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WARTIME WEEKEND

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THE LINK MAGAZINE'S GUIDE TO WHAT'S ON IN AND AROUND SWINDON
Saturday 9th September
Sunday 10th September
Singing Brunel's praise 10.30am - 5pm

Some familiar local faces will join one hundred young singers in the first full staging of a brand new opera bruiei
Brunel: The Little Man in the Ta//Haton 1 6 and 17 September.
Former students will join sing- Daniel Gooch. George and Robert
ers from the Janice Thomp-son Stephenson leap from their stiff
Performance Trust to perform portraits or rise from the ranks of
the specially commissioned op- the workers to enact the outstand- A WEEKEND
era. ing events of their life and times. OF REAL STEAM
Claire Amor. now a teacher in There will be a gala perform- Saturday 16th September
Haydon Wick and Amy Cole. a ance at St Mark's Church on Sat- Sunday 17th September
teaching assistant at Penhill Pri- urday 16 September at 8pm, at-
Blunsdon
mary will take main character tended by the Mayor and Mayor-
Station rooURTDn 0LE UnE
parts in the production. They ess of Swindon and their coun-
Tadpole Lane NORTH
will be joined by Sarah Covey, terparts from St Ives. Cornwall. Tel: 771615 SWINDON y
perfecting their notes for the
this year's Supreme Champion The show can also be seen on Trains: 11 am - 4pm
Brune/ opera premiere
at the Swindon Music Festival Sunday 17th at 4pm and 7pm. Cafe, shop and Es
and several former students who the story of Brunel, the GWR, Swin- Tickets cost £6 and are avail- free parking SWINDON
are in the National Youth Choir don and its people. able from Swindon Arts Centre on Now licenced to carry out weddings
and Training Choirs. Greendown The tale is told through the remi- 614837. and naming ceremonies
Community School's deputy head niscences of the fictitious Beddows • Trip - the book. See page 22. www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
Jonathon Young, will be spotted in family and their friends. As they set
a cameo role. off on the annual Swindon Trip to
Inspired by local historian Rosa the seaside at St Ives, they bring to
Matheson and written by Betty Roe life the story of Brunel.
and Marian Lines, the opera tells Historical characters such as
Pop guru makes tracks to STEAM
Record producer and railway buff Pete Waterman will be taking a star
role at STEAM, Museum of the Great Western Railway, in one of the
most important events in the museum's calendar.
He will be making his fourth visit ^- ► """"
to the annual Swindon Railway
Festival on 16 and 17 September,
to 5pm. He explained, "it's a great
event for anyone interested in
steam railways with plenty to see
and do. And it's also a wonderful
day out for anyone who wants to
come along to a marvellous loca-
tion."
Pete, right is best known as the
music man behind some of the exhibitions at STEAM including a
1 980s' biggest hits but he is also Brunel Speeding the Mail - British
an expert in all things steam. "I've Postal Museum and Archive tour-
alwaysbeenfascinatedwithsteam ing display and an exhibition by
railways." he said. The skills. the railway photographer Roy Nash.
effort and sheer hard work that There will be a visiting locomo-
went into building these magnifi- tive. Hornby and Bachmann road
cent pieces of machinery is some- shows, trade stands and some of
thing that is an important part of the UK's best model railway lay-
our industrial and social heritage." outs. including Thomas The Tank
The event this year, as part of Engine.
the Brunel 200 celebration has Traditional railway crafts will be
even greater significance. STEAM brought to life, including a black-
is in the heart of Brunel's works smith and a copper boilermaker.
and this year's festival pays tribute For details call STEAM on
to the legacy of the great man. 466646.
There will be five Brunel-themed www.swindon.gov.uk/steam