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Young and old combine to commemorate the Queen's jubilee
Pupils from two local schools have
joined with members of the Haydon
Wick Over 60s Club to produce
lasting memorials of the golden visa',
A family run business offering jubilee. FY 1 ti.
great service and very low Working with artist in residence
prices. If you can find it Susan Carr, who lives in Hayden
cheaper, we will beat that Wick, stained glass windows have
price on the spot.
PART EXCHANGE WELCOME. been designed and made for the
north site of Hreod Parkway School
COMPACT CAMERAS and the offices of the Haydon Wick
Examples:
OlympusMju 11 ......................... £79.95 Parish Council.
Olympus Mju Zoom 140 .......... £159.95 The south site of the school will
SINGLE LENS REFLEX benefit from two large banners,
Canon EOS 300 with 28/90 .... £239.95
created with help from the Hayden
Wick Over 60s Club who contrib-
uted painted silk designs.
The window at the council of- 144 children helped make the jubilee stained glass window hanging at
fices was designed and made by the north site. Some of them with Pat Cutting, second left, and Susan
children at Haydon Wick primary Carr, centre, from left, Ben Vowles, Louise Higgs, Liam Lye, Laura
school. Fitzgerald
Funding for the projects came
Nikon F55 + 28/80G ................ £219.99 from the parish council. Susan,
DIGITAL CAMERAS whose two year residency came to Arts at Asda Wal-Mart comes together
Yashica Finecam S3 3.34 MP. £299.99 an end in July, said she hoped the
Fuji Finepix 2600 2.0 MP ........ £249.99 You might not usually associate a supermarket with art, but that's about
artworks, as well as the house ban-
MEMORY CARDS ners made last year, will eventu- to change at the Wal-Mart supercentre in North Swindon.
Compact Flash 32mb ................ £19.99
SmartMedia 64mb .................... £29.99 ally be transferred to the new Hreod Since last November two inter-
DEVELOP AND PRINT 24 hour service Parkway school when it opens in nationally renowned cartoonists
Any35mm film 6x4 ...................... £2.99 September 2005. ' C-
Any35mm film 5x7 ...................... £4.99 Simon Grennan from Brighton and
Parish councillor Pat Cutting Christopher Sperandio from New
said, "knowing that so many chil- York have been meeting people
dren have worked on the window and observing community life for a
gives it a sense of community. The highly visual, colourful and thought cI)
colours coming through it are lovely." provoking year long commission
for Swindon Borough Council in
partnership with Asda Wal-Mart.
Simon said he and Chris had the supercentre as a central part of
FOUR SEASONS been gathering points of view from the developing life of Swindon.
a wide range of sources in and Celebrating the supercentre's first
around the store. "We've tried to anniversary, a series of large bill-
meet as many people as possible board portraits of people in the
from all walks of life to create a area will be displayed on routes
picture of the unique character of from Swindon town centre to the
the area. store over the following 12 months.
"There's such a range of back- Huge posters will be displayed on
DOLLS, grounds and experience here; a giant billboard in the entrance of
we've talked to young and old, Asda Wal-mart.
local residents and people travel- The artists' work will also have a
DOLLS HOUSES li ng through, bee-keepers and gar- certain moving quality as they will
deners, school-children, keyboard completely decorate a double
fanatics and mothers with toddlers." decker bus with a group portrait
Focusing on life at the 24 hour which will run on a route from town
Asda Wal-Mart store. Simon fol- to North Swindon for a year.
"The last six months have been
MINIATURES SHOW lowed a night shift from 10pm to enormously enjoyable," said
6am to ensure that the cartoonists
got the full, if rather bleary-eyed Simon. "Having worked all around
picture. the world, we've had a great wel-
Hilton Hotel Swindon As a final piece of investigation, come here."
the cartoonists have arranged for Look out later in the year for a
Junction 16, M4, Lydiard Fields pupils at Hreod Parkway School to special cartoon centre page pull
produce their own alternative views out produced especially for The
of the Asda store. These pictures Link by Simon and Chris.
Sunday 18th August will be permanently displayed on • ' Celebrating Swindon - Artists at
the computer screens in the new Asda' is a Grennan & Sperandio
10.00am - 4.00pm li brary next to the supercentre project commissioned by ASDA
which opens in the Autumn.
Wal-Mart and Swindon Borough
Working towards the launch of Council's Artscape, developed and
Admission "Celebrating Swindon - Artists at managed by Artpoint.
Asda Wal-Mart" in November, a • Grennan & Sperandio's work can
Adults: £2.50 Seniors: £2.00
big exhibition in more ways than be seen at:
u a Accompanied children: £1.00 one, Simon and Chris are develop- www.kartoonkings.com
ing a series of artworks to reflect www.swindonartscape.co.uk
their findings and draw attention to www.artpoint-trust.org.uk