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Children & Family Talk CUTTING ZONE
Saturday 1st, 9am to 4.30pm Friday 7th, 7.30 to 9pm
Highworth Medieval May Day Mar- Badgers. Informal slide presentation
ket. Maypole dancing, jugglers, fi re about one of Britain’s most interesting UNI SEX HAI R S ALON
eaters, stilt walkers, madrigals, hog nocturnal mammals - including a Q&A 13 Rodbourne Rd, Swindon
roast, leeches, apothecary, stocks, session with Mike Newton of Wiltshire
Jack in the Green, Morris dancers Badgerwatch. £3, booking required,
and a jousting competition on bicycles. call 770401. Lydiard Park
Come in medieval costume and you Give us
might win a prize. Free. Highworth
Market Square SN6 7AQ Variety a call on
7.30pm; Saturday 15th, 2pm & 7pm 01793 490947
Sunday 2nd, 11am & 2pm Thursday 13th & Friday 14th,
Show Me, Show Me with Chris & Pui
of Cbeebies. Fun, songs and games. Unchained presented by Stage Late night opening Thursdays
£13, children £11, family £44. Wyvern Struck. Comedy and songs from one
Saturdays 8th & 22nd, 10am to 5pm of Swindon’s most popular groups.
£11. Wyvern
Meet the Railway Workers. Former
engine drivers, fi remen and railway
workers bring the days of steam to life. Dance
Normal admission charges, STEAM Friday 14th, 7.30pm Saturday 22 May
Sunday 16th, 10.30am to 12.30pm May Manoeuvres. A night of creativity 8am until 11am
Spring fl ower walk. Free, booking and energy showcasing the popularity
required, call 770401. Lydiard Park of boys’ dance, featuring groups from Get rid of some of
Saturday 22nd, 2.30pm Swindon schools, D-Boyz and D-Men your clutter
A Little Princess. This wonderful story groups. £6. Swindon Dance TABLE TOP Sell your unwanted items
of a parentless girl courageously re-
sisting hunger and cruelty at the hands Benefi ts from Pick up a bargain
of her headmistress, Miss Minchin, SALE
is one of the most inspiring of all the being a Friend Indoor table top sale in the sports hall
children’s classics. £8, children £6, of Lydiard Park Tables £5 or browse for free
family £25. Arts Centre Call reception to book a table
Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd, Annual meeting on Snack bar open, serving bacon butties,
10am to 5pm Saturday 8 May sausage sandwiches, teas/coffees
Day Out With Thomas. STEAM, see Thanks to a bequest to the Friends Stratton Community Leisure Centre
details on page 23 of Lydiard Park by a long time Grange Drive, Swindon SN3 4JY
Saturday 22nd, 7.30pm supporter, the late Miss Norah Tel: (01793) 825525
Superslam Wrestling with top stars Hardwick, the Friends of Lydiard
from USA and rest of the world. Non- Park can now support projects to
stop action for all the family. £13. Wyvern maintain the fabric of the buildings
Sunday 23rd, 9am to 12pm and contribute to the acquisition of
Birdwatching walk. Free, booking artifacts that would enhance the
required, call 770401. Lydiard Park visitor experience.
Saturday 29 May to Sunday 6 June The fi rst major commitment has
Vernon’s Butterfl ies and Animal been a substantial contribution to
Hunt. A new quiz trail through the the appeal launched by St Mary’s
state rooms to fi nd the butterfl ies that Church which is in desperate
inspired Vernon, Viscount Bolingbroke. need of conservation work. An
In the walled garden, there will be a trail application to English Heritage for
of animals to fi nd. Normal admission fi nancial support towards the cost
charges. Lydiard House of repairing the roof has been sub-
Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6 June mitted and the Hardwick bequest
will help the work start at the end
Scarecrow Week. Roves Farm. See of the year.
advert on page 20
Once weathertight the church
Venues will be raising £800,000 to con-
serve the historic wall paintngs and
Arts Centre Devizes Road. monuments within the building.
Tel: 614837 In return for the fi nancial contri-
Framework Art & Craft, Unit 35 BSS bution, Swindon Council is giving
House, Cheney Manor. Tel: 513069 Friends free entry to Lydiard House
Lydiard House, Lydiard Park and the walled garden.
Tel: 770401 At the annual general meeting
Roves Farm Sevenhampton, on 8 May, 2.30pm, distinguished
Nr Highworth. Tel: 763939 architect Michael Grey will talk
STEAM Kemble Drive. Tel: 466637 about how Lydiard has infl uenced
Swindon Dance Town Hall. Tel: 601700 his work designing modern man-
Swindon Information Centre sions through to social housing.
Regent Street. Tel: 530328/466454 Becoming a friend costs £10 or
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery £18 for a couple. The AGM will be
Bath Road. Tel: 466556 rounded off with tea and cakes.
West Swindon Library, Link Centre. For details of becoming a Friend
Tel: 465555 of Lydiard Park, pick up an ap-
Wyvern Theatre Tel: 524481 plication form at the house or call
Confi rm date, time & price with venue 770401.

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