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2 The. Link Magazine • May 2002
Will you be celebrating Queen Mum remembered as patron and

the Queen's ireign? friend by locally based charity
Sadness at the death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 30
The Link is here to publicise any events March was felt especially by staff at Bible Society in Westlea who lost
you are planning in late May and June, a much loved patron of 59 years.
and we would also like to hear from read- Her only official en-
ers willing to cover their events for us. gagement in Swindon
Crucial dates was to open the Society's
The June Link is published on the weekend new headquarters at the
of 25 / 26 May. Please let us know by 13 May Delta Business Park in
of events to be promoted. May 1986.
The Queen Mother
Send us a picture was a strong Christian
If you are planning a school or community believer and supporter
group activity, a street party or some other of Bible Society's mis-
occasion to celebrate the Golden Jubilee, sion to make the Bible
would you take a picture for us? Were available to people
planning a jubilee roundup Link and we worldwide. Bible Soci-
The Queen on the steps ofLyd- need photos by 7 June. ety's recently appointed
iard House, November 1997 If you can help call us on 872282.
chief executive James
Below: receiving the royal wave. Tregoze School children who went to see the Catford, who was one of The Queen Mother at Bible Society in 1986
Queen at Lydiard. This photograph taken by The Link takes pride of place at the many representa-
an exhibition of memorabilia which marks royal visits to the town at the tives of charities supported by the Queen Mother at her funeral in
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Bath Road, Old Town. Westminster Abbey, said, "having a much loved figure who was a
strong Christian as patron helped to give a high profile to Bible
Society's work the world over; she will be truly missed. Her visit to the
Society in May 1986 was the scene of much celebration for staff and the
people of Swindon alike."
Memories of a lovely lady
L-1' Sheila, James and Samantha Mitchell from Westlea have fond memo-
I ries of meeting Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in May 1979 at
Alliwal barracks at Tidworth garrison.
The Queen Mother was
colonel in chief of the 9th/ ( i. ,
12th Royal Lancers and Y '' E F
James met her on several w+^
occasions as Regimental
Sergeant Major.
In 1979 the Queen Mother
visited to present a new
• Full range of Quality Plants & Trees Guidon (colours) to the
• Self contained Water Features regiment and Samantha,
• Ornamental Stoneware & Bird Baths then three years old, had
the honour of presenting ^
• Rockery Stone and Paving
her with a bouquet.
• Wooden Garden Furniture "It was a lovely day and a
• Friendly, Expert Advice privilege to be in her corn Y • r':
pany," said Sheila who also
attended the Queen Moth-
POTS FULL OF ' er's centenary celebration
COLOUR FOR
YOUR SUMMER pageant with James in 2000. Sheila making sure everything goes as
"It is very sad to see the
GARDEN planned as Samantha presents her posy
Queen Mother pass on. She
stood for everything good in this Former Greendown student
country and will be greatly Samantha is now a mother of two
WICK, SWINDON. TEL: 01793
missed." children and living in Rodbourne.
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