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38 The Link Magazine • March 2004

STEVE JEANS Monster measurements could win you a prize
Lawn & Jensons the popular tailoring, mens and school wear suppliers -
Garden Maintenance celebrating its twenty-fifth year - is running a competition for Link
readers.
s7 Lawn cutting All you have to do is pop into the shop at 124 Cricklade Road, Gorse
• General gardening Hill and take a look at the impressively large pair of trousers hanging
* Hedge cutting from the ceiling. Guess the waist and leg size and tell Peter Dore what
you think, or drop him a line at the shop.
s7 Fencing
You won't win the trousers, but you could walk off with £250 worth
s7 Turfing .
of clothing if your correct guess is drawn. The closing date is 17 March.
* Gravelling
* One-off or regular
customers welcome Gardens open up for Breakthrough
For regular reliable and Organisers of the increasingly popular West Swindon Open Gardens
friendly service call Steve Weekend are asking gardeners to invite visitors in for Father's Day:
Tel: 01793 536713 19 and 20 June, in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Mobile: 0794 1022 461 This will be the third year of the really like talking about the de-
eventsponsoredpartlybyTheLink. sign, the planting arrangements
Last year over £2,000 was raised. and exchanging ideas."
Most of the gardens have been Lesley hopes to organise a chil-
Garden Design and Maintenance in Nine Elms and Old Shaw Lane dren's quiz and will be serving tea
area but organiser Lesley Dredge and cakes, with volunteers, from
would like people from across her home in Old Shaw Lane.
Why not get some help from a plant specialist and RHS Chelsea
West and North Swindon to take To register your interest, call
medal winning designer
part. "There's a lovely community Lesley on 772869, or mail:
• Professional designs drawn to suit your needs/budget
atmosphere in the gardens; people [email protected]
• Imaginative planting plans for whole/part of your garden
• Plant supply and planting Share garden ideas in Haydon
• Garden maintenance - lawn care, shrub pruning, hedge Haydon Wick & District Garden Society, which holds monthly meet-
ings as well as an annual flower show in August and a summer
cutting, border renovation
outing, is actively seeking new members.
Ca//John or Anita Barratt ND HortA I Hort The annual cost is £2 with no additional monthly fee. For details call
on Swindon (01793) 751403 for further information Clair or Mike Abbott on 606045.
Anita Barratt Garden Design
LETTERS TO THE LINK
Stop feeding nuts to blue tits
From: June Skeels, Westlea them, folk need to know peanuts
When I moved to Westlea in Feb-
; blue tits that roosted on the hedges must be taken off the menu from
ruary 1985 there were hundreds of
March as something in them af-
w^IWB along the footpath opposite Inter- fects the blue tits' eggs, so when
they sit on them the eggs crush.
graph, leading to the underpass at
Mannington.
There are other seeds that can be
Now I never see one. Is this due given, so lets boost the numbers of
to humans being 'good' by feeding this cheeky little bird by'denying'
them peanuts? If we must feed them one of their preferred foods.
Unlit vehicles and cyclists
Every morning about lam I walk with lights and reflective strips.
down to the local shop to buy the Newsagents employ children to
paper and on my way I see the deliver papers and therefore, le-
same people and vehicles almost gally should ensure a safe work-
every day. ing practice. Likewise parents put
What surpises me are the a very low value on their child's
number of vehicles that drive safety by not checking their bikes
around all winter with only one and clothing.
headlight working, and sometimes What prompted me to write this
on dark days, with no lights on at letter was an incident one morn-
all. On frosty mornings driving ing recently when a driver in a
FREE DELIVEF whilst peering through a small rec- dark coloured car with only the
tangle cleared of frost on the wind- front nearside light working,
COMPETITIVE screen just adds to the dangers. drinking from a cup, nearly hit a
PRICES Cyclists are another group who newspaper boy who sped out of a
ride around with dark coloured side road without looking, and
OPEN 7 DAYS bikes, wearing dark clothing, with went across the road down an al-
no lights on, often on the wrong ley.
BUILDING MATERIALS side of the road or speeding out of The cyclist nearly hit me because
a side alley and not looking at who he was listening to his music and
Block paving • Driveways • Paths • Patios
or what is close by. This is not not concentrating on what he was
Decking • Rockeries • Fencing • Pergolas • Turf restricted to an age: paper boys/ doing.
girls and adults of all ages do it. Winter and early mornings are a
Side of Manor Garden Centre, Cheney Manor Ind Est, Parents and newsagents should dangerous time so please make
Swindon. Tel:484455 check all cycles of their children to yourself seen. Your life and other
ensure that they are fully visible peoples are in your hands.