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forgotten public sculptures Striding out from 7 April
The West Swindon Walking Group
will be exploring the area on
present custodians in Swindon Council. monthly afternoon walks until Oc-
No money is available to maintain the existing sculptures and information about who created them and why tober.
is difficult to come by, and certainly not on the council's web site or at www.swindonartscape.co.uk Link Centre ALC instructor Brian
However, public arts manager Celia Yeoman said the council's public art pol:cy is to be reviewed this year Gardiner has prepared seven
and the preservation of the older pieces of sculpture may be part of the exercise. routes around West Swindon start-
Now there's a chance to discover the forgotten artworks by joining the first expedition by the new West ing from Link Centre. and one to
Swindon Walking Club to be launched in April using the map published by The Link. details right. Below we Old Town and back.
go on a trip around the works, with help from children at Westlea School pictured in 2002. "Walking is an excellent but
under-rated form of exercise,"
Diana Dors - Film Star. 1991. says Brian. "It's a great way to
by John Clinch build up fitness, improve bone
Swindon's buxom starlet cast in density and muscle mass. and a
bronze at Shaw Ridge Leisure Park work out for heart and lungs. whilst
A Thamesdown Council Percent for Art
being sociable along the way.
commission
"Nearly all the walks take place
on tarmaced routes and you can
Looking to the Future, 1985,
be assured you will discover a
by Jon Buck
different view of West Swindon."
Jon set up a workshop in the old
The cost is £1.50 for Swindon
Toothill community hut on
Card holders, £1 for concession 1
Deerhurst Way to create three
and 50p for concession 2.
ghostly fibreglass fig-
To book a place visit the Link
ures in bathing cos-
Centre or call 445566.
tumes which were first
located in Westlea Park Discover two new parks
How the Mighty are Fallen, 1989, before being moved to The Swindon Council Ranger
by Tim Sandys-Renton the lakes at West Swin- Team are leading an easy paced
A cast iron and iron archaelogical don Centre. Because 6 mile walk from Lydiard Park to
artifact from the 20th Century of the soft material, the the proposed country parks at
perched on Shaw Ridge which re- bathers have suffered Moulden Hill and Shaw Tip on
quires viewers to transport them- badly from vandalism Sunday 21 March, 10am to 2pm.
selves into the future. in both locations. Book in advance by calling Mike
A Thamesdown Council Percent for Art Funded by Thamesdown Newton on 771419.
commission Council and Southern Arts