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The Link Magazine • August 2004
First community outing
PARKING
for new mayor
CENTRAL SWIND Swindon's new mayor, councillor Peter Stoddart, was
quickly into his stride when he attended the Brook
Annual long stay Field School Caribbean carnival summer fair on 26
June.
parking from only Coun Stoddart had been invested as the town's first
£63.00 per month citizen the previous afternoon at the first meeting of the
new Swindon Council. Because of the European elections
r
Contact Christine Jenkins earlier in June, p evious mayor Derek Benfield served for
an extra month beyond the civic year which usually
Tel: 01793-690600
changes in May. Coun Stoddart will only serve for eleven
months before the deputy mayor coun Ray Fisher takes
up office in May 2005.
kLIk The Mayor with Caribbean kids at Brook Field, from left,
y
your partner in business Danielle Spiers, Abigail Davidson, Lucy and Ja nes Medcraft
and Ainanda Butler, chair of the Friends of Brook Field School

Mechanics' change by stealth
Having had a proposal to knock down a significant part of the
CURTAINS TO SATISFY EVERY REQUIREMENT Mechanics' Institute stalled by English Heritage, the building's
owner Matthew Singh is trying a different tactic.
• Free estimating, design and advice A planning application has been don Council and to English Herit-
• Home visits by appointment received by Swindon Council to age.
redevelop only the south end of The earlier application for a
Make-up and fitting service the building to incorporate apart- glass-faced hotel still awaits a de-
ments and offices, whilst leaving cision at the Government Of fice of
pe eeeee„ the rest untouched for the time the South West. In the meantime
being. roof repairs have begun. The trust
However, opponents of the views this as a drop in the ocean
I
change of use of the Grade II listed compared with the lack of vision
building from community to com- for the whole building that could
mercial use, say that piecemeal restore local access and use.
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change is unacceptable. Swindon misses out on
Martha Parry of the New Me- Restoration competition
AND chanics' Trust, said, "this wonder- Swindon Mechanics will be fea-
ful legacy must not be nibbled
BLINDS away in bits and pieces; an overall tured on 25 July, 10pm on BBC4,
following the 9pm BBC2 Restora-
plan has to be presented which
OF ALL KINDS preserves its integrity and impor- tion programme. The producers
tance. This new application again were keen to include the building
• Wooden in the main competition but it was
offers no supporting conservation
• Venetian strategy as required for develop- barred because it is not in public
• New linen ing listed buildings. ownership.
"If apartments were permitted,
• Roman
the next application could be for
• Verticals anything - a hotel or perhaps a
• Roller casino. The people of Swindon
should not be further insulted with
• New Eastern materials
a succession of planning applica-
tions."
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