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4 The Link Magazine • February 2005
Holocaust almost ignored Lydiard lottery hopes
IMPORTANT
The town nearly did not mark Swindon's bid for a lottery grant to restore Lydiard Park now awaits
DECISIONS National Holocaust Memorial a decision after council leader coup Mike Bawden signed off the £3.1
Day on Thursday 27 January un- million application on 18 January.
C til 77he Link asked Swindon Coun- The Heritage Lottery Fund
cil if it was bothering.
SOLICITORS Unfortunately because no events will consider the Management
and Business Plan accompa-
were programmed until 18 Janu-
D ary we were not able to publicise nied by detailed designs and
documents based on research
the memorial gathering at the
Carter Read & Dove work over the three years which
Friends Meeting House, or the lay-
Contact: Commerce House ing of a wreath at the cenotaph to sets out how Lydiard's 260 acre
34/35 Commercial Road commemorate the 60th anniver- historic landscape will be re-
Swindon SN 15NS sary of the liberation of Auschwitz stored and visitor amenities up-
concentration camps. graded.
* Property Matters A decision will be made in
Commercial & Residential June and if successful, work,
Conveyancing Prospect winner including building a new dam
* Employment The winner of the January Link and digging out the lake, should Coun Mike Bawden sends off big bid
For both the Employer 'Making Each Day Count' com- start in September.
and Employee petition to win £26 worth of tick- The Lydiard Park Project will has supported the project from the
ets to the Prospect Hospice lottery total £5.3 million. Swindon Coun- outset. In December BMW Group
* Wills & Probate and Intel UK Ltd signed up as part-
Efficient administration of is Mike Roberts from Covingham. cil has committed £500,000 to the ners, bringing the total cash corn-
restoration works. English Herit-
He has 26 chances to win £1,000.
a loved one's estate
To join the Prospect Lottery and age, The Countryside Agency, mitment from businesses and other
support an important Swindon DEFRA and Arts in Business have agencies to £446,000.
Tel: ( 01793) 617617
E-mail: [email protected] cause, call 615870. Members in assisted with the research and de- For details of the work carried
Website: wcwwc.erd.org.uk October will also be entered into a velopment of the application, out in preparation for the lottery
special 25th anniversary draw for RWE npower at Windmill Hill bid, go to www.lydiardpark.org
a top prize of £2,500.
Top fish and chipper
Visit our superb showrooms in Swindon Zoe Sharp is a well known character at The Trawlerman fish and chip
- the finest in the area shop at the West Swindon Centre - always ready to help customers
and her colleagues.
And that's why she was selected
OPTIPLAN to receive a special award in De-
cember by Trawlerman managers
Alan Clarke and Helen Houghton.
Single mum Zoe rejoined the
MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS & INSTALLERS team after taking a two year break
OF FINE HANDMADE KITCHENS to have a baby, having worked at
The Trawlerman since she was 15.
"Zoe's always been committed
and the managers, staff and our
customers think she has really con-
tributed to our success over the
last year," said manager Helen. Zoe receives her award from
Zoe said she was taken aback to Alan Clarke and Helen Houghton
be selected for an award. "It was my baby. Everybody here gets on
great to come back after having well together."

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