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The Link Magazine • December 1997
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TARGET YOUR CUSTOMERS IN 1998 BSE: the threat far and wide
WITH THE POSITIVE NEWSFORCE IN
This month could determine future lives,
WEST AND NORTH SWINDON writes John Ball, right, from Grange Park.
To advertise to over 17,000 homes in West Swindon, Haydon We are not very good at worrying about things
Wick, Woodhall Park and Abbey Meads call (0 1793) 872282 that might happen to us ten years hence, daily
Ctvcev to the. couwnity
Tk Lk troubles taking over all too easily.
So you might not be that interested in the
protests over storage of BSE-laden cattle waste
at Wroughton aerodrome. That's miles away,
NORMAN GRAW TV & VIDEO SERVICES I hear you say.
But now let me suggest that you, and your
TV, VIDEO & SATELLITE REPAIRS children, could be dying of human BSE within
NO CALL OUT CHARGE • ALL REPAIRS GUARANTEED ten years, due to prion-laden winds infecting
you in 1998 from those Wroughton hangers.
For a local efficient service, Have I got your attention now? Swindon Council's
Development Control
Ring Swindon 643350 I read in New Scientist (25 October, page 5) Sub-Committee considers
that BSE-laden tissue has finally been classified the storage proposal
as a dangerous biological agent by Britain's on Monday 8 December,
Health and Safety Executive. This means the
7pm, at the
SPED AL ANNOUNCEMENT risks of infection, from contact with skin or Civic Offices,
breathing it in, is so great that scientists have to Euclid Street, Swindon
by JD Brown (Jewellers) Ltd. use glove boxes.
I know a lot about glove boxes. I so careful at putting even tiny bits
spent 13 years at AWE of infected cows into gloveboxes
Reøceøcbev usfrow, West Swicidv Ce.ttre?
Aldermaston, where the deadly before doing whatever experi-
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We are still trading and can be found at poisonous metal plutonium is kept ments they want to do. Now im-
in glove boxes -metal and glass agine 45,000 TONNES of the same
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cabinets with massive washing-up- material being dumped in three
and continue to offer all our customers, old and new, type rubber gloves. If a glove windy exposed aircraft hangers
our extensive range of watches, jewellery and gifts. breaks (just as they do at home), overlooking Swindon.
Bring this advertisement with you to receive a the alarm bells ring, and special That is why they have to be
10% discount on your next purchase. fans suck extra air into the box, to stopped. Our lives, and our chil-
stop the deadly material getting dren's lives, ten years hence, may
Come along and visit us. It will be good to see our regular customers again,
out and infecting or contaminat- depend on what you do this month.
or telephone on 01793 522715
Please note this otter does not apply to already discounted items ing you. Write to your MP (addresses on
The BSE prion, a tiny particle of page 12), phone your councillors,
deadly protein, is in many ways talk it over with friends and de-
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VETERINARY SURGEONS metals like plutonium, and a more could become as deadly as
certain killer because, unlike plu- Chernobyl unless you stop it now.
Simon Cower & Associates tonium, it reproduces once it gets Contact Mrs Peggy Dennis on
inside your head. This is, in every 812041 for the latest on her cam-
B.V.SC., M.R.C.V.S.
Ootj9 sense, a can of worms. It literally paign, and give her more power to
does your head in. her elbow. She needs it, and we
77 High Street, Purton Bath Road, Cricklade So, imagine scientists being ever need her.
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driving licence for 2 years or more. office skills; and people to record
&P0YE There is a driving assessment to be details onto audio tape.
accepted onto the register, and
there is full training in driving and Community Access Project -
safety equipment. Mencap want people who have a
Commerce House, 34/35 Commercial Road, Swindon few hours to spare each month to
TWIGS - Therapeutic Work in enjoy an activity with someone
Gardening in Swindon - aims to with a learning disability who has
• A fast efficient fully computerised conveyancing service
give people with mental ill-health similar interests.
• Family Law • Wills • Probate the opportunity to undertake
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nance tasks are also needed. 500pm.