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Scouts prepared for Christmas post
Scouts across Swindon are ready for the annual Swindon Scout Post
and 7th Swindon (Abbey Meads) Scout Group is one of the troops hop-
ing for a bumper year.
They will be selling stamps at Asda Wal-Mart at North Swindon District
Centre in December on: Friday 3rd, 6pm to 9pm; Saturday 4th & Sunday
5th, 10am to 4pm; Friday 10th, 6pm to 9pm; Saturday 11th & Sunday
12th, 10am to 4pm
Stamps cost 18p each for any size of Christmas card, and collection,
sorting and delivery within the Swindon area is carried out by leaders,
parents and group members. To order stamps at other times, call Philippa
Kennard on 07960 485206.
Swindon mum says free wi-fi
comes with dangers
Mother of seven Liz Brackenbury from Old Town writes about her
deep concerns for the health of the town’s children from the
ever-growing amount of electro-magnetic fog surrounding everybody
The local and national press have reported widely on the public/pri-
vate sector venture between Digital City UK and Swindon Borough
Council to make Swindon the first town in the UK to provide free
internet access for all its residents.
Whilst the focus has been on
describing this as an exciting tech-
nological revolution, there have
also been concerns expressed about
the financial collaboration in fund-
ing this venture, and the technical
difficulties of the project, putting
it behind its completion timetable.
There has never been any doubt
however that the intention of this
scheme is to create an ‘electro-mesh’
covering all the people of Swindon.
Forefront of technology, ground
breaking and free all sound an at-
tractive package but what if these
problems are not ironed out? Simi-
lar projects have failed elsewhere
because of difficulties installing the
mini relay transmitters on lighting Liz Brackenbury with her youngest Leila
columns around the town, the most close to the phone mast on Tewkesbury
Way, West Swindon
public being in Glastonbury. And
who is going to be accountable for published research papers proving
the money loaned if the project that this technology causes cancer/
doesn’t succeed to deliver free leukaemia clusters.
wi-fi and an income to the council ‘There’s a myth that lower emis-
taxpayer? sions are less harmful, this couldn’t
But, if this electro-mesh is suc- be further from the truth. The
cessfully installed, what exactly reality is the human body does not
does it mean in terms of health and know it is being attacked until it’s
well-being? It’s bad news for the too late. You’ll see symptoms like
health of Swindon residents says coughs, colds, nose bleeds, tired-
scientist Barrie Trower who spoke ness, depression, disturbed sleep
at a public meeting on 8 October. patterns - all subjective symptoms.
Barrie, an international speaker But your immune systems will be
and lecturer, came out of retirement being compromised and suddenly
when he realised the same micro- we’ll see a rush of leukaemias/
wave frequencies that were devel- tumours/cancers in Swindon
oped in the 1950s to 1970s to make ‘The safe level of exposure quoted
people ill in warfare were being by companies like Digital City UK
used for wireless communications are based on a heating (thermal)
that are used in our homes, work effect to microwave radiation for 6
places and our children’s schools - minutes for an adult. That is it. No
and in Swindon’s always-on wi-fi long term exposure is known to be
system. safe. There is NO known safe level
He speaks with knowledge for children anywhere in the world.’
and unique insight into the his- • Liz’s interview with Barrie Trower
tory of microwave technology. ‘The on wi-fi at www.swindonlink.com
residents of Swindon will be under • Join the ‘Swindon Campaign
electro-magnetic radiation 24/7. Against Wi Fi’ on Facebook
There will be no escape. I know
from my background that this will To contact Liz mail: bizzybs@btin-
cause illnesses. There are over 2,000 ternet.com
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