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Nickelodeon
II In Concert
Thistle Hotel, Swindon
Monday 30 September
Ronnie, Billy and Ray from
The Daniel O'Donnell Band
will be playing all your
favourite songs past & present.
Bar & refreshments available
THE LINK MAGAZINE'S GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON IN AND AROUND SWINDON Tickets £9.50
Profits to the
Wiltshire Air Ambulance
Free festival of the forest in Old Town For information and to order
tickets call 723495
A day full of fun and entertainment, with woodland demonstrations, arts and crafts, children's workshops, live
music, theatre, displays and wholesome food is promised for the Great Western Community Forest festival
on Saturday 31 August, 10am - 5pm at The Lawn in Old Town.
Do you need a hat but
Sponsored by Nationwide Swindon's global bit
Building Society, the day will The festival takes place the don't want to BUY one?
celebrate trees and their prod- day after the Swindon Agenda
ucts, promoting a greener life- 21 display in The Parade on 30 Then call
style and providing informa- August, coinciding with the Jo-
ti on about creating a greener hannesburg Earth Conference.

planet. Alongside traditional Find out what is being done ' Y , ti,+fo aii o ^s,o
a Hatter
woodcraft such as wood turn- locally with global relevance. The Ma
ing, willow weaving, brushes
and brooms, hazel hurdles Farm open day Now located in Haydon Wick
and clog making, there will be Nationally known organic (01793) 704005 or
demonstrations of small scale Eastbrook Farm at Bishop- 07710 298790
technologies using power stone, east of Swindon, will be to see the large selection of
from the wind, sun and bicycles. will be craft workshops where open to visitors on Saturday 7 Sep- Hats to HIRE!
Many local organisations will young and old can learn new skills. tember, 10.30am to 3pm.
promote green issues and provide Walk, cycle or catch the bus to Discover how animals are raised Make a personal appointment
information on how you can get the event, or use the park and ride humanely and crops grown with- to find just the right hat for you
involved and make a difference. service from the Nationwide car out chemicals.
Children will be able to make park in Pipers Way.
bird boxes, magic willow wands. For more information. contact
Willy Russell's delightful
and `green man' masks and there Heather Lilley on 466317.
Liverpudlian comedy of
Shakespeare, Shaw and
Magic carpet arrives at Lydiard Scissors
A Victorian Wilton carpet which has travelled around the country and Thursday 5th to
been to the USA and back has been donated to Lydiard House by Sara Saturday 7th September, 7.30pm
Fields from Abbey Meads.
Matinee 2.30pm Saturday
As a child Sara played Tickets £8.50 (conc. available)
on the twenty by sixteen
foot carpet purchased by
her grandfather in 1959
and later inherited it.
Unfortunately. she's LIAl1 8 Eft
never had anywhere as
al. he oo
large enough to roll it out
Rai bo'
and with a family move
AYE
to Abu Dhabi planned for Charles Vance
mid-August. she decided Geoff presents
to donate it to Lydiard
House, even though she A sensational
had never made a visit in pantomime for
the four years she lived the whole family
in the town.
" My children have vis- 1 ^i 13 December to
ited the house and park
with their school and OLEYAN TANNER 11 January
as
was very aware of - . s W6itington
Sarah and Sara, with carpet movers Jim Smith Last years prices
Lydiard from The Link; and Craig Whitbread of Swindon Services YATI ^.,. r
but coming here was al- Hi 8a held at £12.50
ways something we would do as a surprise to be offered the carpet & £13.50
family one day. I'm very pleased, which suits the ambience of the
the house is perfect for the carpet; house. We will have to reduce it in WYVERN - f THEATRE
we will visit it in the future." size to fit into the dining room and
THEATRE SQUARE, SWINDON swinon
Keeper of the house Sarah we hope to have it on display in
Finch-Crisp said she was delighted September." BOX OFFICE: (01793) 524481 CLEARCHIA-NEL
by Sara's call. "It was a lovely • Lydiard proposals: pages 23 - 25