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6 The Link Magazine • January 2006
Anti-stadium campaigner says
Purton House
Church End town should get behind football club
Purton, Swindon
It's a funny old world, or should I say a funny old Swindon, writes Alan Hayward. Having been heavily
Tel: 0 1 793 772287 involved with the successful Shaw Forest campaign to stop a football stadium and commercial develop-
ment on the former landfill site which has been developing as Shaw Forest Country Park, I now find
)4ave 4 Ina( myself campaigning again - this time in favour of Swindon Town's proposed new stadium.
Heppy
He6^ fletzv'ear The Shaw issue opened my eyes community and F to the latest STFC
to the planning problems in Swin- heritage aspects as No •- proposals with
up
Call for details about our don and subsequently I have be- well as the millions some concern, as it
come involved in several lannin of ounds of in is reliant on the
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related bodies and campaigns. come that are spent sale of council
Vegetables • Fruit • Meat • Eggs However, the stadium issue is in Swindon by vis owned land to gen-
Deliveries & drop off points in Swindon, unfinished business for me. iting supporters. crate the funds for
Cirencester, Wootton Bassett, Broad Since June 2004 I have become Ironically, since ' the stadium rede-
Hinton. Marlborough. Wroughton increasingly aware of the importance October, I have velopment.
www.purton-house.co.uk of the football club to the town. Not taken my children In turn, the club
just in terms of the game, but in its to every home i ' has hinted that it
League One match may well look to
and we have had a move out of the
great time shouting borough if a solu-
Cubi ttO LtCttottt8 'come on Swindon!' tion cannot be
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER A stadium rede- Alan Hayward leads the campaign found.
velopment is vital As we all know,
A great way to meet new and interesting people for Shaw Forest in 2004
if STFC is to con- the town centre is
Whether you're looking for friendship, love or a great social life join tinue to exist. Thirty home match badly short of a heart. Losing the
call us now on (01793) 698087 days a year simply does not pro- club would be the equivalent of
No joining fee when you bring this advert www.cupidintroductions.com vide enough income to run a busi- having a ventricle ripped out. So
ness and additional revenue now I find myself campaigning to
streams through other facilities are 'Keep the Town in Swindon.'
needed for the club to survive. Shaw was not the right place for
Following a council motion in- a football stadium, but the County
y
bGClIl- CLCIII spired by the Supporters' Trust a Ground definitely is.
year ago, Swindon Borough Coun- I would encourage all to try a
cil committed to work with the home game. Despite perform-
London trained mobile hair stylist
club to find a way of redeveloping ances, there is a great spirit there.
For a visit call Sue on 07796 432 700 the County Ground site. Unfortu- For more information, go to:
or email [email protected] nately, the council has responded www.KeepTownInSwindon.org.uk

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