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City status Mall Madness
From Jeff Salter, Hoimleigh, Haydon Wick From Eddie Bedwell, Haydon Wick
Your assessment in February's Link My message to Swindon Bor- [email protected]
of the issues relating to Swindon's ough Council and our councillors I really do wonder why we need a ety - not more of the same.
recent bid for city status was re- is to forget city status. Concen- massive mall shopping area (Wal- What we really need is more
freshing. trate your efforts on managing re- Mart) within the middle of the youth, community and recrea-
I, for one, am not disappointed sources more effectively to make North Swindon housing develop- tional facilities for a start, both here
that Swindon'ss bid was unsuccess- Swindon a town every resident is ment. Can somebody justify it? and around the town. And yes,
ful. I have yet to see any explana- proud of; a town that is cared for, The size of the investment will local authority and central gov-
tion of the benefits of city status for a town with efficient local serv- require income generated by at- ernment should have the guts and
Swindon and its residents. If there ices, a town that we all feel part of. tracting people from a consider- forward planning to pay for it
are clear benefits, then I'm sure Visitors to Swindon would then able distance. Increased car and through our taxes.
that there would be wide support probably be much more positive coach trips from way outside the
for any future bid. The fact that the with their comments about the area seem inevitable just as now
failed bid was prepared so secre- town. occurs at the Great Western Outlet Lost number. Please call.
tively and by such a small group, But then, when has SBC or its Village - but only much more so. From Bobbie French, Shaw
indicates to me the underlying councillors actually listened to its Residents will have to live with To the lady who called in response
paucity of any case we might have, residents or lived in the real world? the consequences with a reduced to my article in the February Link
standard of environment. But why about the Swindon Salzgitter
Smoking in the Sainsbury's coffee shop should they? Twinning Association.
Not counting the big stores in
I'm sorry not to have contacted
From Ian Howard, Westlea the town centre I can think of eight you but I have lost your number.
In response to the article (February Link) about the policy by Sainsbury's large stores within a fifteen mile Please call me again on 340892.
Bridgemead to allow smoking in the coffee shop, I find it very hard to
understand this decision. I am sure that public opinion would produce radius of Swindon covering most, I am also looking for somebody
a strong call to end smoking in this public place as has happened if not all, general items. to meet over coffee from time to
We need more quality and vari- time to chat in German.
elsewhere. The West Swindon Centre has become a much nicer place
since smoking was banned a year ago.
It is not hard to imagine how much more pleasent the confined space Neutering offer
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male cats over 6 months, if you are
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