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14 AT YOUR LIBRARY
Libraries gather from far and wide
NO NEED TO LIVE WITH HARD WATER
CONTACT: The dawn of Saturday 8 May saw some forty brightly coloured
SWINDONSOFATER wagons descend on Swindon. No, it was not the circus, but the
ck annual library'mobilemeet,' writes Swindon Borough Council mo-
Kinetico Block Salt Water Softeners guarantee soft water 24 hours ` ; bile supervisor Chris Slade.
a day. Only 19" high, non-electric, meter controlled. \ 1 /
Mobile libraries from all over particular favourite being the mo-
Rent, lease, purchase. DIY sales & service. Salt delivered. P ° the country, from Leeds, Durham, bile from Portsmouth, painted with
260 Ferndale Road, Swindon. Tel: 527172
Wales, Cornwall and London bor- popular book characters, below.
oughs congregated in the Link Other vehicles catered for the
Centre coach park for a get-to- full range of customers supplying
N classes gether of staff, vehicle body build- books, including large print, story-
tapes, videos and music on cas-
ers and members of local authority
IN library committees. It was a day settes and CDs.
(/J " Made to for talks by experts and a chance to It was most interesting seeing
measure curtains, SPACES look at other mobiles for ideas. new ideas in practice, meeting
swags, & tails. NOW Delegates from as far away as friends, old and new, swapping
All other valances, AVAILABLE Finland and Slovenia came to see tales and, in spite of the rain -
R-blinds, London, etc. what innovations they could adopt. mobile staff being a hardy breed,
Ballroom -* Latin * Disco
Free measuring & quotations The vehicles ranged from a small everyone agreed it had been a thor-
Line Dancing * Sequence
Full fitting service available delivery van, fitted with shelves, oughly enjoyable day.
Handmade footstools to order Classes for 4'/z years which delivers books to elderly
Re-upholste ry of dining chairs etc.'
to 15 years old people in Bristol, to a magnificent Asda Big Read
SATURDAY MORNINGS state of the art brand new low floor Look out forThe Big Read atAsda
bus from Durham, fitted with com- and in the West Swindon Library
Well established dancing school
with qualified teachers puter terminals, photocopier, during June, especially during
video, stereo, microwave and even half term.
1 Apsley House Arcade, Wootton Bassett, V 01793 421124 the kitchen sink. This of course Marcus Moore will be reading
won the highest accolade as the and talking about books. On
vehicle we would all like to use. Thursday 3 June, there will ex-
There were libraries for the eld- cerpts from The Long Poem which
CREATIVE CURTAINS erly, complete with lifts and easy is all about West Swindon.
The complete service from ideas to hanging, access, and for children, imagina- Call into the library or telephone
tively decorated inside and out, a Diane Katz at Asda on 872781.
all at affordable prices
Hand made curtains, Roman blinds,
quilted bed covers, Austrian blinds, cushions etc.
For a free estimate ring Christine on 01793 875869

Summer hol vols desperately needed
LOOK and LISTEN before you commit yourself to any West Swindon library is still looking for volunteers to listen to children
major home improvement. New windows, doors and talking about the books they are reading as part of the summer holidays
Reading Safari Game. If you can spare a few hours a week, contact
especially a new conservatory
Robert Cotterell on 463238 or 465555.
can transform your home...
CHECKLIST 1 New books in
simple checklist: cHOIcE West Swindon library has a constant supply of new books added to its
^I o range of designseand various good shelves. Here are just a few of the new arrivals writes Robert Cotterill
^ h ^ °"^ locking options?
Margaret Forster The Memory Box into service by a local business man
O REPUT ATION. • A powerful dramatic and disturb- and finds Saul who has been in-
L /s it a well k nown
OCAL firm, well established, ing new novel exploring family jured by her brother, Ralph.
with a re
putation to Protect? mythology and guilt through a Anne Perry Bedford Square A mas-
mother daughter relationship. terly new novel set in Victorian Eng-
Q QUALITY,• Are the pr Duncan Harding Sink the land featuring the indomitable de-
i oducts they
nstall supplied by a major Scharnhorst Since April 1914, two tectives, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt.
national manufa(turerlike great German battlecruisers, the
Coastal? Douglas Reeman Dust on the Sea
Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau
0 GUAR • Set in 1943, this is the story of
ANTEE. is my /n ve have been sheltering in the French Captain Mike Blackwood, a tried
Properly stment
protected? harbour at Brest. Their commander and tested survivor. Caught be-
is reluctant to leave the safety of tween enemy fire and a raging sea,
the port, but Hitler sends an ulti- can he find the qualities he needs
matum - run the Channel or scut- to inspire his men?
4EERMIN WINDOW tle your ships. Danielle Steel Granny Dan Her
Meg Hutchinson Love Forbidden 46th best selling novel: a simple
Telephone 824479 Pregnant and deserted by her lover box, filled with mementoes offers
A
tt supplier and installer of r Windows. doors and conservalones Saul, Miriam is thrown out of her the greatest legacy of all, the gift of
home by her mother. She is taken a life transformed ...