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Santa is visiting a library near you Citizen
It is nearly that time of year again and to celebrate Christmas in a big
way Swindon libraries are planning special story-times for the very Advocates; Made to
young, writes Robert Cotterell.
There will be seasonal stories, Monday 20 December, 10.30am Volunteers needed to listen ' swags, & tails.
songs and rhymes and Father Old Town Library (admission is to someone with a learning ' f All other valances,
Christmas will be calling in on: by free ticket available from 2 De- ' difficulty, respect their views R-blinds, London, etc.
Thursday 9 December, 2.15pm cember due to space limits). and speak up for them Free measuring & quotations
Pinehurst Library to protect their rights.
Full fitting service available
Monday 13 December, 11am For further information contact Training and support given Handmade footstools to order
Central Library Robert Cotterill, Children's Librar- Swindon Advocacy Re-upholstery of dining chairs etc.
Friday 17 December, 10.30am ian, Central Library, Regent Cir- ' I
West Swindon Library cus. Tel: 463238 Movement i
THE HEALTH HYDRO
New publications at the West Swindon library
' MILTON ROAD, SWINDON
Jon Cleary Dilemma Jeff Deaver The Devils Teardrop 1 Apsley House Arcade, Wootton Bassett,
When Sydney detective Scobie At 9am on 31 December a man gets Telephone: 465640
Malone apprehends a husband onto the packed downwards esca-
who disappeared after the murder lator of a metro station and fires a
of his wife four years earlier, it silenced machine gun through a TRACEY'S NIec
seems a cut and dried case. But paper bag. He escapes unnoticed COMPLETE curt(c;tf.'s; kssnb Crafts
somehow Scobie finds himself in- in the confusion. Then a note is CURTAIN orbltiidS
vestigating the Crown Prosecutor. delivered to the mayor of Wash- ad For all your
Iris Gower Beloved Traitor ington DC demanding $20 million SERVICE m e?
When fiery redhead Garnet King- or the writer will instruct the gun- Pricefroy;: CROSS STITCH
dom sets sails for southern Spain, man to strike again. Curtains £25 * Tiebacks £15:
her young heart yearns for adven- Audrey Howard Angel Meadow Pelmets £25 • Austrian blinds £20 supplies
ture. No sooner had the ship left Set in Manchester, this is the story Roman blinds £25•! Accessories "£5 ALSO
port when it is captured by a pirate of a courageous young girl who Hanging from £13 Tapestry & embroidery
crew and Garnet finds herself auc- rises above terrible adversity to Prices exclude material Cost
tioned at the slave market at make a new life for herself and her Free estimating and advie Picture framing service
Tangiers. family.
Design, making and compleie 18 Apsley House Arcade
fitting service available
Fascinating village tales on sale Typical delivery 10 days Wootton Bassett

An excellent Christmas gift is Lydiard Life 2000, a second book of Call Tracey Baker on 0179?886110 Tel: 01793 848855
memories about Lydiard Millicent, with a couple of stories about
Shaw.
Edited by Christine Saunders, Mary Mellish recalls as a child
the compilation of contributions following Lord Bolingbroke into The SALAD BOWL
from present and past villagers is a Woolworths to see what nobility
fascinating insight into local his- bought when they went shopping.
tory and personal viewpoints. Ex-Square D managing director Tel: 01793 431991
There are tales of how the home James S Vaughan, now retired
guard prepared to repulse Hitler's home to the USA, describes his have moved from Kennedy's Garden Centre
hoards, an account of 'Turk' happy days living in Lydiard
Strange, a local male with brutal Manor during the 1960s, although to 1A Purton Road, Moredon
sexual behaviour, and the day a he does not mention the ghost. But (opposite the Boundary House)
village resident met Julia Roberts she does get a mention elsewhere.
when filming for the BBC.
Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Cut Flowers
21st Century poets wanted HOLLY WREATHS FOR CHRISTMAS
West Swindon based Ligden Po- Open: Monday to Saturday gam to 6pm
etry Society is running a competi-
tion backed by Burmah Castrol And Sunday 5th, 12th & 19th December
and Swindon Arts Foundation.
Winning and recommended po-
ems will be published in a Pulsar
millennium poetry anthology CHARISMA
which will be a record of how po- BLINDS
ets thought at the turn of the sec-
ond millennium. A Happy Christmas to all our customers
On offer are three main prizes:
1st £75, 2nd £50, £3rd £25. Christine Saunders, right, with Barbara Large
There is a fee of £2 for the first Moody, President of the Lydiards Vil- ERTIC ROLLER Range
poem and 50p for subsequent en- lage Society, front, Pat Russell, secre- III IBLI DSHI B LINDtH Quality
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tries to cover printing costs. tary, Graham Saunders, chairman omN 3 f ° 20
Poems of no more than 40 lines Fabrics
should be typed on A4 and sub- Also from America is a diary CIOSED
mitted by 29 February 2000 to The from soldier Jim Merrick based at Full measuring/fitting service or s,tutial is ®•e•1"11•t
Editor, Pulsar, 34 Lineacre, Grange Lydiard Park in 1945. cash and carry discounts t^ Ta i :^^y 4 Jr+ntl^rt
Park, Swindon, SN5 6DA. Lydiard Life 2000 is available at Factory Showroom open at BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Estate, Swindon
Entry fee cheques/postal orders £7.50 from Lydiard post office, the Open: Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm • Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm
should be made payable to 'Ligden Wootton Bassett bookshop and The
Poetry Society.' Bolingbroke Hotel, Hook.