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6 FRESHBROOK & GRANGE PARK
Drugs talk for parents
Meet your PC
At a recent Neighbourhood Safety
Beat officer PC Rob Mortimer, below, is restarting his twice monthly surgeries at Freshbrook community
centre as part of the Freshbrook Neighbourhood Safety Team (NeST) initiative. Team (NeST) meeting in Fresh-
brook, concerns about drugs mis-
Lau d at has been the need for more contact spend £5,000 on graffiti removal use were discussed. As a result
the end of Octo- with the police and PC Mortimer and other improvements at Fresh- Druglink is holding a special drop
ber, in response will be able to discuss crime mat- brook village centre. in session for parents and other
to the Crime and ; ters face to face on Monday 8 May, • Drugs - see right for action people who may be concerned
Disorderbill, the 7pm to 8pm and Thursday 25 May, NeST is interested in hearing of about drugs misuse.
NeSTworkswith 10am to llam. crime and safety concerns in Fresh- It takes place on Wednesday 17
Freshbrook and Other issues raised by NeST: brook and Grange Park. May, 7pm to 8.30pm at Freshbrook
Grange Park resi- • The need to involve young peo- If you /yourgroup/organisation Community Centre. It is an oppor-
dents to identify pie in community safety issues. wish to attend a meeting, contact tunity to find out more about drugs
both local safety Five discussion sessions are to be Miriam Minty, Crime and Disor- and their affects, and what parents
concerns and ef- organised to give them a voice. der Co-ordinator on 466510. might look out for if they are con-
fective solutions • Graffiti. Swindon Council is to cerned about their children.
which will improve the quality of
life for all in the community.
A major issue raised by NeST Half a century together
Fifty years ago Ron and Doris Packer from Grange Park enjoyed their honeymoon week in Edinburgh,
and it cost them thirteen pound and four shillings (£13.20), the equivalent of three weeks wages.
Ij jTa Ij[it. [ 7 the Waverley Hotel • ' was seventeen and rationing which was still in force.
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Their first night in
Ron says he and Doris have a
was made even more
our ups and downs, been penni-
mobile apprentice-
magical when the _ "" • had started an auto- good life together. "We've had
flood lights on Edin- ship and Doris was less and homeless, but have a
• • burgh Castle were still at school. They smashing family. We've always
switched on for the knew of each other remembered our marriage vows:
first time since the be- through their church for better, for worse, for richer, for
• _ fore the war. where they later be- poorer, in sickness and in health."
Ron, 73, and Doris, - came Sunday school Doris said their belief in the
•• • • • • • 71, who moved to g teachers. strength of family has seen them
• • • Swindon in 1997 to be Their courting through. "I feel proud that we've
• • near their daughter, enjoyed a fam- lasted six years whilst Ron corn- stuck together. We've always had
ily dinner party at the DeVere on pleted his apprenticeship and serv- a supportive family network
• • • 15 April and a blessing at All Saints ice with the RAF. It snowed on around us whilst our children were
• • • • Church, Lydiard Millicent the fol- their wedding day, but all the growing up, and we now have their
lowing day. guests had a good time despite support as we grow older."

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