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TOOTH ILL 9
Children go back in time It's a Super Lunch
TREVOR WYSE
for a taste of discipine Members of Toothill Church are Commercial & Private Decorator
serving home made soup, bread,
Year 6 children from fruit and tea on the fourth Friday Approved & recommended by
Toothill School had a of the month for only £1. Dulux
taste of Victorian life Organiser Audrey Donaldson • Full interior &
at the end of last term. says it's a chance for people - external decorating
Two classes spent the whether connected with the church service
day at Sevington at a or not - to drop by for a tasty light • Insurance work
Victorian one-roomed lunch and a chat. undertaken
school, preserved as it Soup is served at 12.15pm and it • Free no obligation
was when it closed in is not necessary to book. Stop by estimates
1913. The children, in with a friend, or come by and meet
costume for the day, new people.
were taught in the Vic- The next Super Lunches take
torian manner and place on 28 May, 25 June, 23 July, Tel: 01793 532212
loved it, despite the 27 August. Mobile: 0976 885203
strict discipline.
The outing gave pu-
pils a glimpse of living
history to underpin Na- Dr Peter Swinyard
tional Curriculum work
on Victorian times. Dr Robert Forrester
Ready for school, rear from left, Vicki James, Jonathan Drew, Alesha Cham-
bers, Nathan Ockwell. Front, Chantelle Van Leer, Daniel Mallinson
PHOENIX SURGERY
Kosovo collection Building work on our new permanent surgery at Toothill
Youngsters at the Toothill After School Club have been making up Village Centre starts in May and we are now able to
parcels for the children of Kosovo and will handing them over for
delivery at the club's annual meeting on 5 May, 7.30pm. register new patients. We look forward to meeting you.
All enquiries: (01793) 433211
Flowers brighten up centre Phoenix Surgery
An appeal for a gardener in last month's Link did not produce a green Deerhurst Way, Toothill Village Centre
fingered volunteer to plant and look after shrubs and flowers in front
of Toothill Community Centre. _________,,
But cleaning lady Anita Taylor
has taken on the task and next
month the centre are planning to Comfortable
put up some hanging baskets.
"We're attempting to brighten
up the centre and its surroundings
to make it more inviting, and also independence
to put a smile on people's faces,"
said centre administrator Annette
Kennedy. "The graffiti around the
entrance has been removed and
the pansies have lasted three
weeks, so we're encouraged that
people are gaining respect for the
centre."
She said the installation of closed
circuit TV cameras outside the cen-
tre has a lot to do with a reduction Annette Kennedy, left, with greenfin-
in anti-social behaviour in the area. gers Anita Taylor

Centre's annual meeting For your retirement living, we have vacancies
Toothill Community Centre holds its annual general meeting on at Brain Court, Stratton St. Margaret and Windmill
Thursday 17 June, 7.30pm. Court, Freshbrook, Swindon.
All residents of Toothill are invited to attend, hear reports of last Please contact our Regional Office:
year's activities including the annual accounts, and to elect next year's Western Region, 10 The Parade
management committee.
Annette Kennedy said the centre has enjoyed its best year financially Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1NE
and was able to invest in new facilities. "We have carried out a lot of Tel: 01672 515622
refurbishment in the building and in July we will be installing a new
kitchen for use by the pensioners lunch club and for private hire. On 28 SHELTERED PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
April we organised a fish and chip supper for nearly 100 elderly people
and are planning other events. We are keen to organise more activities
for the community and to get more people involved with the building." James Butcher
Only those who have paid £1 to become a member of the centre are
eligible to vote. For more information about joining, call into the centre Housing Association
on weekday mornings, or telephone 614492.