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A fitting tribute to the town

It's arrived. Swindon's £11 million lottery funded museum of the Great
Western Railway. Huge engines and huge spaces, telling the story of
the works, the people who worked there and the contribution of Swindon
to the railway in Britain.
Hopefully Prince Charles will be pleased by the regeneration of the
historic building on his 27 June visit. STEAM is sure to become an
attraction for Swindonians and for people from far and wide.

An invitation to write a poem in the Where I live: Old Shaw Lane
June Link won young wordsmith Where buses and trams used to
Megan Gibson, 10, the chance to drive the road is quiet and peaceful
help open STEAM on 14 June.
The trees wave in the gentle breeze.
The foxes creep through the
gardens by night, searching for
food to give to their cubs
The birds twitter and chirp as they
hop from tree to tree
Where the shouts of children
playing football were, there are now
pretty bungalows with flowers
blossoming around them
The old carts pulled by horses down
the road have all long gone
The old pump at the bottom of the
garden of the road which used to
Her poem on the theme 'Swin- pour water, now stands at Lydiard
don - where I live' was inspired by
Millicent for people to see, but not a
a chat with Phyllis Harvey about
drop splashes from it now
ti mes past in Old Shaw Lane where
Megan now lives. "My mum saw Where my school is was a field of
the story in The Link and I quickly cows with a bubbling stream
sat down and wrote my poem," I love Old Shaw Lane and I sit in the
said Megan. "We rushed it to the garden as trees sway arcund me
council the next day just in time. It and birds sing songs as the . scrape
was lovely to be asked to be one of for worms to feed the young
the first inside STEAM. My great Old Shaw Lane is silent and
grand-dad 'Harry' Francome was a peaceful as the big golden sun sinks
boiler maker in the GWR between behind the houses
1909 and 1960." I sit and dream of how it used to be

Bard on a summers eve

This year Shakespeare in the Park is bigger and better than ever, writes
Sarah Finch-Crisp, keeper of Lydiard House.
National 1 In The Tempest,
company well known to many
break retu children at West
Lydiard Park Swindon schools,
fifth year, o strange events,
two well love drunken plots and a
-the classic c vengeful Caliban
As You Like i provide a cocktail of
July and the magic, music and re-
rious and p^ venge.
ate drama Th You don't need to
pest on 22 be a Shakespeare
July. buff to enjoy these
Swindon plays which are suit-
Musicians w,,, u, able for a I ages.
be returning to entertain the audi- Come with a friend or take advan-
ence with a lively programme by tage of our group discounts.
favourite composers before the ` For tickets, visitortelepnonethe
performances begin. Town Hall Studios, Regent Circus.
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