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24 The Link Magazine • August 2000
Dramatic costumes on display
Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet are not coming to Firefighter Tim Elliott at Westlea Fire Station writes
Swindon, but you can see the costumes they wore in the excellent Once again Wiltshire Fire Bri- help by providing personnel with
BBC productions of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and gade has been given the opportu- access to the correct treatment, fa-
Wives and Daughters at Lydiard House throughout August. nity to collect money for the Fire cilities and assistance to get fit and
Open daily 10am - 5pm, closed 1pm - 2pm.
Sunday 2pm - 5pm. Admission: £l.20/60p
Events for children
26 July - 31 August: Colourful Costumes.
Drop in event for 4 to 8 year olds who can can
colour elegant costumes for their own stand-
up soldier or lady to take away. £1 admission
5 August, 11am - 1pm; 2pm - 4pm.
A Regency Riot
A chance for 5 to 11 year olds to travel back in
time as a Jane Austen character. Learn to play
croquet, collect and study bugs and try a dance
of the times. £2, book on 770401.
The Manor farm Estate
Open daily, loam - 6pm • Just 25 minutes from Swindon tion and was on a recuperation
Children's countryside activities
on a 40 acre farm park.
Ponies, rowing boats,
quad bikes, swimming, parties, playscheme, camping
Adults £3, children £2
The Manor Farm Education Centre, Burford Road,
Lechlade on Thames. Tel: 01367 253821
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Saturday 19th August
Sunday 20th August
10.00am - 5.00pm
The Science Museum, Wroughton
Wroughton Airfield, Swindon
A celebration of horse-drawn vehicles from
pony traps to the Harrods van. See Dray horses,
dressage, donkey carts, driving and much much more.
Grand Parade at 12.30pm
Science Museum hangars of aviation, road transport,
agriculture and carriages will be open
Admission: S5 adults,
concessions and children S1; under 5s free
Find us just off the A 4361 Devizes Road at M4 Junction 16 at night make sure it is never on Vevers on 564311 or Tim O'Donnell
Fire Brigade STEPS up collection efforts
Service National Benevolent Fund back to work, ready to serve you.
at the Wiltshire Festival in August. At the festival, we will not only
Every year thousands of fire- be collecting money for charity,
fighters face the prospect of injury fire crews will also display equip-
ment, appliances and give demon-
or worse as they try to help others.
These injuries often prevent them strations, as well as providing fire
from working and can put their safety advice. Do visit us.
If you wish to find out more
careers at risk if not treated prop-
erly. Their bravery saves lives, but about the fund or to make a dona-
sadly at a cost. The fund is able to tion, please call me on 487562.
Brave Belorussian visits fire station
Firefighters at Westlea station played host to fireman Fiodor Kounits
from the Chernobyl in Belorussia in late June.
As one of the last firefighters to
survive the disasterous fire at the
nuclear power plant over ten years
ago, he suffers the effects of radia-
visit in Westbury where there is a
long coonection with Chernobyl.
The Westlea firefighters were
pleased to show off their equip-
ment and to hear from Fiodor
about his experiences.
Speaking through his daughter,
he said, "this equipment is fantas-
tic; I've only seen it on TV."
Fiodor tries out road accident extrica-
tion machines at Westlea with help
from firefighter Tony Irwin
Criminals just love warmer weather
Summer has arrived and burglaries to homes where windows and
doors have been left insecure are increasing writes Swindon Crime
Prevention Officer Sergeant Chris Davies.
It's not the weather I look at. It's floor which can be reached by
my crime recording system which climbing walls, a flat roof or drain-
pipe.
tells me how many burglaries to
homes have been committed. Most • Ensure windows are only open
are crimes of opportunity and with a fraction and can be locked; you
windows and doors left open all might be surprised how small a
over the place it is the time of the
gap a burglar can squeeze through.
year that the burglar loves. • Take extra care when working
The figures tell a stark story. In in the garden, shed or on the car.
March 26% of burglaries in Swin- There are cases where a burglar
don were through an insecure door slips in behind the householder
or window. In April this figure whilst they're busy outside.
dropped to 22%, but then the nice
So help us by helping yourselves.
weather started and in May the A few minutes checking the house
figure rose dramatically to 41%. could save you the heartache of
Worse still, in June it reached 47%.
So last month it may have been becoming the victim of a burglary.
possible to halve the number of
Up for a jail break?
house burglaries just by taking a
bit more care. Swindon Round Table is looking
Please note the following: for teams of two to four people to
take part in a big escape on 8 and
• Before leaving the house make
sure that all your windows are se- 9 September.
curely shut and locked - never leave The aim is to get as far away as
any open, even a fraction. possible from Swindon and return
• Do this even if you are just pop- within 36 hours. Sponsored by
Lucent Technologies and Hilton
ping out for a minute. National, all funds raised will be
• At night make sure you shut donated to Scope, the national
and lock your doors and windows. cerebral palsy charity.
• If you must have a window open To find out more, call Mark
the ground floor or one on the first on 852892.