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Congratulations on achieving

three decades
By the Mayor of Swindon councillor Steve Wakefi eld
I have been reading The Link for over 20 years and during that time
I have never missed a copy.
The magazine captured the early
years and growth pangs of neigh-
bourhoods across West and North
Swindon and has made a major
contribution to the development of
local identity in these areas which The Universal Mind
have increased the size of the town
so signifi cantly.
In these uncertain times it is reas- A g s, I s r i , C e i
suring that The Link continues to S u Fayr
be a strong and constant feature,
providing high quality news and
information. It never reinvents www.universal-mind.co.uk
or regenerates itself because it
continues to do what it does best ed by you the readers. Well done to Sunday 18th January 2009
- keeping people in touch with The Link for bringing it together in Alexandra House Conference Centre,
everything local and encouraging such an interesting and informative
them to participate and contribute way, in words and pictures. Here’s Wroughton, Nr Swindon. 10am – 6pm
to community development. to another 30 years of reporting Tickets: £12 early bird booking. Details at www.universal-mind.co.uk
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Consistency during rapid change WORKSHOPS
10:00am The Law of Attraction: Creating through Meditation & Visualisation by Stephanie Bell
Matt Holland, from Lower Shaw Farm, says 10:30am Communicating With Your Angels, Angel Readings by Sarah Alexander
being positive is a good thing
11:00am Introduction to Working with Crystals and The Pendulum by Russ Crombie
Once upon a time, in the early 1980s, posh-looking men and women on 11:30am Working With The Tarot Demonstration by Sue Clarke
horseback used to come clip clopping up Old Shaw Lane, and then, at 12:00pm Reiki Demonstration by Leonie McCarthy
a gallop, head out across the fi elds of West Swindon, to chase foxes. 12:30pm Healing With Your Angels, Angel Readings by Sarah Alexander
In those same fi elds, black and thing has remained constant, and 1:00pm The Power of Touch through Therapeutic Massage by Raziya Sacranie
white milking cows grazed, and has helped create a sense of com- 1:30pm Reincarnation, Karma and Past-Life Regression Taster Session by Geoff Miles
farmers made hay in May and munity: The Link Magazine. Un- 2:00pm Reincarnation, Karma and Past-Life Regression Taster Session by Geoff Miles
June. Then, the western expansion like the buildings, it has not been 2:30pm Communicating With Your Angels, Angel Readings by Sarah Alexander
of Swindon began. The haymakers, knocked down and rebuilt in some 3:00pm Introduction to NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) & Life-Coaching by Tony Nutley
the cows, and the fox hunts gave new fashionable guise but rather, 3:30pm Working with the Indigo Children by Cobie Andrews
way to earth diggers, commercial remained outwardly the same but 4:00pm The Power of Laughter by Joe Hoare
buildings, and homes for new inwardly different, ever-changing 4:30pm Healing With Your Angels, Angel Readings by Sarah Alexander
citizens. Swindon was hailed the with the times, bearing news and 5:00pm Taster Session:Combined Yoga, Ecstatic Dancing and African Drumming by Keef Miles
fastest-growing town in Europe good tidings from West and North 5:30pm Taster Session:Combined Yoga, Ecstatic Dancing and African Drumming by Keef Miles
and people needed somewhere to Swindon and beyond.
work and live. By promising, all those many 6:00pm Close
During this period, and since, years ago, to be a ‘positive news-
• Angel Readings and Personal Messages
• Reiki Healing
living and working at Lower Shaw force’ for Swindon, The Link might • Reiki Healing • Angel Readings and Personal Messages
Farm, I have seen buildings in West have been setting itself up for a • Tarot Readings • Organic Food and Products
Swindon go up, go down, go up, go fall. But no, it did not fall. In fact • Therapeutic Massage • Law of Attraction
down, go up, and go down again. it has risen and delivered a cease- • Creative Meditation • The Power of Positive Thought
There is one site, beside a little less stream of good-news stories • NLP • Karma and Reincarnation
roundabout near the yellow Renault about activities and achievements • Crystals • Pendulum
building, where, in less than three in Swindon. • Community Drumming • Yoga
decades, three completely different In setting out to tell us the good • Ecstatic Dancing
buildings have been put up, used for news rather than the bad, during Raffl e £1. All proceeds to UNICEF Gift Aid Project
a while, and knocked down. its 30 years of commitment to the
Change, change, and more community, The Link has become Proudly in Association with
change, which may be fi ne for com- something of a local good prophet,
mercial and economic reasons but creating a real and positive desire
does not exactly generate a sense of for well-being in Swindon.
community and continuity. It deserves our thanks, and good
But throughout this time, one wishes for continued success.
JOIN US FOR A PARTY

To mark The Linkʼs 30th year, and a year of Leonie McCarthie Reiki Master
charity curry nights at Peatmoorʼs Bombay Lounge restaurant,
weʼre jointly organising two curry get-togethers at the
Bombay on Monday 9 February and Tuesday 17 February
with all profi ts going to Age Concern Swindon, Chernobyl Joe Hoare Laughter Workshops
Childrenʼs Lifelinea and Rainbow Club for bereaved children
Book a table now by calling 887799

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