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Celebrating 25 years of Ministry in the West

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a doctor's surgery was established.
However, she and the late council church and on Saturday 26 May, will join us in the services, or at the
neighbourhood worker Bob May, Toothill councillor David Cox, the barn dance or the lunch, or just
welcomed newcomers to the area new Mayor of Swindon, will at- drop in to look at the photographs.
and helped to start community tend a Souperlunch. On Sunday 27 A lot has happened in West Swin-
groups in a house from the very May church members will talk don to build a community and we'll
early days. about their lives in a TV Songs of be giving praise for the church's
Last year the Bishop of Swindon Praise style of service. contribution."
Michael Doe described Olive at a David Hoare, who is writing a
service to celebrate her fifty years history of Toothill Church and is Programme at Toothill Church
of church work as the 'minister for organising a display of photo- 19th: Barn Dance, tickets on the
mud,' recalling her appointments graphs and archive material dur- door, 6.30pm - 9.30pm
on new estates in Swindon and ing the week, said, "we're celebrat- 20th: Celebration Service, 2pm
Bristol, and also as a missionary in ing a quarter of a century of minis- 26th: Souperlunch, home-made
Africa. try in Toothill; the church building soup, bread & fruit, 12.30pm
On Saturday 19 May a commu- opened in November 1978. We 26th: Exhibition, 2pm - 4pm
nity barn dance will be held in the hope as many people as possible 26th: Songs of Praise, 6pm
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Is it important to collect and preserve the past?
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The success of the six books of photographs of the town published by the Swindon Society attest to the
fascination with the past. The society has a slogan: history starts yesterday. n t
A lot of important material The but taut on Dunzuich Drive, d a p
which tells the story of its develop- Toothill which served as a shop and i^ W' o s i a
ment has already disappeared, but conirnunzty hall from niid
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tures and recollections of the last
25 years of West Swindon, and design and
also the development of North
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The Link is interested in any pho- © ,a c s
tographs or items relating to West
and North Swindon. We already There has been little interest odybliss
have a vast collection of photo- when we have invited interest in
graphs. Contact us at the address establishing a local history group DEPILAJE
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