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Do You Want to? The A to Z of all things Swindon

• Gain a deeper understanding of yourself Prolific local historian Mark Child has published three books this year,
and become more confident in coping with and his latest offering is another must for students of the town’s heritage,
and anybody else keen on snippets of information, writes Frances Bevan.
everyday situations The Swindon Book is a
• Make sense of relationships and situations veritable encyclopaedia, a
• Manage feelings of stress, depression, anxiety, fascinating conucopia of
references.
anger or confusion Written in easily digest-
Elaine Watt Focused Counselling ible segments, The Swindon
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This alphabetical romp through is a comprehensive digest of people,
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1945 by Joan Parsons – and ends with the earliest times, presented in a really
Will Writing the story of Yucca Villa, which was built readable format.
Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) on Bath Road in the 19th Century. “I wanted the general reader to be
Guardianship for children For Mark history is all around us able to either start at the beginning
Protection Against Care Home Fees and started yesterday. The origins of and go all the way through, or just
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as well as much loved places like that might lead on to other sections.”
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Lower Shaw Farm, he clarifies what a The Swindon Book, along with
Moonraker is, and reports the tragic Mark’s other recent works, is available
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He said: “What I hope I have created Victoria Road, Old Town.

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