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40 The Link Magazine • May 2003
Alors. Haydon Wick getting closer to France
Representatives of La Garenne-Colombes who visited Haydon Wick in February were impressed with
J.F.K the reception they received when they visited the area in March and have confirmed that they are keen
BUILDING to establish formal links with the parish.
With this in mind, an official The Haydon steering committee is put forward ideas on how the rela-
SERVICES party, including the mayor of the keen for as many parishioners and tionship should develop. For more
town, will be making a one day local organisations as possible to details, contact parish council
Extensions, Alterations, visit on 31 May. In return parish join in the twinning process and to clerk, Sue Martin on 722446.
councillor Phil Eagle, chairman of
Renovations the twinning steering committee Already connected
All aspects of garden and other local representatives will Villagers in Lydiard Millicent and its meeting at the Bolingbroke Arms
construction including fencing be visiting La Garenne-Colombes the parish of Lydiard Tregoze re- on Thursday 8 May, 7.30pm where
on 20 June when the French town
All general building work established an ancient connection arrangements for welcoming 70 peo-
entertains visitors from Wengen, with a group of eight small vil- ple from Normandy on 29 May to 1
Tel: Mr J.F. Keenan its German twinning partner. lages in the district Tessy sur Vier June will be discussed.
La Garenne-Colombes is situ-
(01793) 727824 ated four miles to the north of Paris in Normandy some ten years ago. A variety of intercultural ex-
and has a population of 24,000. The area was home to Robert of change activities are planned, in-
Troisgots before he was given the cluding friendly matches between
Lydiards after the 1066 invasion. junior and senior football teams.
PALM JOINERY The Lydiards' Twinning Associa- For more information call Bob
tion will welcome new members at Penfold on 635327.
Unit 10. Oaklands Ind Est. Braydon. Swindon
Tel/Fax: 01793 854 777
Air attack Swindon
Design, make & fitting services
I Following Sheila Povey's article in the April Link, commenting on a
Guaranteed quality
question put to the reference library in the March edition about the
craftmanship
y
Let its l:etp ou unlock I times the town was bombed during World War II and describing the
day the gas works in Rodbourne Road was straffed by a German
your imagination
aircraft, John Partridge from Penhill contacted us to tell us that he
Fitted and freestanding furniture, witnessed a different attack.
household items including: I
Handmade bedrooms & kitchens Sheila listed a GWR works hooter
Doors, windows, stairs, mouldings, For free & friendly advice on our I number of raids from went to warn of an air
radiator covers and fire surrounds. full range of Gutter/Fascia systems professionally the Rodbourne Chen- raid. I heard this
Flat packs assembled ey School log which all dronning and saw
installed and guaranteed, CALL US ON show afternoon inci- from my bedroom this
• Standard sizes and designs available SWINDON 855700/855800
Please ask for items not listed Unit 23 & 24 Oaklands Ind, Est Braydon. Swindon dents, but John says • Junkers 88 if I remem-
there was one in the ber right turning for a
morning. run in on the gas
"I was 14 , in the works. I just stood
summer of 1943 and there looking out of my
was living in 1a bedroom window, it
Rodbourne Road John in his Navy was so clear that I was
r, FREE FITTING backing onto the Swin- uniform in 1945 able to see the mark-
don Gloucester railway line, over- ings and the pilot in the cockpit.
SELECT AT HOME looking the gas works. I was a "Then my mum shouted at me to
telegram boy running all over town get under cover as the gas works
delivering messages, and did fire was really close to the house."
BUY DIRECT watch duty three nights a week on If you can throw any more light
top of the post office. on raids on the town, contact The
"It was about Sam when the Link, see page 4.
v NOW 9am - 9pm any day
should be sent by 9th of the month
LETTERS TO THE LINK to the address of page 4
Palestine and Israel
Swindon & Surrounds From Mrs K Bissell, Rit'enhall Road, Westlea
Thank you for publishing the arti-
tics. It is time that we spoke out
cle on Palestine in the April edi- about these injustices and articles
tion. This highlighted the plight of such as the one you published must
Palestinians who are killed or ar- be read and acted upon.
rested and their refugee camps I have no doubt that you will
•1193 814983 destroyed. receive letters opposing your arti-
cle from people who have closed
These ordinary people are de-
nied basic medical care and there their eyes and covered their ears to
are constant food and water short- the pleas of the Palestinian people,
ages. These basic human rights are accusing those of us who speak
If no reply 0800 212532 denied, yet we stand back and do outasbeinganti-Semitic. The same
nothing except throw a few UN people will refuse to believe that
*off current prices on selected ranges resolutions in their direction and the atrocities are happening and
e-mail us at [email protected] quietly make utterances of disbe- that the Palestinian men, women
lief. and children are suffering episodes
of rape, abuse, torture and ulti-
This travesty can only be re-
ban solved by peaceful negotiations mately ethnic cleansing. There
'wars', only vic-
are no winners in
that would give justice to both the
Palestinians and Israelis, not by
using weapons andoppressivetac- tims and they must be heard be-
fore they are silenced forever.