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FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK

Facechoice VERRUCAS & Community problems to be aired
WARTS (hands) A public meeting has been called for Wednesday 12 November,
Pharmacy 7.30pm, to give Freshbrook and Grange Park residents the chance to
A PROBLEM? discuss local issues of concern - particulary youth needs in the area.
Freshbrook Local councillors, the police, school governors and local traders are
Book your appointment with being invited to attend the meeting which will also include the annual
Village Centre Martin Drew MBcHA, MSSch general meeting of the Freshbrook Village Group residents' association.
Tel: 870226
CHIROPODIST Youth aggravation: Young peo- pened, customers had to make their
Opening Times: ple hanging around Freshbrook way through the group and be let
Children's verruca surgery open.
Village Centre have again been in through a locked door. Some
Monday - Friday All other aspects of foot care causing disruption and upsetting left by the rear exit.
9am- 1pm catered for. both shoppers and traders. • Windows have been broken and
215pm -6pm Call: (01793) 511284 anytime 11 In one incident at the end of the doors smashed at Toothill Church
Saturday Home visit service or '.-.. school holidays, a trader had to on four occasions since the congre-
pull down the security shutters gation moved back into their build-
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9am- 12noon come to our modern town
whilst staff took a lunch break be- ing in mid-June, after extensive
centre surgery
cause a group of young people renovation. Obscene racist graffiti
had taken up residence on the front has also been sprayed on the Chi-
doorstep. When the business reo- nese takeaway next door.
flAIR TODAY CONE TOMORROW
Africa makes an impact
SUGARJNG, A Grange Park teenager spent a fascinating summer holiday in West
Africa visiting missionaries in Senegal and staying out of the way of
THE ANCIENT ART OF REMOVING UNWANTED
anti-government rebel forces.
HAIR NATURALLY & GENTLY
Lydia Buries, right, who moved to
Price List P10W OFFERING Park South in mid-September,
Half leg £8.00 Eyebrows £4.50 Indian Iead Massage
to Shoulders, face, neck spent a month with family friends
3/4 leg £3.50 relaxing way to Steve and Moira Poulson and their
£10.00 Top Lip
& scalp. A
Full Leg £12.00 Chin
£3.50
release tension, three children. The trip was the
£3.50
Bikini Line £5.00 Neck
stress and anxiety first time Lydia had flown alone.
Arms Face POA £9 first treatment It was 'a bit scary' she admits the
£6.50
Underarms £4.50 Eyelash airline representative was not at
£5.00
Stomach POA tinting Brussels airport to put her on the
Call Nicky (Qualified
Back POA Practitioner) on 855100 connecting flight. However, re-
20% off first treatment to book an appointment sourceful Lydia found the right
departure gate and arrived safely.
"I was immediately hit by the
heat and humidity in West Africa,"
said Lydia. "There was a drought
and the people were worried that
the rice crops might fail. But it village because there were not
rained in the third week I was there. many places to visit, and it was
"It was very different to Britain. quite dangerous in parts of the
The family live in a Muslim village country because of rebel activity.
so females have to cover their legs Lydia celebrated her fifteenth
and arms when they go out. The birthday with a special Senegalese
LOOK and LISTEN before you commit yourself to any
house was one of only two with meal and a three hour party of
major home improvement. New windows, doors and running water and electricity sup- dancing, singing and chanting by
especially a new conservatory plied by solar panels. Senegal is a village women and children in her
can transform your home... very poor country with few re- honour.
sources, where the main export is She has returned to her GCSE
but it's worth using this
peanuts. The malnutrition of the courses at Commonweal School
simple checklist: children vividly sticks in my mind. and hopes, one day, to return to
o OIOKE:Are
they offering a good
range of designs and various 'We did not go too far from the the Senegal.
lock/n9 Options?
0 REPUTA 770N. , Back from down Mexico Way
/s it , well known
LOCAL firm, Well established
with reputation to Protect? Another Grange Park teenager
who made a long distance trip
abroad during the summer break
0 QUALJTyAre
the prod they is Michelle Clark, left, who at-
ins
tallsupp//edby
a major
national manufacturer like tended an international conven-
A'AA'4 Coastal? tion for Guides from the USA,
Australia and Greece.
0 GUARJLJ,,5 my
Properly protected? investment She spent a week with a local

family during the three week stay,
made visits to famous Aztec ruins
and helped with a community serv-
ice project.
ERMIN WINDOWS "It was a wonderful experience,"
said Michelle, who will be show-
Call Brian Smith on 824419 ing slides of her trip to local Guide
groups and her sponsors which
A supplier and installer of rmadWindows, doors and conservatories
include the West Swindon Lions.