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sbeingrepeatedseveraltimes,indifferentplaces.
They'
reperforminginthecentrallibraryat1o'
clock,thenat4it'
sintheCityMuseum,
andintheevening,at7.30,there'
salongerconcert,inthetheatre.
Right.I'
llsuggestthattotherestofthefamily.
Somethingelseyoumightbeinterestedinistheboatracealongtheriver.
Oh,yes,dotellmeaboutthat.
TheracestartsatOffordMarina,tothenorthofBurnham,andgoesasfarasSummerPool.
ThebestplacetowatchitfromisCharlesworthBridge,thoughthatdoesgetrathercrowded.
Andwho'
stakingpart?
Well,localboatclubs,butthestandardisveryhigh.
OneofthemcamefirstintheWestofEnglandregionalchampionshipinMaythisyear
itwasthefirsttimeateamfromBurnhamhaswon.
Itmeansthatnextyearthey'
llberepresentingtheregioninthenationalchampionship.
NowI'
veheardsomethingaboutPaxtonNatureReserve.
sagoodplaceforspottingunusualbirds,isn'
tit'
?
That'
sright—throughouttheyear.
Thereisalakethereaswellasariver,andtheyprovideaveryattractivehabitat.
Soit'
sagoodideatobringbinocularsifyouhavethem.
Andjustatthemomentyoucanseevariousflowersthatareprettyunusual
thesoilatPaxtonisn'
tverycommon.They'
relookinggoodrightnow.
Right.Myhusbandwillbeparticularlyinterestedinthat.
Andthere'
sgoingtobeatalkandslideshowaboutmushrooms
andyou'
llbeabletogooutandpicksomeafterwardsandstudythedifferentvarieties.
Uhuh.Andisitpossibleforchildrentoswimintheriver?
Yes.Partofithasbeenfencedofftomakeitsafeforchildrentoswimin.
sveryshallow,andthere'
salifeguardondutywheneverit'
sopen.
Thelakeistoodeep,soswimmingisn'
tallowedthere.
OK,wemustremembertobringtheirswimmingthings,incasewegotoPaxton.
HowlongdoesittaketogettherebycarfromBurnham?
About20minutes,butparkingisverylimited,
soit'
susuallymucheasiertogobybus—andittakesaboutthesametime.
Right.Well,I'
lldiscusstheoptionswiththerestofthefamily.Thanksverymuchforallyourhelp.
You'
rewelcome.
Goodbye.
Bye.
Section2
Firstofall,letmethankyouallforcomingtothispublicmeeting,todiscussthefutureofourtown.
OurfirstspeakerisShonaFerguson,fromBarfordtowncouncil.Shona.
Thankyou.FirstI'
llbrieflygiveyousomebackgroundinformation,
thenI'
llbeaskingyouforyourcommentsondevelopmentsinthetown.
Well,asyoudon'
tneedmetotellyou,Barfordhaschangedagreatdealinthelast50years.
Thesearesomeofthemainchanges.
Fiftyyearsago,buseslinkedvirtuallyeverypartofthetownandtheneighbouringtownsandvillages.
Mostpeopleusedthemfrequentlybutnotnowbecausethebuscompaniesconcentrateonjusttheroutesthatattractmostpassengers.
Sopartsofthetownarenolongerservedbybuses.
Evenreplacingolduncomfortablebuseswithsmartnewoneshashadlittleimpactonpassengernumbers.
ssometimessaidthatbusfaresaretoohigh,butinrelationtoaverageincomes,faresarenotmuchhigherthantheywere50yearsago.
Changesintheroadnetworkareaffectingthetown.
Thecentrewasrecentlyclosedtotrafficonatrialbasis,makingitmuchsaferforpedestrians.
Theimpactofthisisbeingmeasured.
Thenewcyclepaths,separatingbikesfromcarsinmostmainroads,
arebeingusedfarmorethanwasexpected,reducingtrafficandimproveairquality.
Andalthoughthecouncil'
sattemptstohaveabypassconstructedhavefailed,
wehaven'
tgivenuphopeofpersuadingthegovernmenttochangeitsmind.
Shoppinginthetowncentrehaschangedovertheyears.
Manyofuscanrememberwhenthetownwascrowdedwithpeoplegoingshopping.
Numbershavebeenfallingforseveralyears,despiteeffortstoattractshoppers,forinstancebyopeningnewcarparks.
Somepeoplecombineshoppingwithvisitstothetown'
srestaurantsandcafes.
Mostshopsaresmallindependentstores,whichisgood,
butmanypeopleprefertousesupermarketsanddepartmentstoresinnearbylargetownsastherearesofewwell-knownchainstoreshere.
Turningnowtomedicalfacilities,thetownisservedbyfamilydoctorsinseveralmedicalpractices
fewerthan50yearsago,buteachcateringforfarmorepatients.
Ourhospitalclosed15yearsago,whichmeansjourneystoothertownsareunavoidable.
Ontheotherhand,therearemoredentiststhanthereusedtobe.
Employmentpatternshavechanged,alongwithalmosteverythingelse.
Thenumberofschoolsandcollegeshasincreasedmakingthatthemainemploymentsector.
Services,suchaswebsitedesignandaccountancy,havegrowninimportance,
andsurprisingly,perhaps,manufacturinghasn'
tseenthedeclinethathasaffecteditinotherpartsofthecountry.
llveryquicklyoutlinecurrentplansforsomeofthetown'
sfacilities,beforeaskingforyourcomments.
Asyou'
llknowifyouregularlyusethecarparkattherailwaystation,it'
susuallyfull.
Therailwaycompanyappliedforpermissiontoreplaceitwithamulti-storeycarpark,butthatwasrefused.
Instead,thecompanyhasboughtsomeadjoininglandandthiswillbeusedtoincreasethenumberofparkingspaces.
TheGrandtheoldcinemainthehighstreetwillcloseattheendoftheyearandreopenonadifferentsite.
veprobablyseenthebuildingunderconstruction.
Theplanistohavethreescreenswithfewerseats,ratherthanjusttheonelargeauditoriumintheoldcinema.
Iexpectmanyofyoushopintheindoormarket.
sbecomemoreandmoreshabby-looking,andbecauseoffearsaboutsafety,itwasthreatenedwithdemolition.
ThegoodnewsisthatitwillcloseforsixweekstobemadesafeandredecoratedandtheimprovedbuildingwillopeninJuly.
Lotsofpeopleusethelibrary,includingschoolandcollegestudentswhogotheretostudy.
Thecouncilhasmanagedtosecurefundingtokeepthelibraryopenlaterintotheeveningtwiceaweek.
Wewouldliketoenlargethebuildinginthenot-too-distantfuture,butthisisbynomeansdefinite.
There'
snolimitonaccesstothenaturereserveontheedgeoftown,andthiswillcontinuetobethecase.
Whatwillchange,though,isthatthecouncilwillnolongerbeinchargeofthearea.
Insteaditwillbecometheresponsibilityofanationalbodythatadministersmostnaturereservesinthecountry.
OK,nowletmeaskyou...
Section3
Hello,
Helen.
Sorry
m
late.
Hi,
Jeremy,
no
problem.
Well
we'
d
better
work
outwhere
we
are
on
our
project,
I
suppose.
Yeah.
ve
looked
at
the
drawings
you'
done
for
mystory,
'
The
Forest'
and
think
they'
re
brilliant
—
they
really
createthe
atmosphere
had
in
mind
when
was
writing
it.
glad
you
like
them.
There
just
a
few
suggestions
to
make.
Go
ahead.
Now,
not
sure
about
drawing
of
cave
—it'
s
got
trees
all
around
it,
which
is
great,
but
drawing'
bit
too
static,
isn'
t
it?
it
needs
some
action.
Yes,
there'
nothing
happening.
Perhaps
should
add
boy
Malcolm,
He
would
be
walking
up
let'
have
Malcolm
drawing.
And
what
putting
tiger—the
one
that
he
makes
friends
with
later?
Maybe
could
sitting
under
tree
washing
itself.
tiger
stops
middle
it'
doing
sees
past.
good
idea.
OK,
ll
go
that.
Then
crowd
men
women
dancing.
outside
forest,
lot
going
on.
right,
wanted
them
watching
carnival
procession,
thought
betoo
crowded.
Do
works
this?
done.
only
thing
is,
it,
without
changing
what'
already
there.
What
having
him
trunk
right
picture?
fine.
do
want
other
people?
No,
he'
been
left
out
fun,
so
crying
that'
contrast
nicely
next
picture,
where
laughing
clowns
thecarnival.
Right,
then
people
ice
skating
forest.
wasn'
happy
one.
Because
supposed
grass,
aren'
they?
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