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- but not here any longer
Enjoy a great
town of Sussex in New
Brunswick on the east
side of the country, be- Christmas
low one of 11 created by
renowed muralists. with a visit to
"I submitted a proposal
after I discovered on the
internet that the town THE ALL NEW
wanted to do more to at-
tract visitors by making Swindon
an outdoor art gallery,"
said Ken. "I sent photos
of my work and they Rendezvous
asked me to recreate the
Sussex Vale Exhibition
Building which was built
therein 1861 but was de-
molished a year later." The Go/denLionmuralpaintedbyKenin 1976,
The work took him a restoredin 1985 Photo: TonyLeggett Below
month with a couple of themura/in2003 It has sincetadedalotmore
days rain interruption.
The project organisers
are so pleased with Ken's
work that they might be
asking him to return to
take part in the second A taste of Jhe Orient in the
phase of the project next
summer. heart of Swindon
Ken's work is also a
tourist attraction in Inver-
gordon, Scotland. "Mu-
rals make a real differ-
ence to the towns. Peo- r
ple visit, spend money
and use other facilities. r ---------
As a result more shops The o°
and restaurants open up. Christmas I RESERVE A
There are dozens of mu- I TABLE FOR
ral towns across Canada: and the
you can see a map on the internet." tion they would be here. AllYouCan I YOUR BIRTH
However Ken, modestly, is un- "But I'd like to re-do the Golden I DATE I
sure how effective the return of Lion mural; it's faded so much that Eat Menus are
murals to the Swindon scene would it's almost unrecognisable. Lots of available from I If a table is booked for
6 or more the birthday
be. When I did them here in the people have said how sad they are £20 per person boy or girl eats for free
70s it brightened the place up a lot. about its condition." I (For example 5 pay and I
The murals in Canada and Scot- from 1 eats for free
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land certainly do that. But those 1 December to Birthday must be on actual
towns don't have the range of at- www.muralroutes.com day booked)
www.invergordonoffthewall.co.uk 1 January 2007
tractions that we have, so I'm not Only valid on all you can eat or
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