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FABRIC
FASHIONS
Swindon's
BEST
fabric shop
We also sell Asian suits,
designer & casual,
saris and jewellery
THE LINK S GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON I AND AROUND SWINDON
Tailoring service and
curtain making
Mon. to Sat. 1 Oam to 4pm
Awareness of archives in October 25 Tennyson Street, Swindon
Film premiers capture living history of area which was once West Swindon Tel: (01793) 611869
The people of Rodbourne and local churches have worked with staff from the National Monuments Record
Centre, Wiltshire and Swindon Records Office, as well as Swindon libraries, Steam and Swindon Council Swindon & Cricklade
heritage team to produce two films which will add to the Rodbourne Living Story Project.
Railway
The films, charting the Circus. which also provides
changes in Rodbourne look the venue for monthly surger- Saturday 30th October, 6 - 8pm
at the original work of specu- ies held by an archivist from Halloween
lative developers and build- the Wiltshire and Swindon
ers, the architecture and the Records Office who can guide Special
layout of the streets and the users through the range of re- Wednesday
early inhabitants, as well as sources available. These vis- Special T9 " TAP E AIDE
the subsequent changes in its take place on the last Thurs- 27th October. o NORTH
shops and trade. day of each month from 10am 11 am - 4pm ° SWINDO
These will be shown at to 12 noon.
Blunsdon Station
National Monuments Record www.archiveawareness.com Tadpole Lane
WEST
Centre (NMRC) at Church- SWINDON s 'W"C
• Volunteer researches ar- Swindon.
ward on: Tel: (01793) 771615
chives and history of West
• Wednesday 20 October, The St Augustine s Church Mothers' Union, Swindon for benefit of chil- When special events are not scheduled a
1 0.30am to 12.30pm c1950 - from the recent Rodbourne Local dren - page 20. train service operates Sundays 11 am to 4pm
History Project exhibition. Copyright J Morris
and 2pm to 4pm;
• Thursday 28 October, aging existing. new and different
2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm. users to experience all that records
Each film will be shown several of the past can offer.
ti mes during each session. Admis- Locally based archive resources
sion is free but places need to be include the NMRC which has a
pre-booked by contacting Ros collection of over 8 million photo-
Wilson at the NMRC on 414797. graphs covering the country, as well
Aerial photographs. title deeds. as plans. drawings and reports.
census returns, trade directories Its public research room in
and people's memories are Kemble Drive can be visited free of
amongst the sources used and their charge.
availability are key aspects of the Those interested in local history
national Archive Awareness Cam- will find a wealth of information at
paign in October aimed at encour- the Reference Library in Regent

Life and medieval times in the town
Historical research by a group of 16 to 25 year olds has helped them
discover what it was like to live in Swindon in times gone by.
The work by residents of The
Foyer supported housing in Old
Town can be seen in a multi-media
exhibition titled Re.'Evolutioninthe
Swindon Museum in Bath Road. It
features aspects of medieval life,
including what people ate. the
clothes they wore and what they
did for entertainment. Objects on
display include a model of a medi-
eval house, replica costumes and
objects from the museum's collec-
FoyerresidentDavidMalone dressed
tion including pottery and musical
up to try his hand at falconry
instruments.
Foyer resident Lyndsey Herbert. life. I liked finding out about the
24. was fascinated by the insight medical side and how people never
into medieval times. "I thought it used to have pain killers."
would be nice to learn something The free exhibition runs until 10
new, and about a different way of October.