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Swing low in Swindon as the cup comes to town
The Barn, 116 High St. Blunsdon
Forget the drubbing by Ireland in The money raised will be donated
the Six Nations a few weeks ago, to the Prospect Hospice. which
England arethe rugby world cham- cares for the terminally ill.
pions and if you want to relive Pip Laycock, Marketing Man- PRIDE
those glorious nail biting moments ager of the Brunel Centre com-
of last November, there is only one mented, "we are so excited and GORSE HILL
place to be on Easter Saturday 10 honoured to be chosen as the DRY CLEANERS
April between 9am and 12noon. venue for this event. m
The William Webb Ellis World "The Brunel is one of only two HALF PRICE OFFER
Cup lifted high by Martin Johnson viewings of the cup in Wiltshire as Suits £7.90 £3.99
on that fateful night in Australia will it is taken on its whistle stop tour of Jackets £5.50 £2.75
be on display at the Brunel Centre. the country." Trousers £4.50 £2.25 _
underneath the Link Bridge on Ca- The Brunel will be organising a Dresses £J.50 £2.75
nal Walk. host of other rugby related activi- Coats L7.50 £3.75
A photographer will be on hand ties to keep children amused whilst
to take a once in a lifetime picture. the adults can reminisce about Curtains 20% off m
where they were at the fateful mo- 33 Cricklade Road
ment Wilkinson's drop goal sailed Front & rear parking
Wiltshire Festival return on a knife edge over. 01793 541918
Details of these activities will be
As The Link goes to press a decision on whether the Wiltshire Festival released nearer 10 April. Bring this advert for offers
in Lydiard Park will return over the Bank Holiday is about to be made.
Having not taken place in 2003 whilst organisational and promotional
issues were sorted out, the new promoters are waiting for a very big
headline act to sign up for what will again be the region's largest outdoor
music event.
VAGINA
Brunel's birthday plans
You could call Isambard Kingdom MONOLOGUES
Brunel the original Mr Swindon. It
was he who launched an industrial BY EYE ENSLIR
revolution in an innocent valley
close to a hilltop hamlet by declar-
ing it an excellent spot to build an
engineering work for his Great
Western Railway. between Lon-
don and Bristol.
That was in the 1 830s. Now he's
the second most famous Britain
according to a BBC TV poll, even if
his father was French. According
to a six part series on HTV showing
at present, this buccaneer knew
no bounds in his drive to achieve
ground breaking feats of engineer-
ing, even if his workers perished in
the process.
To mark the bi-centenary of his
birth in 2006, early plans are being iu•I ,i
made for educational, cultural, sci-
entific and engineering events
across the region. Alison Newman n Ann Charleston Andrea Oliver
Initial discussions have taken
place in Swindon to see if we can
offer up anything to mark his Denis Bird's photo of the newly WYVERN THEATRE
memory by way of an exhibition at erected statue Brunel outside the THEATRE SQUARE, SWINDO N
Steam Museum.
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