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were the first people to move to out Terry and Theresa wondered
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Builders had been on site for over houses elsewhere in Swindon and
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sewers and constructing the first ago, with the children in the town
group of houses in Markenfield, and the housing recession, there
Toothill. Theresa was expecting her never seemed a good time.
first baby on 16 March and when a “We’ve always liked it in Toothill.
council house exchange fell through It was a bit difficult in the first
they had little choice but to accept years, but the pioneers helped each
Toothill. It was a brand new house other out and gradually facilities
surrounded by building sites and arrived like a shop with a post
lacking any community facilities. office, the primary school, the
Looking back Terry said: “For the community centre and lots of play
first few days in 1976 we were all parks for children.
by ourselves, in the wilds of the “Then West Swindon Centre
countryside until other families came along and now we have four
moved in. There were no street supermarkets close to us. CYCLE REPAIRS
lights and only a muddy footpath “Toothill is really well positioned, MEADOWPARK
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mile away. It was a bit scary with is not being looked after. collection & Nursery
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