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8 SHAW & ROUGHMOOR
JIlIllIllI 1111111111 IllIllIlIl Roughmoor residents get together
Donovan 's THE ODD
SCHOOL OF Next meeting called for 15 October
JOB MAN A day of consultations with the residents of Sparcells and Peatmoor
MOTORING in early September brought together thirty people interested in
Ex-Examiner Small building work, finding out more about setting up a residents' association for the area.
Diamond Advanced Instructor carpentry, joinery, painting & Swindon Council are presently height of the Shaw Tip park over-
decorating, fitted wardrobes designing a combined primary looking some houses in Sparcells
h less
1 2 our and kitchens, plugs and school and community centre for are also points of interest.
r beginners: washers fitted the site north of the village centre Following the consultation day,
only £10
"No job too small" which is due to open in September a formal meeting is planned for
Hourly • Semi-intensive 1999. However the council is con- Wednesday 15 October, 730pm to
Very reasonable prices
courses cerned to hear local views about 9pm, in Sparcells Community Cen-
One-to-one tuition Free estimates this project and other issues that tre. Representatives from other
worry residents. residents associations in Swindon
with a very patient instructor Call Tony, the Odd Job
Residents associations also act and officers from the councils com-
Tel: 01793 705906 Man on 01793-886022 as pressure groups to get things munity development section will
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done. A major concern of Sparcells be present to discuss the setting up
residents at present is to see the of a local association. All residents
Mark Tolman long planned footbridge built over of Sparcells and Peatmoor are in-
Mead Way to give easy and safe vited to attend.
Surveying Services access to the village centre and For more information, call Com-
Quantity Surveying school. The development of the munity Development Officer
Specialists in PVCU, village centre and the growing Gillian Morris on 466511.
windows, doors and
All aspects of Quantity
conservatories,
Surveying Services available Village Centre gets go ahead
also carpentry, fencing,
Take offs Roughmoor should have its own village centre within a year -il years
Site measurements patios, floor tiling.
after the first people moved into the area.
Valuations
22 Ravens Walk
) Pre-let meetings Swindon Councils planning three units will be offered to takea-
Wootton Bassett committee agreed the project sub- ways, rather than 3 or 4.
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Final accounts etc.
Telephone: mitted by Alldays convenience As part of the permission, the
Mark Tolman Surveying Services stores for a main shop comparable developer is required to keep the
01793 848177
Tel: 01793 872556 in size to that at Shaw centre, 5 entire site including the shoreline
or 01793 770596 smaller shop units, a pub to be of Peatmoor Lagoon clear of litter.
Mobile: 0973 627369 1
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operated by Whitbread and 21 Swindon Council principal plan-
houses. There will be seven flats ning officer Martin Trewhella, who
A 2 Z Home Improvements above the shops. has been trying to get the site de-
Residents expressed concern at veloped since 1990, said he was
All your needs in one number a public exhibition of plans in July pleased that Roughmoor Village
that the village centre could be- Centre is soon to be built. "Were
Kitchen/Bathroom fitting, Tiling, Plumbing, Electrics, come the takeaway capital of the obviously delighted the scheme is
Painting, Decorating and much more town, with up to four units on underway at long last. Its a pleas-

111 Pinehurst Road Tel: (01793) 692340 offer to fast food operators. The ant setting overlooking the lake,

Swindon Mobile: (0378) 207977 council has received an undertak- but we have tried not to dominate
ing from the developer that two or the tranquil setting."
Ukraine appeal speaker
at Shaw Church
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An orphan and one-time teenage house breaker and now director of
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about relief work in the Ukraine.
generously donated and
Vic Jakopson, right,
who runs Hope Now af- ; sent to a newly discov-
ter a very chequered ered orphanage in a very
early life, has been or- poor condition.
ganising humanitarian Hope Now is now ask-
relief for the Ukraine over ing schools and churches
the last five years. to organise a Harvest Fes-
The charity has helped tival shoe box appeal.
orphanages and a school Vic is visiting Swindon
for deaf children, built a on Sunday 2 November.
Anglia House, 115/118 Commercial Road, Swindon hostel, established a music school, He will preach at Westlea Church,
Tel: (01793) 522688 organised children's summer lOam service. At 1pm he will talk
camps and has started a trade about Hope Now at a 'bring and
Peter Winton • John Wilding school for ex-prisoners. share' lunch in Holy Trinity Church
Helen Raynes In Swindon this year, £10,000 hall, Shaw Village Centre.
was raised to build a playground Readers are invited to attend the
A Partnership Working for You at an orphanage, and a collection talk and/or the service to find out
Also at High Street, Wroughton by West Swindon schools pro- more. Call Stephanie Glennie on
duced two tons of essential items, 872578 for more information.