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Swindon Heritage is the brainchild of local historians and writers Mark Sutton, Frances Bevan and Graham Carter,
and will be published quarterly, with the first 80 page edition available now. FOR ALL YOUR PRINT &
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of Swindon. magazine looks good explained Mark
In the first edition Com- Sutton, who had the original idea . “We
monweal student Frankie have received huge support from so
Wood writes about a many people and local businesses.
school trip to the First Arkell’s Brewery kindly agreed to host Unit 101 Basepoint Centre
World War battlefields our launch on 21 January. Rivermead Swindon Wilts SN5 7EX
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and cemeteries on the www.mllprint.co.uk
Somme. Continued on page 22
Frankie researched the
story of George Edward
Walker, a lance corporal of
the 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, from other local schools who want
and writes: “We laid a cross to show to get involved in researching and
how proud we were of the soldiers, writing about their heritage.”
and I must admit it did bring a tear Swindon suffragette Edith New is
to my eye.” the first edition’s cover girl. A former
Magazine editor Graham Carter schoolteacher born in North Street,
said the four pages devoted to the Edith played a prominent part in
Commonweal student’s story are the Pankhurst-led Votes for Women
the most pleasing in the magazine. campaign. But despite being the first
“Swindon Heritage has features writ- suffragette to chain herself to railings
ten by a string of highly respected as a means of protest, her story is little
local historians, but Frankie’s pages known in the town where she grew up.
are everyone’s favourites. Also featured is an interview with
“Seeing young people care about Wilts and Berks Canal expert Jan
their heritage is a real boost to all Flanagan, whose brick collection has
historians, and we are keen to hear opened a window on Swindon’s build-

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