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Step back to the dance hall for Prospect
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For one night only - Saturday 13 October - Stratton Community Centre
will become the Majestic, once one of the most popular dance halls in
Swindon.
Salsa Fit In the 1940s and 50s. dancers organised by a team of volunteers.
Starting 4th September took to its temporary dance floor. To date. they have raised £43,000
laid over the swimming pool at for the Prospect Hospice and their
St Andrews Church, Moredon
Milton Road baths. target this year is to take the total
Tuesday 8pm - 9pm
Bob Lewisfondlyremembersthe over the £50,000 mark.
£4.50 per class dance halls in their heyday. "I see Non-stop music will be provided
lots of people celebrating their 50th by the Les Bruce Big Band and the
wedding anniversaries who would Smiley Mac Showband covering
Salsa Dance have met at the Majestic." dance tunes and hits from the 60s
for Couples Eight years ago, he decided to and 70s.
organise a reunion to recreate the Tickets cost £14 with all pro-
26th September - 21st November
old days. There was such a posi- ceeds going to the Prospect Hos-
Holy Trinity Church, Show
tive reaction to his Majestic night pice. Call Bob Lewis 822953 for
Beginners Wednesday 7pm - 8pm that it has become an annual event, tickets or to sponsor raffle prizes.
Improvers: Wednesday 8pm - 9pm
Tailor-made Limited places Local historian tracks women's history at GWR
by SueLynn 8 week course, £40 per person In her latest book, The FairSex, Dr Rosa Matheson from Highworth tells
the long neglected tale of the women who worked for GWR.
Dr Matheson tells the per-
Curtains Individual dance sonal stories of some extraor-
Pelmets tuition for couples dinary Swindon ladies such
Roman blinds for their "First Dance" on as ferry stewardess May
their wedding day Owen. She saved many lives
Swags & tails when the SS St Patrick was
Cushion covers For more information and to bombed during WWII. mak-
book courses call Claudia ing sure people were aboard
No job too small the lifeboat and then jump-
07933 793851 or ing in tandem with a nurse
For further information call who had no lifejacket, and
Sue: 01793 870451 or 01793 723585 keeping her afloat until they
claudialb21 @hotmail.com Freda Dening, is pictured top left She
Lynn: on 01793 330595 were rescued. started workatGWRin 1912agedfourteen
"A lot of these women were
breaking ground. They were really the way as the first female member
radical in their way," said Rosa. of the Institute of Railway Signal-
A chapter on distinctive women ling Engineers in 1923.
features sisters Irene and Freda The Fair Sex will be in book-
ARKELL'S Dening who both achieved the shopsfromOctober,priced£12.99.
$gEWERy fication in railway management in George V. See page 24
Brunel Medal, a highly prized quali-
• Photographic tribute to King
the 1920s. Ella Winterton also led
Boys reunite to mark 50th year
The 1st Swindon Boys' Brigade Company is holding a reunion to mark
over 50 years providing fun and friendship to young people in Rodbourne
Cheney.
The get together takes place on Sunday 16 September. 10.45am,
with a service at St Mary's. Rodbourne Cheney. to be followed by lunch
and a barbeque later in the day.
"It's all free and we want former members to join us to meet and share
memories," said organiser Chris Coombs.
For details call Chris on 07789 514310 or mail: chriscoombs
@ukonline.co.uk
Presenting the colours outside St Marys Rodbourne in the 1950s. Note the
shorts, knee socks and caps on the boys in the background

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