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Vandals wreck arts view
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i They formed a long arc facing the picnic field at Lydiard Park, brooding
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reasons.
Visual arts officer Barbara Dixon
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from Swindon Artscape said it was
very disappointing that the public
had been denied the chance to see
the exhibition which was mounted
Unit 16, Station Industrial Estate, Sheppard Street, Swindon
as part of the Think Art Festival.
Tel: 01793 613147 "The figures seemed to draw peo-
ple: over two hundred visited them
on the first day. There were lots of
positive comments about the myste- Terry Roberts and son Jeff from
rious atmosphere around them, like Swindon Services taking down
the heads on Easter Island. Martin White's figures
M O OOTO 0 "It's very sad that vandals are dentwasjust one more example of
incapable of letting others enjoy a catalogue of damage to Swindon
Cars, Motorcycles, Class 7 what is around them." Council's facilities in the park and
A Lydiard ranger said the inci- elsewhere across the borough.
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