Page 1 - link magazine
P. 1

'I H E                     No. 250 • March 2003 • Circulation 22,000         THE BATTERY
                                                                                        SHOP
                                                                                        Car batteries from £24.99
                                                                                        6v & 1 2v motorbike batteries
                                                                                        Leisure batteries from £31.67
                                                                                        Mobility batteries in stock
                                                                                        Cordless phone batteries
                                                                                        from £7.99
                                                                                        A/C model batteries & chargers
                                                                                        Ride-on electric toy batteries
                                                                                        from £15.99
                                                                                        46 Manchester Rd, Swindon
                      we pus►r►ve newsjarce in .^ w►nc►an                                     01793 421509
                                                                                         www                uk
                        and the swindon wide what's on guide

      Expeditioners chill out                                           Nobby Abby's fund
                                                                                      Tickets on sale for event at
                                                                         on a         Lydiard House. See page 34
                                       A                                ^   h         Pharmacies under threat
                                                                          ^°^^ Are we seeing the last of a valuable
                                                                     Mayor's attendant community  service. See page 10.
                                                                     and chauffeur Nobby
                                                                     Clarke's boyhood
                                                                     dream was to become
                                               :;:•:  ^; ti          a jockey.
                                                             t         Read how he and
                                                                     Mayor Stan Pajak
                                                                     went to the races with
                                                                     members of the Food
                                                :•,^'_'®.;,^t^ and Friends lunch
                                                                     club at Freshbrook
                                                                     Community Centre on
                                                                     page 2.
                                                                                       Mfiaajah
                                                                      Left, Nobby with head
    Arctic racer Norman Butler meets DofE Gold hikers                 cook Carol Gibbons
      Sabrina Sheikh and Danny Whiting on page 30                    and Olive Dobson         Fully licenced
                                                                                         Tandoori & Balti Restaurant
     Wiltshire Festival  Book dedicated                                                 6 High Street, Purton
     organiser is UK's                                                                   Tel: 01793 770998/770253
                            to children                     TNT
      top events man        and staff at                                                    Fax: 01793 770998
                                                                    ^ o-^' •v.
    Read about Andy Cotton                       is r YE           c^,o•^..,M
    from Middleleaze who  Westlea School                                                   Free takeaway delivery
    received an award in  In March former head-                                          incl. West & North Swindon
    February.            teacher  Neil  Griffiths                                       Open: 7 days a week, 5.30pm to midnight
       Below, Andy gives  publishes a new children's                                           (i ncl Bank Holidays)
      Samantha Fox aside                                                                 Sunday lunch: 12noon - 2.30pm
                         book about a flamingo who
                         overcomes all of life's
                                                                                          The Maharajah    From
                         challenges, in memory of                                        Free
                                                                                         park nq  I.n.n  IuLr n Road  w, a
                         the many happy years                                                              p^0ey
                                                                                                           kleads
                         working at Westlea School.                                       ^ymard
                         See page 32.                                                    Mlllicenl  I  '   parcells
             ,_
          1f3^f
                         Right,  Neil with book                                               !  _:.  rr.:  S\„r,.
                         illustratorJudithBlake from
                         Grange Park, and Ringo                                           www.themaharajah.co.uk
                         the Flamingo
   1   2   3   4   5   6