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History behind garden wall
Brian Hammond D & L Blinds
Quality Painting Rollers • Verticals • Venetians Lydiard Park’s walled garden is now back in use, looking like it
might have been when first established in the 18th Century, as a
& Decorating Pleated Blinds • VELUX ® result of historical research into the St John family records and
Conservatory Blinds evidence in Lydiard House - and a great deal of hard work.
Est 1967 Walk along formal paths bordered by beds of flowering plants,
QUALITY BLINDS AT including many varieties popular 300 hundred years ago. Later in the
Artexing, coving AFFORDABLE PRICES summer see the walled trained rare date-plum trees and pears come
and tiling Fast and reliable service into fruit, tell the time on sunny days by the sundial and pause a
Evenings & weekends no problem moment by the well dedicated to Swindon children and families
Also special effects: All blinds fitted free affected by cancer and leukaemia.
The Mayor Mike Bawden admires the sun dial set with the help
marbling, rag rolling etc. Choose from a wide range of an atomic clock with Sarah Finch-Crisp, Keeper of Lydiard House,
of fabrics from the comfort who has driven the restoration project for over five years
Tel: 01793 728338 of your own home
Contact Paul on 01793 619428
or 07870 440826
FREE QUOTES NO OBLIGATION

Many ranges of lighting available:
❖ Traditional / Bespoke / Modern
❖ Bathroom / Kitchen / Garden / Outdoor
❖ Spot / Down lighters etc
❖ Lighting schemes for commercial D&T Lighting
& domestic locations available KEMBREY PARK
KEMBREY STREET
10% Discount with this advert
Gorse Who’s up for a local
Unit 14, Birch, Kembrey Park Hill GIPSY LANE
Swindon Tel: 01793 523433 climate change group?
GREAT
Email: [email protected] WESTERN CIRENCESTER WAY Don’t despair that nothing can be done
www.dandtlighting.co.uk WAY
If you accept that climate change is happening and something can be
done to save the planet, then starting local is a good place to focus
your energy.
The recent book by Tony Juni- involved in local climate friendly
per of Friends of the Earth asks community groups. From the
How many light bulbs does it take to Swindon Festival of Literature Cli-
5%
change the planet sums up the pre- mate Change Day on 13 May and a
dicament we’re in. Do we wait for Swindon wide meeting the follow-
discount
national and international politi- ing week, a few people have ex-
cians to get their act together be- pressed interest in setting up meet-
The Experts fore it’s too late, or is there some- ings in North and West Swindon.
with this advert
thing you could do? Want to know more? Call Liz
The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Nimmo-Scott on 01380 725670 or
the Swindon Climate Action Net- mail: [email protected]
work are looking for people to get or Adrian Read on 523803.
Prepare for plastic bottle collection;
get ready for wheelies
Keen recyclers have deposited nearly 500 tonnes of plastic bottles
since special banks were introduced in North and West Swindon in
2005. The total is going to soar when curbside collection begins on 23
July, removing vast amounts of waste going into landfill.
FREE DELIVERY Plastic bottles in pre-paid plas- are made from different types of
tic sacks will be collected fort- plastic that will contaminate the
COMPETITIVE nightly. The sacks, costing 20p recycling process.
PRICES each, will be available from librar- From September, recyclable
ies, leisure centres, the council of- ‘waste’ will be collected every week
OPEN 7 DAYS fices, the information centre and the and rubbish for landfill will be col-
Cheney Manor recycling centre. lected fortnightly. Each house will
BUILDING MATERIALS To get everybody started each have a wheelie bin and two recy-
Block paving • Driveways • Paths • Patios household will receive four free cling boxes; one for paper and one
Block paving • Driveways • Paths • Patios
for other recyclables. These will be
bags. It will still be possible to take
Rockeries • Decking • Fencing • Pergolas bottles to the existing banks. supplied to all homes that did not
Rockeries • Decking • Fencing • Pergolas
Shingles • Cobbles • Turf All types of bottles, of any shape take part in the initial trials.
Shingles • Cobbles • Turf
or size, can be put in the bags. But, Details of the coming changes in
Side of Manor Garden Centre, Cheney Manor Ind Est, it is important that plastic bags, recycling and waste collection are
Swindon. Tel: 484455 trays, tubs or pots should not be at: www.recycleforswindon.com
included with bottles because they Or call 445501.

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