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Children & Family Saturdays & Sundays 6th & 7th, Primrose
13th & 14th, 20th & 21st, 11am - 4pm;
Until Tuesday 23rd, Tuesday to also 6pm - 8pm on Sat 13th
Sunday, 11am - 4pm Santa Specials. Swindon & Cricklade Flower Design
Victorian Christmas at Lydiard Railway. See the advert page 21
House. See page 23 Sunday 7th, 2.30pm
Friday 5th December to Saturday Swindon Choral Society. Lydiard www.candle-time.co.uk
4 January, various times House. See page 23
Aladdin. Shaun Williamson stars as Sundays 7th & 14th, 12.30 to 3.30pm Louise Duffi eld New Christmas candles now
the wonderfully wicked Abanazar, Crafty Christmas. Lydiard Park. See Flowers for all occasions in stock and gift ideas
who plans to trick Aladdin into helping page 23 www.primrosefl owerdesign.co.uk Authorised Yankee Candle
him fi nd the treasure hidden deep in and Faerie Flames retailer
a magical underground cavern. £14 Friday 12th & Saturday 13th, Specialist in Large selection of candles,
- £20. Wyvern 7.30pm; Saturday 13th, 2.30pm Weddings, Funerals, Incense and scented oils
Friday 5th, 7.30pm - 9pm; Saturday Bah Humbug produced by Wadams. Corporate Work, Special Events Zippo multi-purpose lighters
Written by Tina and Rob Burbidge,
6th, 10am - 4.30pm; Sunday 7th, the panto is a variation on A Christ- Tel: 07813 287515 Low delivery costs
3pm - 5pm with carols at 4pm mas Carol with apologies to Charles Tel: 0870 803 2961
Christmas Tree Fes- Dickens.Tickets £8/£6 available louise@primrosefl owerdesign.co.uk
tival. Trees donated from 813307 and 702476. Groups
and decorated by of 10 receive a free ticket. Ellendune
schools, clubs and or- Hall,Wroughton
ganisations in Crick-
lade. Entertainment Sunday 14th, 2.30pm
by local groups and Purton Pealers Handbell Ringers
musicians. Children’s Lydiard House. See page 23
corner including sto- Tuesday 16th, 7pm - 9pm
rytelling. Refreshments. St Sampson’s The Toybox Christmas Show organ-
Church, Cricklade. Details from ised by Remix Youth Club. Programme
Carolyn Russell on 750195 includes: dance, drama, singing, live
Saturday 6th, 11am - 3pm music, Christmas quiz, craft stalls and
Shadow Puppet Workshop. Create presentation about the work of Toybox,
a seasonal shadow play using silhou- working in Latin America with street
ettes and cellophane to be performed children. £2; family £5. Shaw Church,
at the ‘Carols by Candlelight’, see Ramleaze Drive
below. Bring a packed lunch. Adult Wednesday 24th December to
£15, child £7.50, suitable for 6 years Saturday 3rd January, excl 25th Dec
and over. Lower Shaw Farm & 1st Jan, various times
Saturday 6th, 6pm - 7.30pm Scrooge. Empire Theatre Company
Carols by Candlelight. Join Swindon presents the magical seasonal musi-
Scratch Choir singing carols around cal based on the Charles Dickens
the fi re. No need to book, suit all ages, classic, A Christmas Carol. Director/
wear warm clothes, bring a torch. Adult choreographer Pollyann Tanner,
£3, child £1.50, incl mulled wine/juice musical director Sheila Harrod with a
and mince pies. Lower Shaw Farm large talented cast and professional
Saturdays 6th & 20th musicians. £10; family (selected per-
formances) £30. Arts Centre
Meet the Railway Workers. Former
engine drivers, fi remen and railwork-
ers bring the days of steam to life. Exhibitions
Normal admission charges. STEAM Throughout December, 10am –
Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th 5pm
Christmas at STEAM. Stalls selling The Journey from Steam to Diesel.
luxury gifts and hand-made crafts, Follow the story of four characters Take advantage of our customer loyalty
also festive entertainment and fayre. whose lives were affected as steam discount at our larger shop with a unique
STEAM locomotives were replaced by diesel range of hand made fruit & vegetables,
on Britain’s railways. Normal admis- and hand knitted clothing plus a fantastic
Venues sion prices. STEAM choice of dolls houses, furniture, carpets,
Arts Centre Devizes Road. From Wednesday 3rd lighting and wallpapers
Tel: 614837 Aladdin - It’s Magic! Celebrating
Link Centre Westlea. Tel: 445566 genies, witches and magical materi-
Lower Shaw Farm Old Shaw Lane. als through an exhibition linked to the
Tel: 771080 pantomime. Wyvern
Lydiard House Lydiard Tregoze.
Tel: 770401 To February
STEAM Museum of the Great Echoes. James Castle explores
Western Railway. Kemble Drive. connections between painting and
Tel: 466646 sculpture, through his own works and a
Swindon & Cricklade Railway selection from the Swindon Collection
Tadpole Lane. Tel: 771615 of Modern British Art. Free. Swindon
Swindon Information Centre Museum & Art Gallery
Regent Street. Tel: 530328 Until 6 January
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery Frank Quinton Retrospective.
Bath Road. Tel: 466556 Frank’s recent paintings make a
Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481 return to a freer, looser dramatic line
Confi rm date, time and price refl ecting a style used in early works.
with the venue Free. Arts Centre

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