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Comedy Talks & Meetings Wednesday 23rd, 10am
Tombstones and Epitaphs.
Tuesday 8th, 7.30pm To 28th June, Mon-Sat 10am - Thamesdown Probus Club talk.
5pm Blunsdon House Hotel. Tel: Dan
Queen’s Park Family Scrapbook. Dangerfi eld, 763733
An exhibition featuring views and Thursday 24th, 7.15pm
memories of Queen’s Park over the A Voyage Around My Grandfather.
last 50 years. Free. Swindon Museum
By Sue & Art Gallery Wiltshire Family History Society
Branch Meeting. Gorse Hill Commu-
◆ Your local family hairdresser Wednesdays 2nd, 9th, 16th, nity Centre. Tel: 823632
◆ 25% discount for Seniors 23rd, 1pm, Thursdays 10th, 24th, Friday 25th, 7.30pm
7.30pm
Call now for an appointment Pam Ann: Terror at 41,000 Feet. The Tranquillity Zone Discover an A Celtic Feast: the Tale of The Chis-
eldon Cauldrons. Talk about one of
oasis of calm & well-being. Free.
on 01793 871120 Written and performed by Caroline Health Hydro, Milton Road. Tel: the most spectacular iron age fi nds
ever made in Britain. £4.50. Swindon
or 07967 363322 Reid. £17. Wyvern 465715 / 537454 Museum & Art Gallery
Friday 18th, 8pm
HOME VISITS AVAILABLE Jongleurs Comedy Club. Top com- Wednesday 2nd Saturday 26th, 10am - 4pm
edy with some fantastic acts. 18+ only. Ubuntu Demo Day. Linux-based
£10. Wyvern operating system for home and offi ce
DO YOU NEED A HAT? Monday 28th, 7.30pm use. Talk to users, try it, install it and
Jethro. Legendary Cornish comic. take it away. Free. University of Bath
Then Slightly politically incorrect, but rated in Swindon, Oakfi eld Campus
Monday 28th, 10am - 12pm
call by many as the funniest man in the
land. 18+. £25.50. Wyvern Monthly Archivist Visit. Free con-
sultations and advice with expert for
researchers in local and family history.
Exhibitions Central Library. Tel: 463238
in Haydon Wick To 30th August, 10am - 5pm Wednesday 30th, 10am - 12.30pm
to see a large selection Resonant Forms. Artists’ ideas and Wroughton aerodrome, now home to and 1.30pm - 4pm
the science museum
of hats to hire or buy how they structure their work. Free.
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery 20th Century Airfi elds. Illustrated
Call (01793) 704005 Tuesday 1st April to 10th May, lecture charting the progress of
or 07710 298790 10am - 5pm aviation through airfi elds. University
Make a personal appointment On Assignment. Exhibition by New of Bath, Oakfi eld Campus.
to fi nd just the right hat for you College’s Photography Foundation Friday 4th, 7.40pm - 9.40pm
www.hirehats.co.uk Degree students featuring Council Transcendentalism, Pragmatism
employees at work in unusual settings. and the Cracker-Barrel. Philosophy
Free. Arts Centre In Swindon. Speaker: Sean Hennes-
Line Dance Wednesday 2nd to Saturday 26th, sey. Everyone is welcome - turn up
on the night. £2, students free. Arts
with Mon to Fri 11am - 5pm, Sat 10am Centre Finds Service. Wiltshire’s Finds
- 1pm
Midnight Cowboys Swindon Artists Society Spring Wednesday 9th, 10am Liaison Offi cer available to look at
Tuesday: Even Swindon, 7.00 Exhibition. Well established local art Bandits, Women and Souvenirs. archaeological fi nds. Free. Swindon
Museum & Art Gallery. Tel: 466556
Community Centre Jennings group. Free. Arts Centre Thamesdown Probus Club talk.
Street (off Rodbourne Road) Blunsdon House Hotel. Tel: Dan
Dangerfi eld 763733
Wednesday: Highworth, 7.00 Out & About Thursday 10th, 7.15pm FUNDRAISING
Thursday: Coleview 7.00 Every Monday in April, 4pm Queen Caroline - The Unwanted Friday 4th, 7.30pm
Community Centre, Nythe Road Discover West Swindon. Walks Queen. Wiltshire Family History So- SOL Fundraising Quiz
Step by step instruction for y step instruction for y step instruction for from Lower Shaw Farm ending with ciety Branch Meeting, speaker Paul Includes chilli and crumble
Step b
Step b
absolute beginners. Weekend a cup of tea. Booy. Gorse Hill Community Centre. supper, bring your own drinks
socials in Highworth and Swindon Wednesday 9th, 10am - 12.30pm Tel: 823632 Adults £10
Pond Dip and Bug Hunt. Splashing Saturday 12th & 26th, 10am - 5pm Even Swindon Community
For more details Centre, Rodbourne. Tel: 330118
Ring Lewis Watson on 764732 time for children in hunt for underwater Meet the Railway Workers who Saturday 12th, 12pm - 5pm
monsters, bugs and beasties. Suitable
Ten years of teaching! worked on the locomotives and in
for 5-11years (must be accompanied Swindon Works. Adult £6. STEAM, Therapy and Pamper Day
by an adult). Coate Water Ranger Museum, Kemble Drive. Tel: 466646 Individual taster sessions
KUDOS FENCING Centre. Tel: 490150 Monday 14th, 7.30pm in aid of the Well Woman Clinic.
Patios, decking & landscaping Sunday 13th, 10.30am - 1pm Rail Talk. History of Great Western £2 entry plus treatment fee
A Song of Spring. Ideal walk for Railway by Dave Ellis. £2. Ellendune Winners Lounge, Swindon Town
juniors and beginners. Gentle 2-mile Community Centre, Wroughton. Football Club. Tel: 511064
(3.2km) stroll around Coate identify- Thursday 17th, 10.45am. Saturday 26th April, 7.30pm
ing resident and visiting birds. Coate The future of rural churches. In Mayor’s Moonwalk Quiz Night
Water Ranger Centre. Tel: 490150 order to survive, the church will need Includes supper. Proceeds to
Saturday 19th, 11am - 3.30pm to fi nd a new role within a changed Breakthrough Breast Cancer and
On The Buses. After meeting at rural community. Speaker Sir Roy Penny Brohn Cancer Care
Local Family Business Stanton, jump on a bus to Highworth Strong. Malmesbury Abbey. Tel: 01666 Teams of 6, £8.50 per person
Oasis Leisure Centre.
and take in the undulating landscape
• All types of fencing installed on our journey back to Stanton. Wear 825019 Monday 28th, 2pm
Saturday 19th, 2pm - 5pm
• Full patio/decking service stout footwear, and bring waterproofs. Charity Tea Dance
• Made to measure gates Swindon Rangers. Tel: 490150 Wroughton and District Gardeners’ Swindon U3A Dance Orchestra
• All pressure treated timbers Show. Most classes open to enter.
• Help/advice on all fencing & landscape matters Outdoor activities: book in advance, Closing date for entries is 17 April. Prize Draw. Light refreshments
Free estimates on 01793 855800 wear suitable footwear and clothing, Adult 50p/children free. Ellendune available. £3 Gorse Hill CIU Club
Unit 23 & 24 Oaklands Ind. Est. Braydon, Swindon take packed lunch if required. Centre, Wroughton. Tel: 814153 For details call 740263

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