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REGISTERED CHILDMINDER
covering Eastleaze and Westlea has
full or part time vacancies available April 2008 marks the
Please call Sarah on 01793 870256 twentieth anniversary
for further information or go to of Peatmoor Lagoon,
www.mini-milestones.co.uk or at least when The
Link ran a long article
describing the work
by Thamesdown (now
PRIMARY COLOURS Swindon) Council to
Painting & Decorating create the lake over the
Services previous 12 months.
• Internal & external work The low lying farm
• Competitive rates land to the north of
• Professional and reliable Shaw hamlet already
Tel: 01793 828547 had two streams con-
Mobile: 07736 847597 verging on it and these
were utilised to feed a
major storm water fl ood
PS PAINTING & storage area identifi ed
DECORATING in the West Swindon
development master
No job too small • Free estimates plan several years be-
Also general maintenance fore house building The lagoon in September 1987, fi lling up and bare of vegetation. Below, June 2003
Call Phil on 724541 started.
Council engineers, planners land- to 13 million after
Mobile: 07790 102280 scape architects and environmen- heavy rainfall. The
talists were involved in the design. average depth is
Landscape architect Paul Jolliffe about fi ve feet, but
said at the time that rather than after a 1 in 10 year
leave a large marshy area prone storm this could
ANYTHING TRANSFERRED ONTO DVD DISC to fl ooding every time it rained, it rise by two and a
Specialist in Cine Film Transfer, Camcorder was an opportunity to create a half feet, and has
Tapes, VHS Tapes, Camcorder Discs leisure feature. the capacity to rise
We collect and deliver over a wide area The lagoon has an estimated by 4 feet to cope
T: 01793 705333 / M: 07831 575758 capacity of 10 million gallons, rising with a 1 in 150 year
PO Box 2079, Manvers St, Bath BA1 3TJ rainfall.
A sluice gate is
built into the dam
Abbey Meads Village at the eastern end
Centre Elstree Way so that the lagoon
can be drained
for maintenance.
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In the late 1980s some 16,000 restaurant completed and the
Available to 24 March trees were planted on lagoon is- controversial Arclight building put
Quarter Aromatic OR Sweet & Sour Ribs lands and on its banks, the houses up next to it.
Crispy Duck Crispy Seaweed and Time for some TLC at the lagoon
Mini Vegetable Spring Rolls
The creation of Peatmoor Lagoon started during 1987 European Year
Sweet & Sour OR Lemon Chicken of the Environment. The Link ended its feature by saying, ‘this is barely
Chicken the beginning of a new environment which will be constantly changing
and always evolving.’
Shredded Chilli Beef However the lagoon is looking tired and overgrown. Some of the sap-
Roast Pork with Green Peppers in Black Bean Sauce lings planted twenty years ago are now huge, a lot of brushwood and
Egg Fried Rice, Prawn Crackers & Fortune Cookies brambles now spoil views across the lagoon and self-seeded trees are
£17.88 growing out of the grassy, but originally shingle, beach where children
feed the ducks and swans.
Licenced to sell and deliver wine and beer Maintenance work is needed to keep the lagoon area attractive
Discount vouchers cannot be used in conjunction with special meals but Swindon Council does not have the resources to give it a decent
★ Tel: 01793 703388 ★ makeover. They are going to cut down some of the largest trees and
clear dense areas around the fi shing platforms.
OPEN: Sun - Thur 4.45pm - 11.15pm; Fri & Sat 4.45pm - 11.45pm But if anything else is to happen, it’s up to volunteers to come forward
Last orders for delivery 15 minutes before closing time and take on some of the low level work to open up sight lines and tidy up
the beach. Volunteers are well known in the area, they’ve been looking
after nearby Peatmoor Copse for nearly 20 years.
Are you up for some volunteer work?
To participate in volunteer working parties around the lagoon in early
March, call Roger Ogle at The Link on 608840 or mail: roger_ogle@
mac.com
www.rendezvous.uk.net See archive pictures of Peatmoor Lagoon at www.swindonlink.com
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