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Swindon
Charity gifts all round
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South Swindon MP Julia Drown visited Asda West Swindon on 13
FACTORY WAREHOUSE
December to play Father Christmas on behalf of the staff.
IN WEST SWINDON
Thanks to their efforts
Units 16/17 Westmead Industrial Estate, Westlea, Swindon thoughout 2004, £5,500
was presented to local rep-
Probably the widest selection resentatives of the GWH
of affordable lighting in Wiltshire Special Care Baby Unit,
MacMillan Cancer Care,
Open: Locate the Lighting Bug NSPCC, the British Heart
* I Mon to Sat Foundation, Diabetes UK,
9.30am to 5.30pm Testicular Cancer, Tickled
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Pink for Breast Cancer and
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10am to 4pm Sta icn Julia said she was de-
G'ca^ n li ghted to be invited. "The
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www.lightingbug.co.uk staff have such great en-
thusiasm for fundraising.
It's a fantastic amount and Julia presents A/ysson McSherry. c/inica/
it does not include their nurse manager at the GWH Special Care
practical effort, for exam- Baby Unit, with a £400 cheque raised by
d CHARISMA ple, redecorating a room at Asda colleague Sharon Francis from
BLINDS
_- the West Swindon Family West/ea, left, who turned her husband's
Project in September. 2003 Christmas gift of a parachute jump
' They've done really well." into a fundraiser
rainbow of colours to brighten
up your home this Winter! Home Library on offer
West Swindon. Highworth and Liden libraries still have spaces available
Catch the rainbow at Charisma Blinds for people to use the Home Library Service, the free service for people
The factory - the place for quality and value
of all ages, who are unable to get to a library or have no one to make a
Manufacturers and suppliers of all types of blinds visit on their behalf.
Full fitting service or cash and carry The books, audio books, CDs and videos are selected by library staff
Factory showroom open Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm to reflect the readers' preferences and then delivered directly to the
Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 1 Oam - 4pm customers door by the scheme's 60 volunteers.
For details call Debs Osorio, Home Library Co-ordinator on 707127
BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Est., Swindon. Tel: 01793 434584
or mail: [email protected]
Greenmeadow play time
Old Bell Pottery Four year old Bethan Knight made an important contribution at a small
& Crafts ceremony on 1 December to relaunch the play area at the Trent Road
playing field, located between Thames Avenue and Severn Avenue.
Her drawing He at Play was
High Street, Lechlade • Tel: 01367 252608 chosen in a competition by mem-
bers of the Haydon Wick Junior
E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Council and she was
watched by reception children from
For great gift ideas all the primary schools in Haydon
Wick as she cut the ribbon on a
Knitting & Haberdashery new slide. Equipment providers
Wickstead Leisure distributed
Sewing needs: X-stitch — Tapestry — Rowan
goody bags to the youngsters.
Jaeger — Patons — Yarns and Patterns The fenced-off site is larger than
We'll also gladly order anything else you need. the one it replaces and has been
designed to meet the latest safety
standards. On offer are two sets of
Dolls houses E- miniatures swings, a combined climbing
frame, tunnel and slide, a seesaw
Traditional games & toys; local craft items and a spring rocker. Bethan Knight ready to do the hon-
The site has been paid for by ours with Richard Hailstone, chair-
In the Stable Haydon Wick Parish Council, one man of Haydon Wick Parish Council
A great selection of of several in the area which are Swindon Services are also con-
local pottery. checked regularly by parish coun- tracted to inspect each item of
cillors to ensure they are safe and equipment and submit a report to
Also: China seconds
well maintained. the parish council every month.
from Stoke-on-Trent
In the Garden Winners of Footie Chick T shirts
Danielle Bowden. Greenmeadow: G Howes. Grange Park; Pauline Gane;
Pots, planters & Haydon Wick: Helen Dunn, Grange Park: Carly Evans, Rodbourne Green;
ornaments from Abby Gregory. Penhill; Kim Whyte, Grange Park: T Midwinter, Little Avenue;
C Butler, Willowbrook; Jane Clark, Kingsdown; Heather, Toothill; Mr S
around the world
Clarke, Blunsdon; Rachel Hardy, Toothill: Sonya Ponsford, Taw Hill; Pauline
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Mon to Sat 10to5 Sun11 to5 Russell, Rushey Platt; J Cavill, Greenmeadow; Emma Johnson, Redhouse;
Emma, Ramleaze.