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SWINDON &
CRICKLADE RAILWAY

SANTA SPECIALS

THE LINK MAGAZINE'S GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON IN AND AROUND SWINDON

l lam - 4pm
Celebrating 400 years of bonfires and fireworks Sunday 27th November
Saturday 3rd and
Friday 4 November - Westlea School, Langstone Way
5.30pm: gates open and BBQ. 6pm: bonfire. 6.30pm: fireworks Sunday 4th December
£3.50 adult: £2.50 child. Family (2+2) £10 only available in advance Zp05 Specf, Saturday 10th and
from school office. In aid of school funds Sunday 11th December
Guy Fawkes..,
Friday 4 November - Oliver Tomkins School, Toothill Saturday 17th and
6.30pm: gates open. 7.15pm: fireworks. '4OQth Anniveisery
£5 adult; £2.50 child; £4 OAP; £12 family (2 + 2). In aid of school funds Spectacular Sunday 18th December
FfreW0
Saturday 5 November - The Nine Elms Pub, Old Shaw Lane th November Also 6pm - 8pm
6.30pm: gates open. £1 adult; 50p children. For details call 770442 Saturday 10th December
Saturday 5 November - Lydiard Park - see advert right Blunsdon ^^•. TADPOLE'_ANE
TO f, —"ON
5
Station NORTH
Saturday 5 November - Polo Ground, Marlborough Road, Old Town Bonfire lit at 6.00p e
Adult E5 o SWINDON
Tadpole Lane
Swindon Lions - Fireworks Spectacular and Fair open xt 30 P ,„ Child £3 Tel: 771615
G,"S^is Hook Street) e • ._ Ha H— H
5.30pm: gates and funfair. 6pm: entertainment and GWR FM Black Trains also run
m t., ni.^c ^^i
Thunder. 7.15pm: firework display Live Band ^ on Wednesdays ' T 3
SWINDON
during the school
Advance tickets: £3.50 adults; £1.50 child/OAP from Nationwide Build- In the interest of your own rafetyn holidays and on Sundays. 11 am - 4pm
ing Society, The Parade and Regent Street; Prospect Hospice Shops; PLEASE LEAVE ALL YOUR OWN
_ FIREWORKS & SPARKLERS AT HOME! Cafe. shop and free parking
Swindon Information Centre. On the gate: £5 adults; £2 child!OAP
www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Free park and ride from Nationwide, Pipers Way. Allow 30 minutes For details call 01793 534500
transfer to Polo Ground. Warning: police will take action on cars parked
on coned off streets around the site.
Proceeds will be used by the Lions Club for charitable causes.
A tale of foiled terrorists
Former West Swindon councillor Bob Pixton has published a book
looking at a failed action against the British Government of the day
which is now celebrated each year with bonfires and fireworks.
Like most people. Bob had little about the plot all the time and just
understanding of the plot beyond bided their time to catch as many
the arrest of the Yorkshire terrorist as possible - a very high risk strat-
Guy Fawkes. "I was very surprised egy.
by the planning or lack of it, and "Then pivotal to the detection,
how Fawkes and his conspirators was a letter to a nobleman telling
actually were able to get so far," him to stay away from the Houses
said Bob. "Even more interesting of Parliament on the day in ques-
was the tale of the escape. arrest, tion but historians argue about the 1
trial and gory execution of the other authenticity of the note.
plotters. "The most amazing fact was that,
`There are three outstanding fea- when being pursued. the plotters naseam t O—wd5 y 1 H WM' anangemen^
n e I om,a^e s cree L d.1 i s
tures to the events. "One is the got very wet and in an attempt to wwr asailvte.kn!mmns^,tion 4
I nai^,rm (tnrrlrel Wt ` .
idea that the government knew dry themselves out they put their
Guic10 Robert Thomas clothes and gunpowder next to a /1' /
Patvkes / J, M - Winter fire and nearly blew themselves up
in the process."
Bob has written the book in the
language of the day, rather than
using the shorter version that has ppo tin
evolved over four centuries. To
spice up the work he has added atre
contemporary accounts about the
plague, highwaymen. the syco-
phantic nature of court and condi-
ti ons in Fleet prison.
A Plot to Kill the King costs £5.99
(inc. postage). Details can be found
at: www.bobpixton.co.uk