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Swindon 105.5 Community Radio celebrates ninth birthday News in brief
with new studio opening - Presenter entered for NY Award

Trolley dash time
There is still time to enrol a
team in the Brunel Trolley TT.
The fundraising trolley dash
around Swindon town centre
will raise money for the Youth
Adventure Trust - a Swindon
based charity working with
vulnerable young people from
our community.
Taking place on Thursday 11
Above L-R - Swindon 105.5 Manager Shirley Ludford, plaque creator Colin May the Trolley TT is a team
Hatch and Mayor of Swindon Cllr Eric Shaw (Right) Presenter Dave Woods event for groups of colleagues,
friends or family. Teams set
Swindon 105.5 celebrated nine door to the studio, which will also April as it was off from the Brunel Shopping
years since bringing its regionally be shared by the newly formed announced that Swindon 105.5’s Centre to visit as many of
unique service to the town with the Swindon 105.5 Community Music news presenter and chief reporter, Swindon’s landmarks as possible
launch of the Daniel Gooch Studio Project as a recording base for their Dave Woods hopes to represent in two hours. Entering a team
at Liden Library on 23 March. service users. the Liden based community radio costs £12 per person. Find out
The Station celebrated the Shirley Ludford, Station Manager, station in New York later this year more at www.thebrunel.co.uk
anniversary with the launch of said: “Swindon 105.5 has seen after entering one of the world’s Mystery train dates
its Training Studio, which will be thousands of people of all ages and most prestigious radio awards.
known as the Daniel Gooch Studio abilities coming in to the station The New York Festivals’ A series of murder mysteries has
with a packed crowd hearing from during the past 9 years, seeing International Radio Program been announced by Swindon
station volunteers, North Swindon great personal achievements. Awards honours programming from and Cricklade Railway. Fridays,
MP Justin Tomlinson, Covingham Finalising our Training Studio and stations, networks and producers 16 June, 14 July, 1 September.
and Dorcan Ward Councillor Kevin naming it as the “Daniel Gooch internationally. Visitors begin their journey at the
Parry and the Mayor of Swindon, Studio” is a very fitting way of Dave’s entry, ‘Lydiard: Past, railway base in Blunsdon in 1915.
Cllr Eric Shaw. celebrating this anniversary, linking Present and Future’ broadcast last Actors from RWB Players will tell
A specially made plaque was with “Swindon 175” and the town September, was a special edition the story, with a different plot
unveiled by the Mayor and creator we serve." of the regular daily morning each time. Mystery solvers are
Colin Hatch, which now sits on the The celebrations continued into programme ‘Roundabout Swindon’. invited to adopt period dress. The
£32 price includes a two-course
Traffic diverted as work begins on major revamp hot buffet meal. Call 01793
771615 or email [email protected].
Visit open gardens

West Swindon Open Gardens
takes place on 24 and 25 June.
Organised by Shaw Residents
Association, they are currently
looking for volunteers to
open their gardens. This year
the open gardens will be
supporting SMASH (Swindon
youth mentoring) and CALM
(Children's Cancer and Leukaemia
Movement). For more details
visit www.shawresidents.org.uk/
opengardens
Bluebell charity run
The Bluebell 10k run for Autism
Awareness will take place on
Sunday 14 May at 10am. The
Akers Way has been closed between a thicker road surfacing material section of Cheney Manor Road event starts at Nationwide Car
St Mary’s Church roundabout and layer on top. including Harvey Grove, Brooklands Park, Pipers Way. Entrance costs
Cheney Manor industrial estate for It is hoped that the design will Avenue and Manor Gardens. £12 adults and kids run free.
reconstruction work. increase the flexibility of the The second phase, set to last three Entrants with autism and their
This initial phase of the £900,000 road and provide a longer-lasting weeks, will focus on a 200m stretch carers get half price entry.
scheme is set to last six weeks and protective surface over the road on the western section of Akers Way Sponsorship greatly appreciated.
the remainder of Akers Way from structure below. The contractor will from the Purton Road Roundabout www.dashswindon.com
Purton Road to the roundabout with also be carrying out improvements towards Nova Hreod Academy.
Cheney Manor industrial estate will to the parking along the road. Regular updates on the road Illustrated history
remain open during this phase. Traffic is now being diverted via improvement scheme will be Andy Binks, the author of Up on
The work aims to address problems Cheney Manor Industrial Estate publicised through the Council’s Nob Hill - an illustrated history of
with the deteriorating concrete Road, Darby Close and Cheney fortnightly Highways News Old Swindon will be giving a talk
base of the road by modifying the Manor Road. There will be no access e-newsletter www.swindon.gov.uk/ at Christ Church, Old Town on
concrete road base slabs and adding to Akers Way from the residential newsletter June 2 at 7.30pm. Entry costs £5.
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