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Products and Services you can trust What do you think of it so far?
• Home Insurance designed especially for From Sheila Mitchell, Westlea: Information fitting the needs of the
the over 50s community
• Car Insurance with no hidden extra costs
• Motor Breakdown Services from only £59 † Thirty years is a very long time for anything to remain the same but
• Funeral plans still be useful and relevant, but The Link is a great example of a pub-
• Travel Insurance with no upper age limit lication which has stayed fresh and interesting, absent of gimmicks,
• Gas & Electricity supplies from and amazingly still free to all.
Age Concern Energy Services The early newsletter was a vital information lifeline to the newly arrived
• Aid Call emergency alarmservice residents of the new expansion area many of whom were not native to
For more information contact: Swindon or even Wiltshire. It followed the development of the schools,
Age Concern Swindon shops and the many other amenities. Anyone interested in the history of
1 Milton Road, Swindon, SN1 5JE West Swindon can find invaluable information about the various villages
01793 692166 and some of the services and the residents within its pages.
The Link, over the last 15 years, has also been at the forefront of report-
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ing developments across North Swindon.
It is the quality of the production and interesting articles that it
† For vehicles under 11 years old.
Any Age Concern detailed above is a registered charity. contains that encourages advertisers to advertise and readers to enjoy
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reading it.
Long may The Link continue and congratulations to Roger and Ruth
Ogle, the writer Barbara Prothero and sales person Sue Roberts for creat-
ing an always informative and enjoyable read.
From: Alicja Young, from Middleleaze
13 Rodbourne Rd, Swindon Tel: 01793 490947 I have three children and have read The Link for many years. I have
found many opportunities for children and have been well-informed
Trina, Haley & about local issues. Thank you very much.
Jenna would like From: Glenda Prothero, Haydon Wick
to wish all their I always look forward to receiving it as it is so full of information and a
good read. It’s an excellent magazine. Keep up the good work.
customers a very
Happy New Year From Pam Pixton, Freshbrook
It is hard to believe that The Link is 30 years old and that I have been
living in Freshbrook for just over 28 years.
Late night opening The Link was a valuable source of information when I moved in al-
on Thursdays though it looked and was produced very differently from the magazine
of today.
SAle now on to be an excellent resource. I’ve found an excellent plumber and someone
When I was a community worker in West Swindon it was always the
best way to communicate news to residents.
The magazine has grown with West and North Swindon and continues
to fix my computer through reading The Link
It now covers a wider area and I see copies right across the town and
I believe it is still a free magazine that is actually read.
Happy Birthday Link Magazine – long may you continue.

The Link is an extremely informative magazine. It certainly has ‘it’s finger
Swindon CyCleS From Linda Street, Woodhall Park
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on the pulse’ when it comes to reporting current issues in Swindon. It
enjoys a wealth of useful advertising and is an excellent free read.
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The choice e: [email protected] “The Link was first published for the West
is yours
Swindon community in December 1978.
www.swindonlink.com
Parts, Publisher/Editor: Roger Ogle It is completely independent of Link
Centre and, in fact, won a competition
repairs, accessories, Editorial: Tel: (01793) 608840 to name the leisure centre in 1984.
back up stock Editorial copy date Distribution in North Swindon
Open: Mon to Sat for February: 7 January commenced in January 1994.”
9am to 5.30pm Published: 24 January The contents of The Link are protected
by copyright. Use of advertisements in
Closed Sundays Copy for March: 6 February printed or electronic form is forbidden
unless an advertiser or publisher has
Registered in England & Wales. No: 4513027.
Tel: (01793) 700105 60a Beechcroft Road Registered Office: 130 High Street, Hungerford, Berks. sought permission. Articles and
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