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The Link Magazine • August 1997
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—) Family history for all Avast there crazy raft builders
Ever wondered about your roots? The Wilts and Berks Canal Amenity Group are looking for teams to
Antiques The Swindon branch of the Wilt- take to the water on Saturday 16 August.
- RcTJrcLy - shire Family History Society is a They are organising a variety of The Amenity Group are invit-
good place to start your research. raft races for different age groups ing businesses, schools and com-
Dealers in antiques. It meets fortnightly on Thursdays, at Templars Firs, Wootton Bassett, munity groups to build and race
memorabilia & 715pm, at Gorse Hill Community including the fastest raft time to their rafts. Individuals can also
Centre, Chapel Street, Gorse Hill. cover the whole 2 mile length of enter.
collectables Many members are extremely the restored canal. The proceeds of the event will
Open 7 days per week knowledgeable family historians Rafts will have to be no wider be used to improve canalside fa-
who freely provide advice in a re- than six feet and be hand paddled. cilities, including upgrading the
Victoria Centre, laxed and friendly atmosphere.
138 - 139 Victoria Rd, To find out more, contact Rich- Advanced practice will be permit- towpath to wheelchair status, pro-
ted and all rafts will be inspected viding seats, litter bins, notice
Old Town, Swindon ard Moore on 537103. on the day to ensure water worthi- boards and more lifebelts.
Topics for future meetings:
Tel: 01793 536668 ness and safety. All rafters have to For information and entry forms,
7 Aug Purton walkabout
HOUSE CLEARANCE be over 17 years. call John Allen on 853909.
OR SINGLE ITEMS PURCHASED 4 Sept Wiltshire county house
of correction
Local historian puts TV story straight
Sheila Mitchell from Westlea writes:
DE cOTEX- Having studied and researched the
18th century life of Hannah
Property Maintenance Lightfoot for more than twenty
years, I watched with fascination
Painter & Decorator • Specialist Artexing the Channel 4 programme on 5
July, 'The Legend of George Rex',
Telephone: (01793) 791388 presented by actor Kenneth
Griffiths. It told the story of an
alleged son of Hannah and the
Prince of Wales, later George III
who was sent to South Africa in
TRUSTMOVE 1797 having been told never to re-
turn to England, nor to marry. Kenneth Grif fiths' known repub-
REMOVALS & STORAGE Kenneth Griffiths' handling of lican ideas did permeate subtly
the story was good. He empha- through the programme - can any-
Containerised Storage • Single items • Piano specialists sised the important issues about one have failed to have missed the
For a free quotation, call Swindon: 430501/728807 Hannah and also George Rex. But green ribbon on his shirt? He did
two points were missed. Firstly, also emphasise the fact that George
we know George Rex was born in Rex's children were illegitimate
1765 and baptised in September of which would automatically have
that year. However, we know from precluded them from the succes-
A 0 Hannah's alleged will dated 7 July sion even if George Rex's own de-
0BM Si 1762, and mentioned in the pro- scent from Hannah and George III
Ltd. gramme, though no date was could have been undeniably
given, that by that time she al- proved.
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ready had two sons and a daugh- Making people aware of the
ter, referred to in the programme story of George Rex and his possi-
Driver Theory Training Centre as 'two princes and a princess.' ble link with George III and
These children had, therefore, Hannah Lightfoot is no bad thing.
Fed up with studying the already been born prior to this date. Yet it is important that the truth
Highway Code in preparation The descendants of these alleged be told. If the story was being used
children are still alive today thus
to act as a kind of stick with which
for your driving test? negating any claim which Kenneth to beat the monarchy into submit-
Griffiths might make regarding the ting to the republican ideals of
Had enough of reading books which make descendants of George Rex and some in this country, then I hope
the British throne. that it failed. God save the Queen!
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