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The Link Maaazine • December 2003 29
Don't let the baddies spoil D & L Blinds
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This may be the season of goodwill, but there are always a few who Pleated Blinds • VELUX® products for the Artist,
will take the opportunity to spoil it for you. So Jean Goncalves, Crafter and Student
manager of the Safer Swindon Shop in Havelock Street and Swindon Conservatory Blinds D.M.C. Main Agency
Police Crime Prevention Officers, Geoff Suffolk and Paul Cook, are QUALITY BLINDS AT Daylight Lamps Stockist
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Good advice for a crime free Christmas R-blinds, London, etc.e
ing battery pow- Beads and sequins
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ered personal Craft products
Full fitting service available
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ultra violet property pens free of • Try not to leave mobile phones Re-upholstery of dining chairs, foam Cross stitch & tapestry kits
charge to mark all those Christmas and wallets on tables, or drinks cut to size. leatherette, cloth & table coverings DMC Main Agents
gifts. unattended where they could be
Geoff said, "personal alarms and spiked; 33 Havelock Street
securities reduce the fear of crime • Try not to walk home alone. Go Swindon
and work most successfully when home in pairs or groups and stick Tel: 01793 536778
applied with common sense." to well lit pathways avoiding I 1 Apsley House Arcade, Wootton Bassett I
The team have come up with a poorly lit areas such as alleyways
list of advice points to act on to and subways;
reduce the opportunity for crime: • Set up a Neighbourhood Watch
• Have a plan to get home safely Scheme and keep an eye out for ld Bell Potter
by ordering a taxi in advance, keep criminals in your street;
some money for a taxi fare, or de- • Write your postcode on your
presents with a permanent ultra & Crafts
Be seen in the violet pen;
• After Christmas do not leave High Street, Lechlade • Tel: 01367 252608
dark with a empty cardboard boxes from your
presents outside your home; it's a E-mail: [email protected]
great safety aid great tip off as to what might be 6 _
Here's an idea which will make inside. Take boxes to the dump or
an excellent Christmas gift for a break them down, hiding the brand fi r
child, walker or cyclist, or any- names and have them collected for C1 rf r o
body working where they need to recycling;
be seen. • Don't let anyone in, whatever
the so-called emergency, until you In the Knitting Wool & Haberdashery Room
have thoroughly checked their Sewing needs: X-stitch — Tapestry — Rowan;
identification card or 'phoned the Jaeger — Patons — Yarns and Patterns
utility. You must be 100 per cent
happy that callers are genuine. If We'll also gladly order anything you need.
you have elderly or vulnerable In the Shop: Dolls houses & miniatures,
friends, please remind them of the
y
bogus official and 'call a friend traditional games & to s; local craft items
scheme', it may help prevent them
from becoming a victim; In the Stable
• Remove all presents and belong-
The Grippaglow is a high vis- ings from view when parking in A great selection of
ibility flourescent easy-release car parks or outside your home; local pottery.
band which can be worn around • If the car radio / CD player has a Also: China seconds
the arm or waist. What makes it removable front panel, take it with
unique is a ring of bright flashing you; do not hide it in the glove from Stoke-on-Trent
LEDs powered by a watch battery compartment or under the seat.
which can be seen up to a 1,000 For further advice, information, In the Garden
metres away. personal alarms and free UV pens, Pots, planters &
They cost £13. Place your order contact the Safer Swindon Shop on
at Safer Swindon Shop in Havelock 525114 or Swindon Police Crime ornaments from around the world
Street or call The Link on 872282. Prevention Department on 528111. Open: Mon to Sat 10am to 5pm • Sun 1lam to 5pm