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The Link Magazine • July 2004
Is your PC Council chamber log jam broken
bugging you? uklinks4 After several years of no party having overall control of Swindon
Borough Council, the Conservatives gained a majority at the local
elections on 10 June.
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165 Whitworth Road, Rodbourne
01793 321361 We do! Steve Wakefield (Con) Cheney. Tel: 490182
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Tel: 881962 Peter Stoddart (Con) 16 Portmore
E-mail: [email protected] Close, Sparcells. Tel: 879127
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(inc. The Prinnells) Justin Tomlinson (Con) 68 Raven-
glass Road, Westlea. Tel: 873883
Peter Greenhalgh (Con)
50 Goldsborough Close; Eastleaze Haydon Wick
Tel: 878146 Ian Dobie (Con), 21 Darius Way,
Abbey Meads. Tel: 706463
Geraldine Robertson (Lib Dem)
4 Sheen Close, Grange Park Wayne Lawley (Con)
Tel: 877356 43 High Street. Haydon Wick
Chris Sheppard (Lib Dem) Tel: 07665 694332
22 Tyburn Close, Grange Park David Renard (Con) 5 Borage
Tel: 631033 Close, Haydon Wick. Tel: 638552
Shaw & Nine Elms Moredon (inc. Woodhall Park,
(inc. Ramleaze, Middleleaze, Pembroke Park, Taw Hill)
Peatmoor & Sparcells) Maureen Caton (Lab) 32 Carraway
Nick Martin (Con) 12 Gartons Road, Drive, Woodhall Park. Tel: 724029
Middleleaze. Tel: 870705 Colin Lovell (Con), 17 Ashlar Court,
Douglas Stewart (Con) Marlborough Road, Old Town.
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Post office plan goes through
Swindon Council's planning committee has passed plans by Tesco to
... "kgood... extend its Shaw Village Centre shop to accommodate both the com-
pany's expansion plans and the existing post office.
Shaw residents rose up in April and May to protest against Tesco's
proposals to close the post office. A 2,500 name petition and a picket of
the Tesco superstore in Ocotal Way encouraged the company to recon-
sider its moves, whilst pressure in the background from local council-
cowA2 lors and South Swindon MP Julia Drown helped ram the negative
community relations message home.
\-\e Ye George Tweed Gardens sheltered flats' resident Jean Waller was
SUtMw^Y delighted when Julia rang her. "It's excellent news, we're all delighted
that Tesco saw sense in our demands and changed its mind. There were
Tleat yourself at Secrets Boay times I thought we would not win, but our loud protests were heard."
Now Jean and fellow protestors will be battling to preserve the open
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