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34 The Link Magazine • October 2006 sr fre , is
Sierra Leone memories
An appeal in September's Link to support a sponsored cycle ride by
- Lyndon Read and five friends to raise money to ship education equip-
OEN1 E sPRISES AV
Tel: 0870 4023555 Fax: 0870 4023556 ment and supplies to a school in Waterloo in Sierra Leone. reminded
Ken Freeman of Juliana Close. Middleleaze of wartime days in Africa.
.
Travel Express ` Catering He writes:
I enjoyed reading on the other side of
about the spon- the mountains to
'14' Tuition Security Entertainment sored cycle to send eliminate this dan-
supplies to a gerandwemoved
school in Sierra to a new base. The
A N a Leone. . name, you have
I Mortgages Wills Business Plan
s l•a Way back in 1941 , probably guessed
and serving in the was Waterloo, but
Scorpio Enterprises, PO Box 2928, Westmead Ind. Estate, Swindon SN5 SWS RAF with 200 ^"' in those days there
Squadron in Free- was no town or in-
www.scorpioenterprises.co.uk town, Sierra Leone, deed anything.
our Lockheed Hud- • Dr Read says the
son aircraft covered Waterloo airfield is
a great deal of West a now a United Na-
African territory. , tions base. Lyndon
Our runway at and his mates hope
this time was seven to have raised
or eight miles from £1 ,000 from cy-
Freetown and had the mountain cling and hiking in Cumbria. The
rangeatoneend and alargeswamp photo above was taken by Lyndon
at the other so it was shorter than last year when he helped with re-
bow of colours to brig perfect and was really a hazard, construction work at Waterloo
y
up our home this Autum In 1942 a new runway was built School.
Charisma Blinds - the place for quality and value
Clifford Meadow is a gem in
Manufacturers and suppliers of all types of blinds
Full fitting service or cash and carry Priory Vale, but people must keep out
Factory showroom open Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm Campaigning residents in Oakhurst, Priory Vale say that, despite
Friday 9.30am - 5pm, Saturday 1 Oam - 4pm information boards and leaflets, too many people seem unaware of
BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Est., Swindon. Tel: 01793 434584 the special nature of a field in Oakhurst.
As house building
begins on the adja " _ '?
cent field - in addi-
tion to those already
built to the north -
they fear that too
much pressure is be--
ing put on the Site of
Special Scientific In-
terest, one of the few
places in Britai
the green
winged orchid Orchis
Flashback to the f uric Lirrk front lug', Cariji Clifford
Morin grows.
by the field in Priory Vale named aft r her fmnily
Stephanie Exell, a
founder of Friends of Clifford ment. "There's no water supply
Meadow, said that people, includ- and we can't take the cows across
ing dog walkers and young peo- the old railway line because the
pie, are still going into the pri- bridge is not finished."
vately owned field and leaving He would normally walk them
debris behind. "The boards haven't across the tracks to drink from the
been put up on the north side of River Ray. However, he stressed
the field and won't be until next that this is a temporary problem
year. For people coming in from and not as a direct result of the
the areas off Voyager and Pioneer new building. When the building
Drive there's nothing to tell them work is finished, there will still be
what the field is." an access strip to take cattle into
She was also concerned that the field and it will continue to be
farmer, John Clifford, has been grazed.
unable to graze his cows in the Friends of Clifford Meadow
meadow this summer. This is vital were successful in having the
to the health of the field and the number of dwellings on the neigh-
existance of the orchid. Once the bouringfield,offSouthwoldClose,
hay is cut, cows graze down the reduced to 76 from the 90 origi-
remaining vegetation and their nally proposed. They were also
hoof prints create the ideal condi- successful in having a circular road
tions for new plants to grow. replaced by two cul de sacs which
Mr Clifford explained why the they hope will reduce the traffic
cows are not in there at the mo- i mpact on their homes.