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Swindon Wide

SWINDON FASCIA KUDOS FENCING SUPPLIES LTD. A tribute to The King
Family business since 1983 The most famous railway engine ever built in the town is to be honoured,
To
Kudos Purton by Swindon photographer Roy Nash, almost exactly 80 years after it first
For a Quality Installation B4696 From
M4 J16 &
To Brinkworth West rolled out of the GWR works in May 1927.
Swindon
Wootton
Bassett ..........
King George V emerged from was presented to the GWR at the
the famous A shop construction celebration events.
shed as a wonder of the engineer- Roy was the unofficial works
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ing world, an 89 ton monster pull- photographer and has a vast col-
ing a 46 ton tender, to be followed lection of negatives and slides. He
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by another 29 in the King Class. said, “King George V is a beautiful
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Designed by
For windows, doors & bargeboards
● All fencing ● Gates ● Chain link the team led by
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way made its in-
augural run from
BRUNEL ELECTRICAL Paddington to
Plymouth on 1
July 1927, but
★ Extensions ★ Showers ★ Air conditioning
was so heavy
★ Heating ★ Under floor heating Free quotes that it could not
★ Garden lighting ★ Test & inspection No call out continue over
charge Brunel’s bridge
★ Fault finding
Fully at Saltash to the end of the line at engine, which shows off the best of
★ Consumer unit replacement
insured Penzance. Swindon’s design and engineer-
★ Fully Part P compliant Later that year KG5 was shipped ing skills. The exhibition is my trib-
to the USA to represent the best of ute to the people who built it.”
CAll 01793 554935 07785 988557 or 07725 804738
British engineering at the Baltimore Roy, also 80 in May, will display
www.brunel-electrical .co.uk & Ohio railroad centenary celebra- 80 fascinating black and white im-
tions. The gleaming brass bell on ages depicting the life of the King
[email protected]
the front of the King, now beautifully George at West Swindon Library
Brunel Electrical is Swindon based and provides electrical preserved at the Steam Museum, from 22 May to 2 June.
services across a wide range of customers from a single home
owner to small business outlets and offices
Teams wanted for mind games
Swindon MS Therapy Centre is looking for teams to take part in a quiz
night at the De Vere Hotel on Sunday 13 May, starting at 7.15pm.
Tickets are £2 per head, with teams of up to 8 people. Individuals can
enter and will be combined with others to form a team.
For details and tickets call Jackie Wray at the Swindon MS Centre on
481700 or quiz master David Hughes on 772382 or mail:
[email protected]
Bassett buddies to reunite - free of charge
Former Wootton Bassett School pupils will be getting together to renew
friendships and review their lives at a free reunion on Saturday 12 May
at Wootton Bassett Rugby Club.
The event is
aimed at pupils born
between September
1976 and August
1977 and will offer a
bar, disco and
karaoke.
Organising com-
mittee member
Annie Weston is ask-
ing for classmates to The reunion committee get together for the first
dig out pictures and time. From left, Mandy Hedges, Shelley Keen,
memorabilia of their Annie Weston, Charlotte Holloway and Kate Milan
years at school to
have a good laugh over. call 07766 863857 and leave a
For details and to register your message.
interest in attending, mail: The evening starts at 7pm and
[email protected] or goes on until late.

Shake it at Salsa Swindon
Ocean 4, Shaw Ridge, Mondays 7.15pm. Beginners class 7.30pm
Details from Joy Maddison on 882963 or mail: [email protected]

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