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ABBEY MEADS
Church ready to claim village centre site

The Church of Christ the Servant to discuss
in Abbey Meads is making plans primary school provision
to move to its third home, but in North Swindon
probably not for another two years. 4 February, 7pm.
Now that hold ups and prob-
lems surrounding the village cen- The Haydon Centre
tre site on Elstree Way have been A consultation on two options for
sorted out, land can be released for the future provision of prima ry
the church. The Link reported last education in No rth Swindon. i.e.
month that building work on Ab-
I. to expand Haydonleigh School,
bey Meads village centre had been
ii. to build a new school at
delayed for six months and will Elstree Way, Abbey Meads
not now start until April. Comple-
tion of the shops and pub is ex- Representatives from the
pected in November. Swindon Council Education
David Thompson of the Hay- Department will be present
don Development Company, said to answer questions.
the site is now available. "I am Abbey Meads minister Deacon- cal Ecumenical Project have dis-
glad we have a start date for the ess Maureen Spinks said the church cussed the type of uses a church
village centre and are able to de- had been waiting the outcome of will be put to; we can now start rADOWPA p^C
fine the site for a church. We have developer negotiations and was detailed discussions with archi-
an obligation to provide .2 of an expecting formal notification. tects."
acre free of charge to the church "We're obviously pleased that we The church is 14 months old and
and they will be purchasing a fur- can now start to make plans. The moved in October from Church Individual Care
ther .1 of an acre." various denominations in the Lo- House at Hayward Close to Abbey Individuallearnin
Meads temporary community cen- at Prior Park
Secretive policeman out to catch tre in October. The congregation Preparatory School'
is growing and a second service on
villains targeting the north Sunday may have to be held. Cricklade, Wiltshire
"It's important to establish a rec- For children aged 6 months to
A second policeman has been on the northern sector beat since ognisable church building in a 7 years (out of school and holiday
September, but not many people know about him - except the crimi- growing area," said Maureen. provision 7.45am - 6.30pm)
nals he has been investigating. "The church has an important role
Please call Shelagh Hanbu ry BEd (Hons)
to play in the spiritual and social
Rajvindar Kular B.A (Hons)
life of the community."
Dss Maureen Spinks can be con- Tel: (01793) 752600
tacted on 706558.

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the public PL Kober Guy with tiic "ir .Etisored by the
Haydon Development Company outside the police post on Elstree Way Believe it or not
The Property Shop
PC Roger Guy has been work- more houses are occupied and new is I year old and
ing in the area since September footpaths create ease of access to Barrie and Jason are
1994, before the first residents ar- other parts of the town. He said celebrating their
rived. With 1,200 houses occu- there had been a dramatic upsurge success by
pied, PC Mike Inskip joined him in burglaries in September when continuing with their
on 1 September last year. 13 houses were broken into com- unbeatable deals.
Coming from the CID, Mike is pared with a handful beforehand.
averse to personal publicity and "Both Mike and I would appeal Yes, they will sell
ri your house in 1998
refused to have his photograph to residents to be aware of home Jaso
still for only
taken for The Link. "I've always security. Make sure windows and
specialised in criminal investiga- doors have good locks, consider B ocks ^,
arker
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tion work, so it's best to avoid an alarm system and make sure J i."
being too well known," said Mike. garages and sheds are secure. If B ] Jn
"It's certainly a different challenge your street is not in a Neighbour-
working in the north expansion. hood Watch Scheme, please talk to Lf. I
Unfortunately, the area is becom- the other residents about organis- /'Subject to minimum !ee & agency and plus VAT
ing a target for criminals intent on ing one. D ?4 y f4 NOSVfE
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reducing the quality of life for the "Another way of helping the
honest people in society." community is to become a special 0
Roger Guy agreed that although constable. We're always happy to
the level of criminal activity in the advise on this and security issues." 31 COMMERCIAL ROAD SWLM)ON, 1S. SNI 5NS
area is relatively low, the number Messages for the Abbey Meads
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of thefts and burglaries is rising as policeman can be left on 700896.