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Win a Startrek Sweatshirt
"WIN A NEW RELEASE
A local video hire shop is raffling
a unique sweatshirt in aid of The
VIDEO Spastics Society.
Video Solent at the West
How would you like to win a copy of Roger Rabbit, Rain Man, Swindon Centre regularly receive
Willow, My Stepmother Is an Alien or any of the many new T-shirts and sweatshirt from film
Christmas video releases producers when a new release is
Try our family brain teasing competition below and you being promoted. Instead of
could be watching a brand new pro-recorded video worth
£9.99. compliments of West Swindon Centre's Video Solent by keeping the goodies for
Christmas. The second prize is two new release free video themselves, the staff raise money
rentals worth £5 and the third prize is one new release free for good causes instead.
rental worth £250. All you have to do is work out the answers "The staff agreed we should
to the cryptic clues and send them to The Link, 13 Castle Dore, raffle the shirts off; we've raised
Freshbrook by 20th December. between £50 and £70 a month for
the last two years," said
Example :- 16 = 0 in a P = Ounces in a Pound Sarah Checksfield and Gina Mott
manageress Sandra Kirby. "I'm
1. 90=DinaRA hoping for £100 from this Startrek show off the sweatshirt on offer
sweatshirt. It's a pretty rare item. The Startrek raffle draw takes
2. 11=PinaFT "We all enjoyrunning the raffle. place in mid-December and
3. 1=WonaUC There's a bit of competition to see there's a runner up prize of two
who can sell most tickets." overnight rentals of a new release.
4. 3 = BM (SHTR)
5. 13=Son the AF
Starbase Swindon for
6. 147=MBinS
enthusiasts not eccentrics
7. 21=DonaD
A group which meets in West shipsbetweenpeople,team work,
8. 24=1313BinaP Swindon now has about 40 cooperation and a solution to their
9. 28=DinF(ELY) members and a number in other problems is always found."

countries, though they don't The programme was unique
10. 3 = M in a B attend often.
for its time according to Maria
11. 32= DFat which WF Starbase Swindon meets once Hoy. "You can loose yourself in
a month at their interstellar it and nobody knows whether it
12. 1=PinaPT
ground base in the Stonehenge could happen. Its good to meet
13. 10,000 = M belonging Room at the Link Centre once a and talk to other people who also
month to watch Startrek videos, appreciate Startrek."
to GOD of Y exchange information, hold
"We're not exhibitionists," says
14. 2,000 = Pin a TTB quizzes and arrange trips to Nick Brett. "We don't dress up in
Startrek conventions.
Startrek clothing, but people often
15. 7=Wof the AW The enthusiasts have, between laugh when we say we belong to
16. 9=Pin the SS them, copies of all 79 episodes a club. Then they start asking us
made since 1966, including three about details in the programmes
17. 15=MonaDMC
banned by the BBC. They also shown last week. A lot of people
18. 40=DTatD own copies of the five Startrek watch it."

films and a large collection of Star Base Swindon publishes a
19. 22=YtoaCP
books and posters. The group is quarterly newsletter which is sent
20. 99 = IC with a F already collecting copies of the all over the world containing
new programme, Startrek - The news, reviews, stories, poetry,
21. 21=SinaG
Next Generation, which is set 70 jokes and puzzles.
22. 40,000 = F on a TT years on with a new cast on board
the re-designed USS Enterprise. To find out more about Star Base
23. 2 = GB in a B
Startrek is definitely not space Swindon, drop a note with your
24. 5 = EB made F cowboys and indians according name and address into the
to group member David Hall. Community Suite at the Link
25. 6=SonaC
"The 'aliens' usually want to get Centre or ring the membership
26. 8 = SW plus SD on with the humans. The secretary Delia Robinson on
programme portrays relation- (0993) 844548.
27. 10=Cin the B
Members of Starbase Swindon with some of precious Startrek artifacts,
28. 14=PinaS the USS Enterprise frozen on the screen behind them
29. 26=MinaM
30. 14 = L in a S (by WS)
31. 8=Tonan0
32. 3 = C in a F
33. 26=Lin the A
34. 12=Sin the Z
35. 10 = GBH on the W
36. 76 = T led the BP

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