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The Link Magazine. August 1998
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Old Town Fesi
BLAYIOCKS Despite weather ranging from drizzle to
Jummer monsoon, the Old Town Festival on 11
FOR BACK TO and 12 July was once again a colourful
attraction for the whole family.
Iv Launching the festival for the first time
;i deliqlws SCHOOL FOOTWEAR was a Jolly Brolly Parade which brought
'p • Clarks • Start-Rite together some of the wackiest umbrellas
ever seen in the town. Dainty decorated
(It • Elefanten • Bootleg numbers to massive creations swayed to
the jaunty tunes of the Adamant March-
• Rhino ing Band, accompanied by clowns
unicycling and juggling.
BLAYLOCKS Before judging the brollies, the Mayor
For the finest Bath Road Corner Leading I/u JoIIi B ru/icy Parade was congratulated the organising committee
for pulling the event together in just five
Old Town Swindon's town crier Fred Ferris, with months after doubts about its future for
in Cantonese, Tel: 534271 his new scroll lack of supporters and funds.
Below: Pete Cooper puts a festival The Circus Family Sardin from West Su
Sichuan, Peking visitor to the test in front of the Old r
Town Gardens Victorian bandstand
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