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Sunday 25 August & Family activity Victorian walk,
Monday 26 August 1030am & 2pm. See 22 August for THE WILTSHIRE
Swindon & Cricklade Steam Rail- details
way open days. Blunsdon Railway Tuesday 27 August to
Station Saturday 31 August FESTIVAL
Monday 26 August Drama The Kidnap Game, a terrify-
Museum Viewing Day Three main ing tale of ransom and murder.
exhibition hangars with commercial Wyvern, 730pm, Wed mat, 230pm. LYDIARD PARK
aircraft, road transport and agricul- £9.50. £8.50
tural collections. Science Museum, Tuesday 27 August
Wroughton, lOam to 5pm. £2, chil-
Junior activity Discover nature the
dren £1, under 5s free. Enquiries: fun way; games & puzzles with an
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environmental theme. Meet Lydiard 8pm - 1015pm (Gates 6pm)
Park Visitors Centre, 1 - 3pm. £1
Wednesday 28 August &
Thursday 29 August The Classical
Junior workshop Victorian collage
& decoupage at Lydiard House, 10am
to 12 noon. Tickets £2 from the house Spectacular
or Leisure Services reception at the
Civic Office, Euclid Street
Wiltshire Festival outing for The Royal
Mike Flowers Pops, left, and
Big Country, below on 17 August
Philharmonic
Orchestra

Conductor: Jae Alexander
Tenor: Edmund Barnum
courtesy of the English National Opera
Guest Soloist: Sarah Walker
Spectacular Lasers, Cannons & Fireworks
Programme: Fanfare for the Common Man - Copland; Thieving Magpie -
Rossini; Carmen - Bizet; Peer Gynt Suite - Greig; Rigoletto - Verdi; Tosca -
Puccini; Symphony No. 6 - Tchaikovsky; 633 Squadron - Ron Goodwin;
Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky; Intermezzo - Mascagni; Samson
Softly Wakes My Heart - Saint Seans; Enigma Variations - Elgar;
Nessun Dorma - Puccini; 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky; Jerusalem - Barry;
Sea Songs - Henry Wood; Rule Britannia - Arr. Sergent; Pomp &
Circumstance - Elgar; Radetsky March - Elgar; Liberty Bell - Elgar
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1. Name one of the bands of which Jimmy Som erville was lead singer.
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3. Who wrote the opera Tosca?
Saturday 17th August
Answers on a postcard, with name and address, to The Link,
13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, Swindon SN5 8PQ by 10 August.
330pm (Gates 2pm)
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Win a day at the Zoo Jimmy Somerville - 80s hit make 1 At ¶lNStt$
with Bronski Beat & The Communards at
We have a family ticket (2 adults and 2 children V3tt5
aged 3 to 13) to Bristol Zoo Gardens. Let Loose - 1996 recording sensation
There are over 300 animal species to be seen in Big Country - 80s stars playing their
the Zoo's beautiful garden settings. There are their greatest hits
regular close encounters with some of the Zoo's smaller animals, and
Mike Flowers Pops - 13 piece band
lots of information about breeding and conservation programmes. playing his hits of 96
New this year is 'Twilight World,' which opened on 5 July. Designed
by Pinewood Studios film set builder John Biggs, desert, forest and Suzi Ouatro - 705 chart rocker
underground habitats, and also a town house, have been recreated so
that creatures of the night can be seen in a realistic environment. Tickets: £16.50 (STBF) each concert
Daily activities include penguin and seal feeding, there's a chance to
try the Zoolympic Trail and an activity centre and a soft play area. Under us FREE if accompanied by an adu"
To win a free ticket to visit Bristol Zoo Gardens, which can be used £20 on the gate
up to the end of the year, answer these three questions:
1 Tickets from Link and Oasis Centres
Where are the Olympics taking place?
2 or call the Ticket Hotline:
How many different species can be found at Bristol Zoo Gardens?
3
Who designed the new Twilight World at the gardens?
Answers on a postcard, with name & address to The Link Zoo Compe- 01793 878864
tition, 13 Castle Dore, Freshbrook, Swindon SN5 8PQ by 10 August.