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4 The Link Magazine • March 2000
Talk to Swindonians
PHILIP STONE
in the know
PAINTER & Link magazine publisher Roger Ogle had the
DECORATOR daunting task of speaking to 120 experienced
Swindonians at the ex-railway workers weekly
social meeting in the Central Community Cen-
For a high standard
tre in early February.
of work What was planned as a 15 minute talk turned
References available into an hour long question and answer session.
'We like The Link' say former railway staff, from
Telephone now for a left, Gordon and Jan Averies, Dave and Pam Ellis,
Ken May and Alan Lambourn
FREE ESTIMATE
Tel: 870515 or Crunch meeting for Mechanics Institute
Mobile 0374 - 208527 A meeting between three heritage organisations and officers from Swindon Borough Council is being
called on 17 March to try and find a way forward for the crumbling Mechanics Institute in the town centre.
Representatives from English
Heritage, the Architectural Herit-
1^^ age Fund and the Industrial Build
ings Preservation Trust are sup
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ers in the past.
Tel: 01793 522700
Fax: 01793 335800 They have called on Swindon
i
I: [email protected] Council to support their project. It
is currently owned by a developer.
Free daily newspapers
w & Used for 50 lucky readers

Newspaper delivery service,
'e Furniture Swindon News Round, is hoping
to raise £1,000 for the Prospect
Hospice when it launches in West
Swindon.
The chair Already established in North
Swindon and parts of Sparcells,
that supports the company guarantees delivery
before 7.30am.
the parts that To celebrate expansion in the
west, Swindon News Round is of-
fering free daily newspapers for a
others don't week from 12 March to the first 50
readers to register.
Sole stockist in Swindon And for each customer who
signs up with the service, the com-
^herapod® pany will donate £5 to their fa-
vourite charity, the Prospect Hos- Hooray for Gillian
pice. There was a cheer around the Pros-
Swindon News Round manag- pect Foundation Office for Gillian
ing director, Malcolm Gayfer said, Richardson when she was voted
In house CAD "we are aiming to donate £1,000 to 'first person in the news in the new
design service available for Prospect if at least 200 customers millennium' after her photograph
apply. We can supply magazines appeared in the January Link.
all new furniture installations and comics just like any other She coordinates fundraising
newsagent. On a note of consid- boxes which raise well over £100,00
For all your office requirements: eration, if you are leaving another a year towards the £1.8million an-
supplier we would ask they be nual running costs of the hospice,
Choice OFFICE FURNITURE given seven days notice as a mat- eighty per cent of which comes
ter of courtesy." from voluntary sources.
BSS House, Unit 22, Cheney Manor, Swindon To register for this service, call New boxes can be obtained at
Open: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm. Saturday gam to 1p 522700, gam to 5pm, answerphone any of Swindon's five Prospect
at other times. charity shops or by calling Gillian
Tel: 01793 521212 • Fax: 01793 534410
e-mail:[email protected] on 815142