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Years with 7 at the end are lucky for us
Twenty years ago this month The Link closed down when the last edition of the newsletter which had first
appeared in December 1978 was published.
As a volunteer run eight page April 1987 and has gone from This year has another milestone
newsheet, appearing every six strength to strength since. The un- for us. In October 1997
weeks, things were about to derpinning values are exactly the www.swindonlink.com was
change. Five hundred copies of the same: to provide useful news, launched, almost the first site dedi-
first newsletter had been photo- views and information, in our geo- cated to the town. Now we’ve
copied and distributed around the graphical target areas, first in West brought paper and electronic ver-
new houses in Toothill and Swindon, and from 1994 in North sions together so you can now read
Freshbrook. Eight years later 8,000 Swindon as the new housing was this exact page in our virtual edi-
were being printed. The newslet- occupied. Another tion online wherever you are.
ter was informative but it did not feature of The Link is
come out regularly enough and that we’ve always
limited advertising revenue meant been free of charge
it was no longer viable. and entirely funded
The Link was re-launched as a by advertising.
commercial monthly magazine in Twenty years later
we’re still here and
stronger than ever,
providing an alterna-
tive perspective and
outlet for informa-
tion to the daily pa-
per.
January 1987, we pub-
licised the visit by Prin-
cess Anne to open
Greendown in March
that year. The school in
Grange Park had
opened to its first pu-
pils in September
1986.
• Mr O departs.
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