Port Talbot Guardian from Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales • 3

I Guardian Phone: 0639 646401 Fax: 0639 645724 JANUARY 12 1995 13: ffdDF mot kk aora) Woolwich shuts shop in Talbot THE Port Talbot branch of the Woolwich Building Society Is to close In March 1 aflnttlh) Mm dvw sioi? mm The A five staff in Port Talbot was introduced following concern over the high concentration of industries in the area 'v- employed at the branch' which opened 16 years ago are expected to be offered jobs at neigh bouring branches A Society spokesman RECYCLE YOUR ALUMINIUM DRINK CANS FOR CASH Forestalls said the closure decision Tel: 079X774796 had been taken because hi '4 IfffflilMflSM More banks PORT Talbot Council is to provide two more waste paper recycling banks in the borough They will be at the East Bank car park and at BP Chemicals the branch wasn't doing enough business FOR THE a 3 He said the decision: 5" hadn't been an easy one but had been taken for sound financial reasons v''C 'VvV VIDEOS For Hire i Kror Sale1-'! A member of the staff plan RECENT air quality testing in Port Talbot has shown there to be no cause for concern Borough council engineer Peter Collins" told councillors that monitoring had been conducted during die period June to November' During this period 329 envi-i ronmental samples and two personal monitoring tubes were analysed vy 'v' by Swansea University "Due to the absence of any apparent critical incidents of organic chemical releases- no i pumping of diffusion tubes was carried put" said Mr Collins' The i environmental levels of benzene during June and July were at very low levels well below environmental guide- 5 "Environmental benzene levels during August were exceptionally low as were those for o' September BY MICHAEL PROSSER "Levels in October for benzene increased however falling -in November back to similar concentrations as in the previ- ous months TTne personal monitoring tubes which had elevated levels of benzene accompanied by high toluene and xylene levels indicated that petrol vapour was the source of mis exposure "Other results for those tubes showed exposure to other organic solvents which did not involve benzene perhaps due to painting varnishing or polish- ing- The environmental sampling for the period June to November has shown that the major organic chemicals in the air in Port Talbot are at a low and acceptable level and are not high enough to constutute environmental concern" Monitoring of the air quality said they were all "shocked and stunned? at the closure news A spokesman for the MRS Yvonne Bishop of Baglan is seeking planning permission to sell food and drinks from premises at 67 Station Road Port Talbot ilia: town's Chamber of Trade described the' news as a "big disap-pointmenL" Any clo 142 New Rd Skewm 07M SI 7643 sure of this sort is bad Abbey Rd Port Talbot gnii news for the town" he Fairways SandfMds Port ONE of Port Talbot's oldest residents has celebrated her 100th birthday 'VP The Mayor and Mayoress Cllr Olga Jones and Mrs Jealian Willis visited Mrs Edith Oates of Geifr Road Margam to present her with a birthday Mrs Oates his three children 10 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild V- -v Said '-X THOt Houses bid: THE Dew! 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