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Historical angles Film at the Arts Centre
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talk by Bill King on the Upper The Woodlanders (PG)
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version of the Home Guard
Wednesday 14 October with the seasons in this Hardy
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Wednesday 21 October, 7.45pm
The Tile Specialists Adm: members SOp, visitors £1 Prisoner of the Mountains (15)
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Two Russian soldiers are am-
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GWR artifacts wanted
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Swindon's new Rail Heritage Centre Stunning widescreen photography
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their attics for GWR collectibles and soundtrack feature as director Wim
laminate wood floor heirlooms to illustrate a bye-gone Wenders moves back to America
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Anyone who have these or other stream of consciousness novel
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