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10 SHAW AND ROUGHMOOR
Sweet gift with a local flavour

Here's a Christmas present with a difference - honey made by bees visiting gardens in Shaw and the rest of West Swindon.
Kaz and Danny Kobylec started flavour whereas hawthorn gives a Marlborough Downs that pro-
keeping bees three years ago when dark, rich honey. Kaz explained, duces further varieties. The honey
a swarm arrived near their home "Many supermarket honeys are is produced to strict EU regula-
on Old Shaw Lane. blended from cheap honey mixed tions as bees are classed as animals
Unable to get anyone to remove with something like acacia to give rather than insects because they
it Kaz literally took things into his it some flavour. Our honey has produce food forhumanconsump-
own hands by collecting the bees flavours you won't get from a su- tion.
and taking them back to his gar- permarket honey." As well as being a natural sweet-
den. They have since gone on to As the bees roam up to two miles ener honey also contains vitamins,
win many awards including a first from the hive, the flavour of Shaw calcium and minerals. Some of
prize at the Wiltshire Honey Show. House honey comes from the nec- Kaz and Danny's regular custom-
The taste of honey depends on tar produced by flowers growing ers buy honey for its medicinal
the flowers that the bees collect in West Swindon gardens. properties for conditions such as
nectar from. For example, clover Keeping bees is not as hazard- hay fever, asthma and as a natural
and fruit blossom give a light, mild ous as it sounds. "Honey bees are antibiotic. If a thin smear of honey
quite placid so long as you keep is rubbed on a wound it will dry to
them fed," said Kaz. form a covering with germ killing
They also have an apiary on the properties.
f
. l L air b Sarah z ,^ £,- It's more than the thought that Golden flavours produced by Kaz
and his West Swindon bees
MOBILE HAIRDRESSER i counts in Shaw House honey. In
each jar is both the effort of all of Shaw House honey is limited,
Would like to thank those hard working bees and the but Kaz and Danny have honey
all her customers and talents of local gardeners. And from their Marlborough hives and
this unusual giftwillalsogivegood other local beekeepers. You can
wish them a
health to the receiver. buy the honey from Shaw House,
Merry Christmas and The wet summer means stocks 21 Old Shaw Lane.
a Happy New Year
For appointments Gas supplier backs school team
in December call Youngsters at Peatmoor community primary school have secured a
01793 882186 deal with gas distribution company Transco to sponsor their football
squad.
The team made up of nine boys and one girl will be wearing the blue
and white strip when they play other schools in the West Swindon
schools 7 a-side league.
Headteacher Terri Peacock said she was delighted to have a corpo-
rate sponsor on board. "Our team will be proud to carry the Transco
Me rry4. Mrs Peacock, far right, and the Peatmoor players receiving the kit from
name into the community."
Transco local manager Colin Townsend
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As reported in the November Link, Julia Amies-Green has taken up
Dupont Stainshield the lottery funded post of Community Facilitator at Peatmoor com-
Protects against spills and munity primary school.
Deodorising Treatment Julia, right, has the task opened on Thursdays from
Leaves carpets & fabric of finding out what the 2pm to 4pm during term
smelling fresh people want to see hap- a , s time to provided a place for
pening at the community residents to meet.
Phone now for free n rooms and has launched Although located in Peat-
a poster campaign and a moor Julia would also like
193 survey of Peatmoor and to receive comments from
Sparcells in a question- readers living in other ar-
eas.
ULTRA C LEA nacre distributed with The To contact her call 887473 or drop
Link.
Some changes are already into Peatmoor Primary School at
Open: Mon - Fri 9.00am -
underway. The 'Coffee Pot' has Peatmoor village centre.