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No. 235 • December 2001 • Circulation 22,000
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            • A Happy Christmas to all our readers
         ' from the positive nes force in Swindon


               Thinking of others                                                      Christmas service times at
                                                                                       churches in
     Children at Shaw Ridge primary school enthusiastically filled shoe                West
     boxes with small toys, sweets, toiletries and clothing for the                    and
     Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. The 115 boxes will                   North
    join thousands of others collected for distribution to less well off               Swindon
    children across the world.                                                         on page 46
                                          Ho/din g  four of the
                                          many boxes. from left,
          Bard in a Sack                  Ashley Hutchinson,                              There's a warm
                                          Chloe Dow. Matthew
     The Link magazine is sponsoring students at                                       welcome from Mr All
                                          Walker, Joe Turner
     Greendown School to create the first ever                                             and his staff at
     Shakespeare Story Sack. Story on page 40.
                                                  Tree of memory                          "Purton's hidden
                                                                                          Indian treasure"
                                          A tree to honour the victims of the terrorist attacks in the
                                          USA on 11 September was planted near the West Swindon
                                          Centre lakes on Remembrance Sunday, 11 November.


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