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14 AT YOUR LIBRARY
Win an 'Oscar' in a libraries movie quiz
COOPERS CHEMIST
Look out for a video quiz starting in Swindon's libraries on 3 April.
WEST SWINDON CENTRE There will be questions for adults and children and several prizes to
Fine fragrances, be won at the end of May writes Vikki Ring.
Specialists in PVCU, lent special effects and is a real
toiletries, ear piercing There are lots of new films to
windows, doors and hire from many of our libraries roller-coaster of a ride. It stars
etc. including several titles starring among others the hilarious John
conservatories,
APS, developing & printing some of Hollywood's leading men, Goodman, Ruby Wax and Hugh
also carpentry, fencing, Michael Douglas in the The Game, Laurie to name but a few.
One free 35mm 24 exp film
patios, floor tiling. Brad Pitt in Seven Years in Tibet,
with every 35mm roll Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets, As Good as it Gets Jack Nicholson
developed on the premises 22 Ravens Walk George Clooney in The Peacemaker and Helen Hunt star in this bitter
sweet comedy about Melvin Udall
Tel: 872033 Wootton Bassett and many titles for all the family a reclusive obsessive character who
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Affleck) GI Jane (Demi Moore), I of romantic novels. However one
day he is forced to do a good tu rn
Know What You Did Last Summer
and many more. for a neighbour and slowly dis-
A 2 Z Home Improvements We have recently introduced a covers that he might have a heart
new cheaper category of video for after all. Jack Nicholson is brilliant
All your needs in one number not recently released film titles so as Melvin who has you laughing
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Here are three of the new titles on
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The Borrowers Thestoryofa group time from his wayward younger
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Fazal Soeleman
STOP! cally and unexpectedly died at the age of 39.
A talented and unique musician who lived in Toothill has tragi-
Francisco and instantly knew that
Link reporter Gina Dennis had
interviewed Mohamed Fazal
this was what he wanted to do.
Fazal studied with a number of
Soeleman for this edition only days
before his sudden death from heart
sitar masters in India. More re-
failure. cently he worked with Ustad Asad
Fazal was a professional musi- Ali Khan, receiving training in the
LOOK and LISTEN before you commit yourself to any cian, performing concerts of In- sacred, meditative Dhrupad style
major home improvement. New windows, doors and dian classical of Khandarbani
especially a new conservatory music featuring gharana.
A committed
can transform your home... g sitar and tabla Muslim, Fazal
(Indian kettle-
but it's worth using this O C-KLIST.7. drum). He also embraced In-
simple checklist: ^^ q led lecture dem- dian music as
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locking options? World Music. itualjourney. He
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is it a well k nown nam, a Dutch when he played,
LOCAL firm, well established,
with a re colony in South "the note, the
putation to protect?
America, where music, is about
his grandfather being absolutely
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Coastal? 3 < contract labourer Fazal's faith
to work the fields after the aboli- permeated his day to day living,
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Properly protected?
cal influences were Western. He recognised the commonality of
learned to read music and played human experience, despite the dif-
flute, bongos and conga. ferences in our religious symbols.
When Fazal was 13 years old, But he believed in Islam as the last
$ERMIN WINDOWS his family moved to Holland. On and greatest religion. He died, as
leaving school, he joined the mer- he would have wished, at prayer
Telephone 824419 chant navy and it was through his and at peace.
travels that, at 17, he first encoun- Muslims are asked to to read
IC A supplier and installer at /ice Windows. doors and conservatories
tered Indian classical music in San Sourate Yasin for him.