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Wiltshire Festival audience helps local charities Coming to the end
of a busy year
Thanks to the generosity of people attending the Wiltshire Festival Party in the Park on 21 August, fire
fighters from Westlea station collected £1,400 for the Fire Services Benevolent Fund. Firefighter Ian Jeary writes:
The last few months have been a
On Friday 20 August, people at busy and stimulating time for the
the Classical Extravaganza night fire fighters at Westlea Fire Sta-
also donated £1,400 to the Wilt- tion. Since May we have attended
shire Air Ambulance Service. 339 fires, 109 emergency rescues
Organiser Andy Cotton from and 197 false alarms.
Middlleaze paid tribute to the It is not only the callouts that
emergency services for their as- have kept us on our toes. We have
sistance at the festival and said it launched the Community Fire-
was important for a big event like watch Scheme, attended the Party
the Wiltshire Festival to help where in the Park and hosted visits by the
possible. "Without them the crowd Home Office minister, George
would not be as safe as they are. It Howarth MP and the Chief Inspec-
is was good to see the fire fighters tor of Fire Services, Graham
showing off their skills in a differ- Meldrum.
Andy Cotton with Westlea firefighters, Steve Field, Simon Owen, Ian Jury,
ent setting." We also welcome a new fire
Tim Elliott. Rear, Sub-officer Perry Payne
Fire fighters carried out a vehi- fighter to the station. Neil Rattigan
cle extrication exercise in the festi- Collection coordinator fire- lies of those who have lost their life joins us from Salisbury, where he
val arena which was later shown fighter Tim Elliott said, "the Be- in the course of their duties. We're was a retained fir fighter. I know
to the crowd on the giant video nevolent Fund assists fire fighters thankful to all those who made a he will be a great asset to the sta-
screens. who have been injured and fami- donation at the Party in the Park." tion.
Get ready for Festival 2000 spectacular
Andy Cotton and Eddie Sharpe are planning to make the Millennium Wiltshire Festival at Lydiard Park an even bigger success.
"We have had tremendous feedback on this year's put on a great show and we might ask him back.
events and we want to build on it," said Andy. "Not only did the crowd enjoy themselves, all the performers had a
"People were very impressed by the performances really great time."
and the addition of video screens helped crowd • Sadly, Mark Hanna, the pilot who flew in
excitement. They love being on TV. Next year the air dual over Lydiard Park on Friday 20
we're looking at having two stages so that there is August was killed practising for an air show
continuous entertainment. in Barcelona in early October. He has flown
"We're working on the classical evening, but for at the Wiltshire Festival for the last three
the Party in the Park, we're talking to Catatonia, years and his 1999 demonstration over Swin-
Human League and Steve Winwood. Tony Hadley don, right, was his last public appearance.

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