 bed
Green corded Silver Cross pram, £30. £30 ono. Tel: 700500 (1-taydon Wick) £20. Tel: 618794
semi, adapted for disabled, at The
Automatic car ariel, £15. Goodmans Flavel Leisure Provence gas cooker, Sony hi-ti system, double tape deck, ra- Prinnels. Tel: 870162
graphic equaliser, £15. Tel: 870151 dio, record player, can attach a CD player,
brown, 3 yrs old, vgc, £160. Tel: 887785 Housing Association central heated
Britax Rock-a-Bye car seat, 0-9 months £50 ono. Tel: 870752 ground flat, sole garden for over 60s, in
BBO on metal tripod stand, for coal or
with head hugger, as new, £30. Tefal briquettes, £6. Tel: 876583 (Shaw Ridge) Three bed terraced house close to all Toothill. Would like flat in Reading, Berks.
deep fat fryer, new, boxed, £25. Tel: amenities, good size rooms, private park- Tel: 530538
705302 Pair single size wincy sheets, pink, 70" x ing, gas radiator. Offers over £41,000,
100", still in packet, £8 for quick sale,
Avent steam steriliser, boxed, £12. brand new. Tel: 532252 need quick sale. Tel: 533088 (Toothill)
Clairbois rocking dog, £10. Kiddiwalker, r
£5. Baby bouncer, £5. Large sturdy cot, Gas back boiler with radiant gas fire glow Free Private For Sale & Wanted ads.
£50. Tel: 496286 warm, has been serviced yearly by Gas
Board, 3 star contract, vgc, £50. Tel: Return this form to The Link, 13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, Swindon
BMX 18", boy's, £8. BMX 14" boy's, £10. 618794
Go kart, £5. Roller boots size 4, £1.50. by 16th of the month. Entries are subject to available space and are
Fisher Price skates, £1. Tel: 875489 Gold carpet lix 9, 4", good cond, £5. 3 published on a first come first served basis.
light pendant fitting with 3 glass shades,
5 speed mountain bike, Suit boy or girl, BHS,ex cond. £5. Tel: 618794
age 5 to 7, good cond, red/white frame,
Shreiber wall units in ex cond, have
offers around £60. Tel: 874085
drawers, cupboards, shelves, 58' tall x 2'
Triang superslide, 3.5 ft approx, £10. 2 6' wide, 2 for £50. 5 plain white doors with
xtrikes, £5 each. Little Tikes whale rocker, handles, ex cond, £5 each. Tel: 618794
up to 3 children, £8. 2 x Tomy glide n ride
baby carriers/car seats, £15 each. Tel: Curtains, duvet cover, valance, pillow
slips in brown cream flowers, ex cond,
874451 (Grange Park)
single size, £6. Pink Austrian blind, as
Good selection of Sindy and Barbie new, 6'4'x5', £5 Tel: 618794
dolls and clothes, also Sindy wardrobe
Brand new king size double sprung Tel:
and horse, many extras, good condition,
£20 the lot. Tel: 872440 (Grange Park) mattress, bargain, £75. tel: 728463 Name & Address (not for publication)
Electric filter coffee maker. £5. Small
Exercise bike, exc condition, £45. Tel:
723067 (Haydon Wick) electric deep fat fryer. £5. Tel: 872282
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