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Go free to October GhostFest Tailor-made
There are free tickets on offer to Swindon residents who want to attend
a week long series of National Lottery supported events exploring the by SueLynn
town’s haunted heritage. Curtains
There will be daily happenings be-
tween 25 and 31 October including: Pelmets
• Paranormal evenings at Lydiard Roman blinds
House, right, and the Arts Centre Swags & tails
where visitors will be invited to ex-
perience the legendary hauntings Cushion covers
of these locations; Fitting service available
• Ghost walks in Old Town and
Highworth, the borough’s two most No job too small
haunted areas, including exclusive For further information call
access to allegedly haunted build- Swindon people to have the chance Sue: 01793 870451 or
ings; to snap up free tickets fi rst.”
• Swindon GhostFest Conference Register for tickets at www. Lynn: on 01793 330595
– including TV personalities, local re- HauntedSwindon.com or by calling
searchers, an academic sceptic and 0845 652 1529.
Britain’s greatest ghost writer. The
conference will also include live, Nobody believes in
interactive experiments.
The GhostFest is organised by the ghosts, do they?
Haunted Swindon Project and local To get you in the mood for Swindon
charity Paranormal Site Investiga- Ghost Fest, Diz White, describes her
tors. Festival chairman Dave Wood discoveries when researching her
said, “there is massive interest in recently published books Haunted
these events nationwide, but as Cotswolds and Haunted Chelten-
this is all about Swindon we wanted ham at www.swindonlink.com
Wessex Male Choir auditions
Open rehearsals and mini concerts take place at Cricklade United Church
on Tuesday 19 October and Cirencester Baptist Church on Tuesday 23
November. No booking is required, just turn up and sing. Discussions
about joining take place in a nearby pub afterwards.
For details call 07939 249021 www.wessexmalechoir.co.uk

Studley Grange Dolls House Workshop The Amazing Show

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Preview
STOCKISTS OF THE www.greatwesternlegoshow.com
FOLLOWING SUPPLIERS
• Bodo Henning Miniatures
• Carl Schmieder houses and furniture
• Dolls House Emporium houses and
furniture
• Dolls House Mall Quality Miniatures
• Dolls House Parade Miniature Flowers
• Dolls House Workshop houses
• Glenowen houses
• Heidi Ott quality Miniatures
• Little Trimmings Haberdashery
• Reutter Porcelain Over 200
• Sid Cooke Houses wallpapers
• Streets Ahead Houses and Furniture now in
• Wanham Furniture stock!
3 good reasons to visit Studley Grange good reasons to visit Studley Grange
3 Great Western
Dollshouse Workshop...
®
● Earn up to 10% discount with our new loyalty scheme LEGO Show
● We can match most of discounts offered by
Dollshouse Emporium on their website
•And we are now twice as big so there is more to choose from! Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 October
Including an exclusive new range of hand made fruit and vegetables and hand-knitted
clothes, a further 4 fabulous dollshouses, adding to our existing collection, fine 10.00am to 5.00pm
furniture, carpets, lighting and a huge range of wallpapers.
•Dolls houses in kit form STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway
or fully built - 24 different
stock styles Kemble Drive, Swindon. Tel: 01793 466637 / 466626
•Build your own dream
home to your own Featuring amazing model displays built
specification
®
•Full range of electrical ST_SW1631607 entirely from LEGO bricks.
The Brickish
TM
equipment www.swindon.gov.uk/steam
Association
TM
One of the biggest selections in the South West
Telephone 01793 852400 www.studleygrange.co.uk
Unit 5, Studley Grange Craft Village, Hay Lane, Wroughton, STEAM The Brickish TM
Swindon, Wilts, SN4 9QT follow brown signs from M4, Museum of the Great Western Railway Association TM
Junction 16 (1/2 mile towards Wroughton)
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