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10 TOOTHILL
School looked to the past and into the future
A time capsule has been hidden somewhere in Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School, to be opened in another twenty years,
examined and perhaps added to by children not yet born.
Inside, the children [[[ ^^^jjj^^^''' teacher was Margaret
of the future will find Williams, who later became
a photo album, net a ,^ I r head of the infants school
door
ball andfootball re- e- N kr t _f .4- ^ f when e it was built n next doo
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sults, poems and in- ' ;- jl three years later.
terviews with teach- ,, . /^ ^ ^ One girl referred to the visit
ers, the caretaker and f r , 4 • ! by the old gentleman in the
the lollipop lady. r+ '' k :. Father Christmas gown
Opened by the late " - thinkingperhaps thatBishop
Bishop Oliver + _ Oliver had arrived late.
Tomkins, the former r' . - :;1wr He spoke of the importance
Bishop of Bristol, in • I. ' of the church aided school to
May 1980, at a cost of ' the newly formed ecumeni-
£273,00, the head- calexperimentinWestSwin-
don and its role in the grow-
Centre could get more CCTV ing estates of Toothill and Fresh-
brook, where only about 2,500
In the continuing battle to clean up Toothill Village Centre, there are hopes that more closed circuit TV houses had been occupied.
cameras to catch vandals and graffiti taggers could be installed. On 19 July, the Bishop of Swin-
Graffiti was removed from ily pressure washed off." don Michael Doe blessed the chil-
Toothill Community Centre's Toothill Community Centre dur- The community centre manage- dren at the school, those who have
Millennium Fun Day ing August and work should soon ment installed external cameras attended during the last twenty
start on removing it from shops, around the building two years ago, years, and those who have to yet to
Saturday 16 September street lights and other street furni- and they are hoping that Swindon come.
Toothill Village Centre
ture. Money is also being spent on Council will agree to more so that Present headteacher Rev An-
Car boot sale 10am to 2pm cutting back trees and shrubs to vandals will be deterred. drew Pagett, who took over as head
Bouncy castle, face painting, improve sight lines and generally • The centre management com- in 1983, said over 1,000 children,
stalls from 2pm. tidy up the environment. mittee is looking for more people 50 teachers and dozens of other
Family games at 3pm Centre administrator Annette to join to help run the building. staff had passed through the
Bar-B-Q 4pm to 6pm Kennedy said it was great to have If you have a few hours a month school. "The assembly was to thank
graffiti removed from the build- to spend to attend meetings, and God for all those who have at-
Live music by Fa2ze, ing. "The council has done an ex- tended and worked at the school,
8pm to 11 pm also to get involved in activities to
cellentcleaningjob. Thebrickwork make the building attractive to the to celebrate the school as it is today
For car boot, stall and ticket has been coated with a special bar- community, call Annette Kennedy and ask his blessing on all of our
bookings, call 614492
rier so that spray paint can be eas- on 614492 on weekday mornings. plans for the future."

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