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SHAW & ROUGHMOOR
Poems dedicated to Our World Community use of CENTRAL HEATING
Children at Brook Field School celebrated National Poetry Day on 7 Peatmoor School BREAKDOWN?
October by seeing their own work in print thanks to Swindon based
T'
Natural Environment Research Council. The management group of DO` T PANIC
Peatmoor Community Primary
School is making an open invita-
tion to all residents of Sparcells
and Peatmoor to attend the school GA CH
on Saturday 27 November at
10.30am.
•Central heating installation and
This will be an opportunity to
share ideas, opinions and visions efficiency upgrades
of how the community use of the •Repairs & servicing of all
school should develop. appliances and central
For details, or if you cannot at- heating systems C\ /^
tend, contact Mrs Suzanne • Gas appliance fitting Reg No ..1425 7
Bullimore on 870458 or e-mail: F'
[email protected]

Marion O'Sullivan with ten of the fourteen poets and illustrators from Brook QUALITY INDIVIDUAL CRAFTMANSHIP
Field whose work appears in Our World. Rear from left, Katie Cox, Kieth
Amoah, Jason Puffett, Kristian Rejek, Grant Turner. Front, Adam Blanchard, deter ^albraith
Michael Bolt, Steven Saunders, Charles Sahnond, Ben Cornell
Fifty poems with an environ- Philip Gross and zoologist Nick Handbuilt fitted bedrooms
mental theme were selected from Davies from 'The Really Wild + Freestanding furniture made
some 300 entries by children at Show,' were asked to judge the
primary schools across the town to entries. to order
appear in the full colour booklet "The standard of poems is ex- 1 + Manufactured individually to
entitled Our World, illustrated with tremely high and it was very diffi- "' customer requirements
pictures of animals, birds, butter- cult to select which should appear + All finishes - hardwood, softwood,
flies and pollution. in the book," said Marion. "The
Marion O'Sullivan from the children have a real concern for sprayed etc.
NERC planning and communica- the environment which shines Woodworking since 1969: an excellent finish
tions directorate said the inspira- through in the poems." guaranteed, at an affordable price
tion for the project came from the Three thousand copies were
premature death of NERC direc- printed. Most have been circu- Tel: 01793 526335
tor Dr Richard Paul and the poems lated to the schools and libraries.
written by his daughters Susana While stocks last, copies are avail-
and Victoria. able free of charge from Marion
They and two published poets, O'Sullivan at NERC on 411623. A A AAAAr

First birthday for dentists V ILL
Staff and patients at Shaw Dental Practice will
celebrate its first anniversary on 3 November. \j7
Set up by John and Brigitte 1WII
Wilkinson, who have lived in West 752'
Swindon for 13 years, at Ramleaze
House, Shaw Village Centre, the
practice has expanded rapidly and
now has a waiting list for new
patients.
It has been an exciting first year,
not without its surprises, said,
John. "The builders installed a
rather intimidating reception desk
which looked like a wall; we had it
rebuilt to be more patient friendly.
Then there was the computer fail-
ure which meant we did not know
which patient would arrive next
for their appointment. The only
serious events were a couple of
power failures whilst treating
somebody, but we coped."
The growth of the practice has Vacancy
been mainly due to an initial arti- Due to a member of staff leaving
cle in The Link last year and then the area, the practice is looking
word of mouth. "The good loca- for a new nurse to join the team.
ti on and welcoming premises has Enquiries from experienced den-
helped us a lot," said Brigitte. "We tal nurses or keen novices are wel-
would like to thank all those who come. Training and support will
have helped us establish Shaw Vil- be provided. For details, call
lage Dental Practice." 877422. IA„ Near Evening Advertiser building I ^ AI N