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The Link Magazine. May 1995
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West Swindon: 20 years old Warm-hearted

Is it worth a celebration? 9IN1 'RIORS hosts

Twenty years ago next April, the of photographs which were dis- For Curtains, Blinds,
first families arrived in what was played in the library. There was Wallpaper & Accessories required for French students
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most a complete town unto itself, sations have to be involved, 66 BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Est
larger than Salisbury we were al- money has to be raised. Jenny on Swindon 871745
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