HAYDON END

Digital Switchover

The Digital Switchover team will be at The Brunel Shopping Centre, 29a The Plaza, SN1 1LF on 15 - 16 Jan 2010, to answer any of your questions.

Lorraine Chase for Swindon North

If you haven't seen Sleeping Beauty yet, then you might not understand the title.

You have only a few days left to see this excellent pantomine. It was a small audience today, because of the weather, but a noisy one as everyone enjoyed an old fashioned panto, adults and children alike.

Snow hits North Swindon

For anyone who didn't venture out this morning, This picture shows Thamesdown Drive at about 9AM.

NORAD tracks Santa

Click above to track Santa's journey

Digital Cities

The implementation of the Signal WiFi at Highworth is the first part of wiring up the whole of Swindon by 2nd Quarter 2010. Signal hope to have Haydon End wired up in April next year, but do not yet have an implementation plan. Much depends on the lessons learned from the Highworth rollout.

Signal wouldn't give me any pricing plans either, as that doesn't appear to have been decided yet. We do know that Signal is offering 2 hours of free connection per day. Their hope is that users will then sign up to a paid broadband service through this WiFi network. They have promised to keep the Adver informed of developments, so if I don't hear before the Adver, read the latest there.

Read the Adver's latest article here Scheme goes live for Highworth residents

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Highworth gets wifi thanks to Signal and SBC

Despite the cold and rain, plenty of local residents took the opportunity to talk to  aQovia, the firm that has worked with Swindon Borough Council to install a Wi-Fi wireless mesh in Swindon. Tonight, aQovia or Signal as it is known, ...

[Signal in Highworth Library Dec 16th 2009] 

Quality For Life Survey 2009

Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous questionnaire, and try to include the views of all members of your household. The information you provide will help Haydon Wick Parish Council prepare a case for social provision funding in the parish and surrounding areas."

Click on the image to take the survey

3 Public Meetings coming up shortly

1) Redhouse Residents Association AGM
Tuesday 13th October (Tonight!) 7:30pm
Red Oaks Primary School.

2) Schools Admissions Informal Public Meeting.
Wednesday 14th October 6:30-8:30pm
Isambard School.
This is for all parents who like one on one advice on the options available for school places.
http://www.abbeymeadsintouch.com/news/670/

3) Independence & Well Being Informal Public Meeting
Monday 19th October 3:30-7:30pm
North Swindon Library.
http://www.abbeymeadsintouch.com/news/669/

Clotted Cream and Berkeley Farm

If you have developed a taste for clotted cream whilst on your holidays, there is still one farm left in Swindon from which you can buy fresh non-homogenised milk.Berkeley Farm is on the Swindon road, Wroughton. The farm's fresh Guernsey milk can be bought there on Friday mornings.

Now, to the Clotted Cream manufacture, read on ....

Bank Holiday - What did you do? (Cricklade Show)

Cricklade hosted record crowds to the 2009 Cricklade Show, on Monday. The show seemd a great success with its local flavour mixed with a variety of ring events displays and entertainment. As you can see from the photo, the sun came out just in time.

If you missed the show, make a note in your 2010 diaries for next year's show - not to be missed. See below for photos of the show