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46 The Link Magazine • November 2005

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Eye Workshop Art Fed up with abuse from teenagers who use Ramleaze play park near their homes,
Sheila Waterworth on the swing, Doreen King, left, Peg Francis
Nice as it is for parents and tod- frequent occasions when stones are
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fIIL` dlers going to playgroup or on the thrown at windows of flats over-
I of
way home from Brook Field Pri- looking the play area and no doubt
mary School, come the evening the a few fireworks will be set off over
dark areas behind the bushes at- the next few weeks.
Art, a real painting, an ill tract unruly teenagers who George Tweed residents have
frighten the older folk. For years asked South Swindon MP Anne
they have had to put up with Snelgrove for help and she wants
screaming, shouting, foul language to know if Shaw residents would
11 and sounds of breaking bottles. mind if the play area is removed.
Pensioners say apart from the What's your view. Send your
broken glass there have been nee- comments to The Link, address
dles found in the area, removed by page 5, or directly to Anne
vigilant council staff before par- Snelgrove, tel. 615444 or mail:
ents arrive. They also say there are [email protected]

River Ray ready to roll in January
A delay in the planning application to put the bends back into the
River Ray between Westlea and Barnfield means that work should
now start early in the New Year.
°n seh The second
blin1
tILL phase of the
project aims to
turn the canal
which is the
River Ray at
present, into a
• verticals much more at-
• rollers tractive envi-
n venetians ronment for
• romans wildlife.
• pleated The first
• awnings phase within
• i • the Thames
• conservatory
blinds Water site,
where bends, Jo Sayer with some of the volunteers who have cut back the treeline
ponds, shal- along the River Ray at the Barnfield footbridge/cycle way, from
lows and riffles left, Josh Sayer with Cola, Graham Coules, Phil Rainey
have been introduced has seen back the unmanaged trees border-
for fast local service call us now - freephone higher numbers of insect, fish and ing the site since September in or-
bird life discovering the area. And der to create what's called'ecotone'
0800 916 6595 more otters have been sighted. between woodland, riverbank and
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust project flood plain. New help is always
8.3Oam - 9pm weekdays, gam - 5pm weekends
choose from our daytime, evening or weekend appointments officer Jo Sayer hopes to see heavy needed. Contact Neil Pullen at the
machinary shifting soil around to Wildlife Trust to find out the dates
to browse or buy just click the north of the pedestrian/cycle of workdays. Tel. 526228 or mail:
www.hillarys.co.uk bridge which runs from Westlea to neilp@ wiltshirewildlife.org
Barnfield, completed in time to al- • The project is funded by Thames
' Oft current prices on selected ranges low seeds to sprout during the Water, Swindon Council, the En-
' Applies to 127rnrn louvres only in blinds H i l l a r ys
upto2mwide " Spring. vironment Agency and a number
Volunteers have been cutting of waste management companies.