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The Link Magazine - October 2001 27
Family reunited @ Swindon Link
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Two long lost cousins have been reunited thanks to the Link maga- (9
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Thomas Moynihan from Dublin are very excited about it, as nor- sFR v1G11'
decided to track down his cousin mally people are too busy with life We are looking for experienced carers
Maureen following a family be- to look for their roots."
reavement earlier this year when The complex web goes on to span to run their own homes as registered small care homes
the conversation came around to a third continent as Maureen's fa- for adults with physical/learning disabilities,
long lost relatives. ther has one surviving brother, mental health problems and older persons.
"I had only ever met her once Christopher Moynihan, who now
before at her wedding in Swindon lives in Perth, Australia. Thomas You don't need formal qualifications - just commitment
in 1962," said Thomas by e-mail. contacted him by e-mail and was and a genuine passion for the job.
"I looked through all the Swindon able to tell him about his niece in
web sites. The only one that looked Swindon. Soon afterwards Ongoing training and support will be given.
as if it would work was Maureen received another call Interested? Then call
www.swindonlink.com and sent from afar. "It was amazing to talk The Adult Placement Service on 01793 486210 sw,non
a message to the PeopleLink sec- to Christopher; I'm still reeling."
tion of the site."
In an amazing example of how
the internet can act both locally
and globally, his message was read 9
by Muriel Lobban in Ottowa who
was born and bred in Swindon
before emigrating to Canada. She WATEVER MAKE OF CAR YOU DRIVE,
often looks at the site to keep in
touch with the town and thought
the person Thomas was looking SKURRAYS CAN SERVICE IT WITH PRICES
for was her niece Maureen Caton,
councillor for Moredon and former
Mayor of Swindon. Muriel e- FROM ONLY £99.9
mailed Maureen's daughters say-
ing, 'I think this is your mother.'
"I really couldn't believe it," said
Maureen. "But my daughter
'phoned the number then called
me over to the phone to talk to
Thomas." Since then they have
spoken several times on the phone.
"I never considered myself lost.
My father Patrick Moynihan died
during the war when I was six
months old, so I only knew one
half of the family. My daughters
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Link down under
The Lbik has also been exchanging
e-mails with Rhonda Merritt, a
university student from Queens-
land, who has been trying to find
out more about her great-grand-
mother's family, who ran the Mills
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Brothers furniture shop in Bridge t ^ ' u As long as it is between E & P
Street in the 1920s. reg, and up to 2000cc. Includes
Happily we have united her with Oil/air Filters, Oil, Plugs, Labour
a descendent of the family. and VAT. (Fuel injection models
• Fuel Filter Extra if required)
Can you help? 1 - , 1 (excludes specialist plugs)
From David Braybrooks (6
[email protected]
Does anyone know the wherea-
bouts of Sandra Mary Pounder (nee
Buckland) from the 1960's who visit uS
lived at West Lavington and later S
Hook, Nr Swindon? David is plan-
ning a trip to England in October
and would like to catch up. George L
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