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2 The Link Magazine • September 2000
Looking at Swindon... together
THE WOODLANDS EDGE
The Sun has hailed the town for attracting Honda. New Statesman
Peatmoor Lagoon, off Mead Way, West Swindon journalist Judy Jones slagged Swindon off and its leaders.
What's your view? On Saturday 23 September, there's a chance to talk
Tel: (01793) 887635 about our town at a conference to discuss the town's past, present and
We ^edek ty eScd future, from the 'bottom up.'
ft% Organised by the New Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust, the
event is open to anybody living in Swindon who has views on its future
• Free play facilities and wants to express them in an independent forum.
for 4 to 9 year olds Architect George Ferguson, who was involved in a successful cam-
• Great value menu paign to change the Cannons Marsh water front development in Bristol,
• Smoke free areas will speak about how citizens can have an effective voice.
Organisers say the conference will give maximum time for people to
• Mig screen TV
participate in giving their views. See page 21 for details.
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Not going, just yet
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Last month we interviewed Keith Burke, headteacher of Shaw Ridge
School, about his retirement. The article may have mystified parents,
LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUALITY? upset children and confounded education officials.
We understood he was cised the huge and con-
deter ^albraith departing at the end of tinuous pressures im-
But
posed on teachers.
the summer term, but he
does not leave until the '- now that his views are out
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In the interview Mr Burke criti- their own axe to grind."

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