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Young and old combine to commemorate the Queen's jubilee
Work by pupils from two local schools and members of the Haydon Wick Over 60s Club have been unveiled to create lasting memorials of the
golden jubilee.
The August Link featured a stained glass
window created by students at Hreod Parkway
School and artist in residence Susan Carr. py... i r
Susan also worked with pupils at Haydon
Wick Primary School on a window that has
been mounted at Haydon Wick parish council ^ r• ^^ `
offices and also with members of the Over 60s
s
who have created two silk painted banners. , 1 °h i Aj s^
This has been hung in the Hreod Parkway
south site building. :_ w i i^ ^y
The three works of art were sponsored by .
Haydon Wick parish council. Councillor Pat s1
Cutting paid tribute to Susan Carr who has
created many pieces of art in the community k.
since graduating with an art degree from Swin-
don College. "She has stimulated imagination
of local children and adults, working together — +•
to celebrate the Queen's jubilee through art." ^'` * 5
• Susan, who lives in Haydon Wick, was one of
two successful applicants for the Swindon
Business Women's Breakfast Club award and
will be putting the £500 grant towards research
for a PhD in art therapy. "I am very interested
in the link between positive and negative crea- Haydon Wick Over 60s holding their banner with Sue Carr, centre right, and children from Haydon
tivity and the effects on the self-esteem and Wick School, from left, Bryony Franklin, Beryl Bishop, Mary Miller, Joan Levick, Akiho Terazaki,
behaviour of secondary age children." Pat Cutting, Luke Waldron
Choir prepares for UK premier of Cuban choral work
Highworth becomes Havana next The work, composed by Cuban Catedral de Le Habana, Cuba in The performance takes place on
Spring when its choral society per- Jose Maria Vitier, has only been December 1996. Saturday 5 April, 7.30pm at the
forms the UK Premiere of Misa performed ,n a handful of countries The work is described as a fu- Highworth Recreation Centre,
Cubana. since its world premier at the sion of traditional Caribbean Highworth.
rhythms and the sacred musical The society expects the 500 tick-
elements from Europe, reminiscent ets to sell very quickly as the work
of Mozart and the late Baroque will attract a national audience.
MILLENNIUM period peppered with the incom- 763175.
Tickets at £10 are available from
parable sound of Cuban percus-
sion." www.highworthchoral.org.uk
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Top ten finalists hope to win regional award
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR West Swindon's Trawlerman fish and chip shop is one of the top ten in
TAXI SERVICE, ALL YEAR ROUND the South West region and staff are working hard to make it the best in
the country.
INCLUDING CHRISTMAS? The competition organised by the service and presentation by
the Sea Fish Industry Authority staff and most importantly the qual-
judges the appearance of the shop, ity of the fish and chips on sale.
expect the phone to be answered
Every nook and cranny of The
within a few rings Trawlerman, already holder of the
Seafish Authority's Quality Fryers
I want the booking to go to the top Award, will now be inspected to
of the list - even at the busiest times find out if it rates as the top in the
region. "The hard part now takes
I never want to hear the words place," said long serving manager
Alan Clark. "The judges look at
Sorry, we are fully booked'
absolutely everything in the busi-
ness and the winner which will be
WHAT YOU NEED IS announced in mid-October. The
regional winnerwill then represent
their area at the grand final at the
AUTOBOOK Cafe Royal in London on 13 No-
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T earn top marks for customer rela-
144 "eveh LN 4 Ao The Trawlerman will no doubt
tionships, quality food and attract-
To apply for a FREE Autobook card, ing business to the town. People
from Wootton Bassett, Caine and
call 542222. Aiming for top takeaway status, further afield are known to do their
Leave your name and number, we'll get back to you joint managers Alan Clark and shopping in Swindon so that they
Helen Houghton can call into the takeaway.