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OLD TOWN FESTIVAL FOCUS 37

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The first ever town crier competition will be OLD TOWN BREAKERS
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crier Fred Deacon for Swindon, call Shirley Ludford at BBC
shows how it's done Wiltshire Sound on 513626 for an entry form.
Fun time for kids 15QI
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the use of their photographs in this feature.

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