Swindon's First Garden Show
Swindon Garden Show, at Stanton Park, in aid of Age Concern, 10am Friday Sept 5th to 4:30pm Sunday 7th.
Swindon Garden Show, at Stanton Park, in aid of Age Concern, 10am Friday Sept 5th to 4:30pm Sunday 7th.
Work will start again on 1st September, on the Car Parking area at Moulden Hill. It had been delayed by the great crested newt. Although common in the UK, the newt is an endangered species in mainland Europe so EU Law gives them protected species status. I hope that this delay cost less than the £3million that it cost to
Now that the piles of mud have been removed, the North Swindon Development Company will be seeding this area in a month or so, when the grass seeding season starts. There is a danger that any grass sown now will dry out.
I've just been speaking to the North Swindon Development Company who assure me that the open space, by Havisham Drive will be landscaped in the next two weeks.
Apparently there are a number of issues that complicated the situation, such as the hard core left by Kings Oak, when they removed their Temporary Site Offices and a lack of areas to store top soil as developers finished sites.
In the background of this picture, is the tidy area that Miller Homes has maintained, in stark contrast to the 'tip'.
Despite the overcast weather, a good crowd gathered for the Westmill Farm Open Day on Saturday 21st June 2008.
From the Westmill Farm web site:
"Westmill will be the first wind farm in the South East of England and the first 100% community owned scheme in the UK from commissioning. The scheme will produce pollution-free electricity for over 2,500 average homes and will save the emisson of carbon dioxide.
It will comprise five turbines, 81m to tip,
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| Vera Margaret Rose Tomlinson | Conservatives | 1,836 |
| Gerald John Lawson | Labour | 266 |
| Richard Andrew Law | Liberal Democrats | 226 |
| Robin Howard Tingey | UK Independence Party | 90 |
The No 15 Bus will run down Torun Way from May 27th, every 15 minutes. (Picture from Thamesdown Transport)
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Many must hope for the day that the builders move off site.