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Charity Fun night Mix it up at West Swindon youth festival
Saturday 22 May, 7pm A Christian youth festival on Saturday 15 May, 2pm to 9pm, with workshops in hip hop dance, puppets,
circus skills, drumming, football and basketball, promises to be bigger and better than ever.
80’s quiz, prizes, raffle Claire Camm with a team of volun- door and Dominic
The Mix Festival, organised by bands, Hero Next-
music, basket meal, teers from West Swindon Churches French.
cheap bar and youth charity ncounter, will The last two Mix
also include singing workshops, festivals have each
£60 per team of six or £10 each cookery and craft workshops, com- attracted 500 people
Westlecot Bowls Club munity and food stalls and a cafe. and Claire hopes
Old Town, Swindon Claire said, “we aim to bring more will attend this
the community together, provide year. “I’m excited
Call for tickets: opportunities to learn and develop because it’s a great
Julian Cope on 07879 432590
Sarah Tucker on 07875 343024 new skills and give young people a way for the churches
showcase to perform.”
to build links with
Raising money for research into A highlight of the day will be a the local community.
Retinitis Pigmentosa and for a performance by youngsters from The festival takes
school playground in Namibia Crowdy’s special school. It ends place at the Holy
www.jc-charity.info
with performances by two local Trinity Church,
Shaw and in the
Tailor-made D & L Blinds adjacent field. It’s Launching The Mix last year. Claire and Rev Ann
open to all ages.
by SueLynn Rollers • Verticals • Venetians Entry is £1. Carter, centre, Jack the Juggler with participants
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Roman blinds Quality blinds at Three play parks in West Swindon have been given makeovers and
Swags & tails affordable prices were relaunched in April
All were built over twenty years up to standard.
Cushion covers Fast and reliable service ago and had deteriorated as equip- “It’s an example of how money is
Fitting service available All blinds fitted free ment broke or was vandalised. But being spent on what people want.”
Choose from a wide range thanks to a £1.1 million government Grandmother Sue Smith from
No job too small of fabrics from the comfort grant, Swindon Council has been Whittington Road used to take her
For further information call of your own home able to launch a Play Builder pro- own children to The Chesters play
Sue: 01793 870451 or contact paul on 01793 619428 gramme to refurbish 22 play parks area when they moved to Westlea
across the town.
twenty five years ago. “It was lovely
Lynn: on 01793 330595 www.dandlblinds.co.uk Play areas at The Chesters in to have an exciting park just minutes
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Westlea, Nine Elms and Blooms- from the house and it’s nice to see it
Save £1000’s on bury Close, Freshbrook were renewed for my grandchildren. It’s
reopened and work has started to brilliant and appreciated.”
your new kitchen refurbish the larger,
www.nuimagekbb.co.uk with: but derelict, site on
Shaw Ridge.
Replacement Wakefield said he
Councillor Steve
Doors was delighted to see
children once again
enjoying The Chesters
A HUGE CHOICE play area. “It’s fan-
Our range of ‘made to tastic to see this one
complementing the
measure’ door and drawer Westlea Drive park
fronts are available in solid which was renewed
woods or vinyl wrapped last year. Many of
finishes.
our play areas had
fallen into disrepair
EXTRA UNITS AND and the playbuilder
APPLIANCES money from govern-
Additional cabinets can ment has been very Toothill councillors Steve Wakefield and Mary Martin
be made to your existing helpful to bring them launching The Chesters play park
BELLA DOORS sizes, and we can also
supply appliances, sinktops,
V.A.T. FREE IN MAY accessories and worktops. Work starts on Mouldon Hill
A family run business with over 20 years experience, offering The traffic congestion outside the locked gates of Mouldon Hill Park
good old fashioned service with modern ideas and methods. opposite Taw Hill should be a thing of the past by the summer when
a 2.2 hectares close to the entrance is developed.
SHOWROOM OPEN: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm; Work has started on building two car parks for 30 vehicles, a tarmac
Saturday 10am - 2pm or by appointment area and a stone and dust overflow area, next to the previously built
FREE Computerised design and quotation without obligation. access road off Thamesdown Drive.
A large football pitch and two small junior pitches have been ploughed
Call 01793 644600 and prepared for grass seed. These will be ready for use in a year’s time.
39 BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Estate, Swindon SN2 2PJ In the Autumn a tree lined avenue will be planted each side of the
access road.
The developed site will be secured by fencing and kissing-gates will
give pedestrians access to Mouldon Hill lake and the park-land itself.

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