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OLD TOWN Putting the front garden record straight
from the action group point of view
HARDWARE
Bath Road Corner
THE NEW BUSINESS Old Town. Tel: 534271 Terry King, chairman of FRAG (Front Garden Action Group) writes
WITH Readers of The Link may have seen As they have not done so yet, and
STOCKISTS OF various letters in the local press or because we had no other option,
THE OLD LIMMEX heard football supporters on local we began legal action on 1 March
ALL LEADING
EPUTATION radio, alleging that we are against and expect the case to be heard in
BRANDS Mr Brady's proposal for a sports the High Court, London by mid-
complex in the south-west corner of 2001.
If we win this fight on behalf of
14 Wood Street SWINDON'S FAMILY the Front Garden, near Blagrove thousands of Swindonians, we
industrial estate.
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Old Town May we repeat what we said when foresee the Front Garden becoming
Swindon Est. 1920 we first heard the proposal in about a country park, for the benefit of all,
April 2000, and have confirmed retaining farms and adding public
Tel: (01793) 433331 several times in the media: we did paths, picnic/barbecue areas.
not object to his initial proposal. We fitness trails, wildlife hides and
gave it a cautious welcome several viewing areas with maps
providing it was not a 'foot in the and seating.
door' for later housing development. Meanwhile we thank the public
ANTIQUES & ALL PINS This is still our view. We have a list for the wonderful response to our
of over twenty practical objections legal fund appeal, which has raised
The traditional bed specialist
to housing development, such as sufficient for the case to be heard.
In wood, brass, cast noise, pollution, flooding, but they Any funds remaining after the case
• and forged metal. i lI are not relevant to a sports complex. will be donated to local charities.
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costume jewellery.
See our new range of reclaimed carved pine.
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WE'RE BIGGER

It was only after Mr Brady formed Additional donations can still be
THAN YOU THINK! a property company, some ten paid in at any Lloyds/TSB quoting
FRAG Legal Fund, account number
months after the examination-in-
public of November 1999 and 4355181.
Home Bedroom announced that he wanted to build • Information up dates are avail-
houses on the Front Garden, that
able at www.swindon.org.uk/frag
Co-ordinate Showroom we objected to houses, not to a Terry King can be contacted on
stadium. 487154.
We have fought foroverfouryears
to prevent housing development, Council stands up to
using the same arguments that stadium developer
Thamesdown Borough Council had
successfully used when defeating pressure
development proposals several A special meeting of Swindon coun-
times during the 1980's up to April cillors on 18 April rejected demands
1997. Swindon Borough Council from the development consortium
then became a unitary authority headed up by Mr Brady that the
and soon did a 'U' turn, proposing council make an immediate com-
development on the Front Garden mitment to sell 125 acres for the
G nathan ,I because they now owned 500 of its stadium leisure complex and hous-
750 acres and saw it as an easy ing to Swindon Town Property Ltd.
a
LA- ____ S lumhe ^ ► nd . . source of revenue despite the many A report to councillors made it
obvious drawbacks, such as clear that Swindon taxpayers would
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YOUR 0D OCCASIONAL FURNITURE flooding, archaeological sites, lose significantly if the land was
FIRESIDE CHAIRS canal, wildlife, noise, pollution and sold before services had been in-
BED DISPOSED OF
loss of recreational amenity. stalled. But the council agreed that
The fight is not yet over. So many STPL should be treated as a 'pre-
Spillers Furnishings & Bed Centre events have occurred since ferred developer' and to continue
ESTABLISHED 1843 • SERVING SWINDON FOR OVER 150 YEARS November 1999 and there is so negotiations until December.
much public opposition to the Mr Brady has warned that his
council plans, that we believe the continued financial backing for the
council should have reconsidered club is in doubt. However another
the situation and withdrawn their developer is proposing a stadium
proposal. to the east of the town.