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                      Church to give up land                                                      NAWAB’S

                     for St Francis extension
             The number of worshippers at Sunday services in Taw Hill has tripled               •  Fabrics
             over the past year but if plans to extend St Francis Church of England             •  Indian suits and saris
             Primary School go ahead, land set aside for a church adjacent to the               •  Jewellery
             school could be handed over with their blessing.
              A  church  was  included  in  the   At  Swindon  Council’s  cabinet               •  Haberdashery
            original  plans  for  St  Francis  but  meeting  in  October,  councillors          •  Tailoring and curtain
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            before  building  work  started  in  increase in the numbers admitted
            January 2004.               each year to St Francis from 30 to 60.                    www.nawabs.co.uk
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            looking for a church school.  the  expansion  as  an  opportunity
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