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Wash & brush up for Toothill
After two mini-clean ups earlier in the year, instigated by Oliver
Tomkins Junior School, Toothill will get a tidy up on 30 August
courtesy of Swindon Council’s Safe & Clean team.
Staff from Swindon Commer- She said that Toothill is not the
cial Services will be out in force to most problematic area in Swindon The Sensible Alternative
sweep the streets and tackle graf- but there has been enough anti- to a Skip
fiti. They will be helped by people social behaviour for the police and Cheaper &
on probation and the Fire Brigade the council to impose a second dis- Twice the Capacity!
will distribute leaflets and offer persal order on the village centre. CLEARANCE, RECYCLING & DISPOSAL
home safety checks. Residents are welcome to join in OF BUSINESS & DOMESTIC WASTE
Cheri Wright, the council’s Crime and make their community neat LOAD ASSIST & 24 HOUR SERVICE
& Disorder Officer, said the police and tidy. Call Jane Dudley on A PROFESSIONAL CLEARANCE
& RECYCLING SERVICE
and housing department staff would 466473 for details of where and CALL TR RECYCLING (SWINDON) NOW!
also be helping. when to meet. TR RECYCLING (SWINDON)
The Safe & Clean team descend Secure your bike t/f: 01793 706447 • m: 07737371393
on a different area each month and with a free kit e: [email protected]
w: www.trrecycling.co.uk
Cheri says the results are encour-
aging. The theory is that people There will be 200 free bike security
feel safe when an area is cleaned coding kits available to young peo-
and the risk of further deteriora- ple at the Safe & Clean Day be- It’s simple!
tion is reduced. tween 10.30am and 12noon.
“It sends a message about trying Take your bike and proof of ad- 1You drop it off
to instil more community respon- dress to Toothill Village Centre to 2We sell it on eBay for you
sibility.” collect one.
3We send you a cheque
Turn your treasures into cash
Get down and dirty in Westlea
and let us sell your unwanted
Toothill & Westlea councillors Mary Martin and Steve Wakefield are items on eBay for you.
leading a pond clean and tidy up at the play area on Westlea Drive from
10am on 11 August.
Swindon Council workers have already chain-sawed trees and ram- Call us now 0845 22 694 22
pant vegetation in the play park, but volunteers are needed to clear litter Let Us Auction It Ltd, BSS House, Unit 36
and prune shrubs. Bring gloves, wellies or suitable footwear, black bags Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon SN2 2PJ
and garden rakes to hook rubbish out of the pond.
Coun Wakefield said the pond is so bad that even the newts have www.letusauctionit.co.uk
moved away. Contact him if you can lend a mini-digger to excavate silt (Only items valued at £35 or more can be accepted)
at: toothilland [email protected]

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