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18 The Link Magazine • October 2003
Pictures that nearly got away - 1
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The Mayor of Swindon coun Derek Benfield made the annual may-
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were just two chil-
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about the ceremo-
nial robes, but
within seconds
there was a whole
gang, climbing out
Community of the trees, some
literally; it was
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Scheme . The Mayor re-
turned to Lydiard
A minimum of in early September
1% of the Society's to judge entries by
children to the
profits are
'With Love from
returned to Lydiard' design a
projects to postcard competi-
benefit the tion based on any
aspect of the house Coun Benfield holds up entries with Sarah Finch-Crisp,
local community or the park. keeper of the house
through the Summer holidays in the Parks area of
Swindon was a lot more exciting with a
Community Regeneration plan to be agreed
community dividend grant to SPLASH
Dividend Scheme. (Schools and Police Liaison Activities for A project to restore Lydiard Park was nearly killed off when Swindon
Summer Holidays) to run a visual arts Council's cabinet decided in July to review the business plan associ-
If you think a project project. From left are neighbourhood team ated with the proposal to apply for £3.8 million to the Heritage
leader Steve Richards, artist Gordon
you know of could Lottery Fund.
Dickenson, Danielle Gibbs and Millie
qualify for a grant Gayle-Brown working on a bike sculpture However, after deep discussions with English Heritage and West
of up to £ 1,000, call Swindon company Innogy, which has already spent £100,000 on devel-
01865 256235 for details. opment work in advance of the lottery application, the project is back
♦ i on with all party support, subject to cabinet approval on 24 September.
Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Cabinet member for culture coun Justin Tomlinson said, "the propos-
als now make sense and this is good news for the friends of Lydiard and
the people of Swindon."