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Swindon Town Centre
www.swindontowncentre.co.uk October 2012
Countdown to Christmas For Business
For Shopping
For Leisure
starts now! Inside
this edition...
It may only be October, and it
probably feels like yesterday
we were enjoying the amazing
Olympic summer, but, like it or
not, Christmas is on its way.
And inSwindon BID already have
exciting plans in place to make this p2
festive season the most enjoyable
yet. Last year’s celebrations Paralympic Gallery
included a wide range of exciting
attractions in and around town
including the incredible Lights
Switch On and, of course, the odd
visit from the man himself to our
special Grotto in the Brunel Centre.
That’s not forgetting the numerous p3
celebrity visits, with famous faces
as diverse as Dr Hilary Jones, Your Swindon Market
Keith Chegwin and Swindon Town off to a flyer
manager Paolo Di Canio all paying decked out in all its festive glory
visits to the town centre. throughout the seasonal period,
with new and exciting decorations
While specific details of this ready to go up in the next few
year’s plans are being kept firmly weeks, before the town centre
under wraps, it’s safe to say that is illuminated by a very special
inSwindon BID will be making this celebrity’s press of a button at the p4
Christmas one to remember. The Lights Switch On event.
explosive Christmas Lights Switch Guide to Christmas
On will officially kick off the festive Simon Jackson, CEO of inSwindon Shopping
season in late November, before BID, said: “Christmas is always
we enjoy the enchanting Festival an enjoyable time of the year, I’m confident our Christmas
of Light Parade as we move closer and we’ve already got some programme will bring us more
to the big day. exciting things planned this year success.”
so everyone is very much looking
Our Christmas Market is also set forward to it. Have a look at page four of
to grace Canal Walk and Santa’s ‘Your Swindon Town Centre’
Grotto will be another festive “We have had a wonderful for some early gift ideas,
fixture for children to enjoy in the summer down in the town centre, and keep an eye on
Brunel Centre. with our brilliant Olympic and www.swindontowncentre.co.uk
Paralympic coverage and Royal for news and updates on all
And of course, Swindon will be Opera House screenings, and inSwindon BID’s Christmas activity.
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