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Do you have your own motor
transport? In April The Link celebrated 20 years as a business. This month we
We are looking for very special people mark the tenth anniversary since launching our online presence at
to join our team of www.swindonlink.com - the second web site (by a couple of weeks)
BANK STAFF dedicated to Swindon.
to undertake care work in the
community especially evenings,
and weekends
1 Wood Street
Swindon
Telephone 01793 542285
for an application pack
A business opportunity
has arisen
to acquire Ready to surf ten years ago, the Mayor and Mayoress Maurice and Sheila Fanning,
Town Crier Fred Ferris, web designers left, Paul Dunn and Mark Hodgeson, and
A viable 10 year old business, the only one offering Link publisher Roger Ogle
a ladies’ hat hire service in the Swindon area. Tradition met hi-tech when Swin- to do the stuff online that the maga-
Included in the purchase are: over 150 ‘special occasion’ ladies’ hats don’s town crier Fred Ferris gave a zine has done for nearly 29 years.
Winter hats, small handbags, hat boxes, display and storage equipment Shout for Swindon to launch the site (The Link fi rst appeared as a local
Web site with domain name, database of customers, supplier list etc. on 11 October 1997, starting off with newsletter in December 1978).
Advice and training can be given as required. the usual cry, ‘Oyez, oyez, oyez, I am Visit now and you’ll fi nd:
called upon to announce the launch • A mix of stories from The Link
Genuine enquiries only. of a new world wide web site for before they appear on paper
Please call 01793 704005 for further information Swindon on the internet.’ and articles that don’t make it
That year’s mayor and mayoress into the magazine;
Maurice and Sheila Fanning came • FREE classifi eds;
along and Great Western Cameras • FREE business listings
captured the moment on one of the for magazine advertisers;
fi rst digital cameras on the market • FREE listings for community
and the image was uploaded a few organisations and charities;
moments later. • A photo gallery where you
How things have developed can add images of Swindon.
You can foster since. Slash this, dot that, www and However, the web site can only
the @ sign have become central to compliment the magazine which
It’s one of the most rewarding day to day activity and the reach and readers consistently say is their in-
use of the internet has permeated, valuable source of news, views and
experiences you will ever have dare we say, pervaded all of life. information in our target distribu-
swindonlink.com has continued tion area and further afi eld.
What we offer
● 24-hour support
● On-going training Swindon Publications Ltd. ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES
● Allowances from £335 a week 71 Basepoint, Rivermead Call Nicola Norridge on
Swindon SN5 7EX
● Regular respite Tel: (01793) 608840 (01793) 602540 (9am-3pm)
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● Monthly support group meetings Fax: (01793) 608841 November bookings by 1 October
e: [email protected]
● Organised activities for children “The Link was fi rst published for the West
and carers www.swindonlink.com Swindon community in December 1978.
It is completely independent of Link
Publisher/Editor: Roger Ogle Centre and, in fact, won a competition
Editorial: Tel: (01793) 608840 to name the leisure centre in 1984.
Editorial copy date for November: Distribution in North Swindon
Tel: 0800 032 4661 10 October commenced in January 1994.”
Published: 27 October The contents of The Link are protected
by copyright. Use of advertisements in
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www.communityfostercare.co.uk Registered in England & Wales. No: 4513027. unless an advertiser or publisher has
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