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CALL 999 — I’VE FOUND A BOMB Fishermen pull Second World War relic from the canal... and keep it at home for almost a week before realising what it is

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Andrew McWhinnie with the bomb

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Be health wise over bank holiday weekend, says GP

With GP surgeries in Wiltshire closed on August bank holiday Monday, Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is asking people to plan ahead and consider the range of healthcare services available to them if they need medical advice or treatment.

Dr Richard Sandford Hill, a GP at Market Lavington Surgery, said: “A&E attendances over the bank holiday often reach similar peaks to those seen at Christmas. Those figures can be attributed, in part, to people attending A&E for less

serious illnesses and injuries that could be treated elsewhere. It’s important therefore, that people understand where to go for health advice and treatment, depending on their requirements. To help with this, Wiltshire CCG has produced an easy to use healthcare clock – a signposting tool to help people access the right healthcare at the right time in Wiltshire available to download from their website.”

“For a minor health problem it may be possible to seek advice from your local pharmacy, many of which

will be open over the bank holiday.”

For sprains, dislocations, minor cuts and burns, or minor eye injuries then visit one of the minor injury units or call the NHS111 service, they will be able to advise you on the most appropriate place to go for advice or treatment.

If you need urgent medical assistance for a serious or life threatening condition then always telephone 999 straight away.

Dr Sandford-Hill said: “We also strongly recommend that people think ahead and check that they

have enough of their routine medication to see them through the three day weekend. If you need to order more, it is advisable to request it well in advance of the bank holiday to ensure that you receive it in time. Our priority is always to ensure that people get the help they need, when they need it. By making the right choices, people can help to keep themselves well, but also help to reduce the impact on the health system over what is traditionally an extremely busy period for A&E departments in Wiltshire.”

Magnet fishermen turn up Second World War device

Bomb was kept in house for a week Chris Humphreys

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TODAY: The day will start cloudy with some drizzle at first. However, it will turn drier through the day, with some warm bright spells possible by the afternoon.

TOMORROW: Dry with sunny spells and feeling very warm and humid. Largely dry with some sunshine Wednesday and turning a little fresher, perhaps the odd shower.

TWO rookie magnet fishermen got the shock of their lives when they realised an unexploded Second World War shell was among their pile of loot.

Andrew McWhinnie, 38, from Old Town, was on his first outing to the canal at the bottom of Kingshill on Monday when he came across an unidentified metallic object covered in mud.

None the wiser about what it was, he took it to a friend’s house in Clifton Street where it stayed for the rest of the week. It was left to soak in vinegar and Nick Bell, in whose house it was being stored, even took a chisel to its encrusted outer shell.

It was only late on Saturday evening, as the distinctive shape and markings began to reveal themselves, that the pair realised what they had discovered.

“We couldn’t quite believe it,” said Nick, 59. “We thought it couldn’t be a bomb. And even if it was, what are you supposed to do with it? Are you really going to call up on a Saturday night and say you think you’ve got a bomb they wouldn’t believe you.

“We thought about taking it to the TA but you can hardly walk through town with a bomb in your bag.”

Nick and Andrew waited until Sunday morning before realising something had to be done.

“Nick phoned 999 and they asked which service he wanted,” said Andrew. “He said all of them.”

N Nick Bell and Andrew McWhinnie; inset, the bomb Police officers, firefighters, and a specialist bomb disposal team from the Royal Logistics Corps based at Tidworth descended on the quiet residential street, much to the surprise of neighbours.

The team entered the house and carried out an x-ray of the shell.

While it was verified as being genuine Second World War era ordinance, they were satisfied that it didn’t pose a risk to the public.

It was removed from the house and will be taken away for safe disposal.

Without further investigation it isn’t possible to determine exactly what the shell was once used for, but the RLC team said they believed it was an 8lb armour piercing solid shot round.

“They said we couldn’t keep it,” said a disappointed Andrew. “In case we sell it or pass it on and it

ends up in someone else’s house and they get another call out.”

Despite the shock of discovering he was the unexpected custodian of an explosive shell, Andrew says he has not been deterred from pursuing his new hobby. If anything he is now more excited to see what he will find next.

He joked: “Who knows, next time I might find the rest of the gun.”

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Parents raise £7,000 in late daughter’s name

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Car overturned

BROADGREEN: Emergency crews responded to reports of a serious crash in the back streets of Broadgreen on Saturday evening. Shortly before 8pm, a car carrying four men overturned in Rosebery Street. It ended up on its side.

Police officers, paramedics and the fire service were dispatched to the scene.

Crews from Swindon and Stratton fire stations worked to free one man using hydraulic rescue equipment, small gear and lighting.

The other three men had been freed prior to their arrival. The vehicle was removed and the road cleared by 9.15pm. The cause of the crash is, as yet, unknown.

Crews called out

TOWN CENTRE: Firefighters from Swindon Fire Station were called out on Sunday afternoon to deal with a fire in a property on Medgbury Road.

A spokesman for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the crew had attended the scene at 2.58pm: “On attendance they discovered and extinguished a small fire involving cooking material using one hose reel and two breathing apparatus. All persons accounted for.”

Youths torch hay

HIGHWORTH: Police officers and firefighters were called to fields outside Highworth on Saturday night after youths set fire to a number of large round bales of hay. Residents took to social media to urge parents of young people in the town to check on their whereabouts and to warn them of the dangers of starting fires, even in the open.

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Going the extra mile for Jasmine

N Holly & Jason Coe charity event at McKenzies, Old Town Swindon to raise money for Helen & Douglas House and SANDS

A FATHER who overcame adversity to become an Ironman in memory of his late daughter says he is “overwhelmed” by the outpouring of support his family has received.

Jason Coe and his wife Holly lost their daughter Jasmine in October 2015 she was just five days old when she died after suffering what doctors believe was a massive perinatal stroke in the womb.

Five months later, with grief still at the forefront of his mind, 33-year-old Jason took a decision that would take over his life for the next year - he would run an Ironman triathlon to raise money for the two charities that had been there when he and Holly most needed it.

“People were doing walks and runs and mara-

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thons,” said Jason. “Being the father I just thought, what’s the biggest thing I can possibly do?

“From then on, for 18 months, it was just training. I remember my very first run – it was only about 3km and took me about half an hour. I came through the front door and it was hurting, but at least that afternoon my head was somewhere else. It massively helped to focus my mind.”

An Ironman involves a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26 mile run - no mean feat for someone who struggled with a short run just the year before.

But on August 6, the rollercoaster ride came to an end. Jason crossed the fin-

ish line in Maastricht in a time of just under 12 hours.

He had done it.

On Saturday, family and friends came together at Mackenzies in Old Town to celebrate the achievement and to further the Westlea couple’s already impressive fundraising total.

There was a raffle with more than 100 prizes and a swap shop for nearly new clothes and much more.

The money raised is to be divided between Helen Douglas House, the hospice where Holly and Jason spent their final days with baby Jasmine and SANDS, a Swindon-based charity providing support to bereaved parents.

“Both charities have been incredible and we wanted to do something to help them,” said Holly, 32.

Jason added: “Our life

had stopped and we didn’t know how to get through this. They really helped us and gave us strength.”

The couple’s wish to make a difference to the two charities has certainly become a reality - after Saturday evening they have raised more than £7,000.

Holly said: “Everyone has been really supportive.

“They’ve really got into it.”

“It’s been incredible,” added Jason. “Everyone has been so generous.

“Family, friends, Holly’s work colleagues, my work colleagues and beyond.

“We’ve had donations from people we don’t even know.

“We originally had a target of £1,500 but we’ve gone so far past that.

“It’s overwhelming and it all feels a bit like a dream.”

Busy afternoon for the air ambulance THE Wiltshire Air Ambulance responded to two medical emergencies in the space of an hour yesterday afternoon.

Police, paramedics and the WAA critical care team were called to an address in

Bisley Close in Walcot at around 3.30pm.

At least one patient was taken to hospital by land ambulance.

A short time later, at around 4pm,

the helicopter flew across town to West Swindon and landed in the Recreation Ground off Gainsborough Way. A patient was treated in Leslie Close but the nature of their injuries is unknown.

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SWINDON: The Olive Tree Cafe is holding a car boot and craft sale on September 9 at the Morden Park pitch and putt. To pre-book a pitch for £5, email Helen@theolivetreecafe.org.uk.

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Your SAY

SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIVELY DEBATE ON OUR WEBSITE Homes are opposed

Plans for four large homes on a site close to Lydiard House will spell disaster for the park if they get the go-ahead, objectors fear.

EcoMum: Stuff looks!!! What about the affect on the roads, area, environment?? 6 bed house would mean at least 2 cars, most likely a lot more. Then there’s the building work. You’re telling me they won’t cause any ‘disruption’ to park visitors. Finally, there’s the environmental cost. That land has (to my knowledge) never been built on so there’s animal homes, plants, travel routes all will be destroyed. Yeah someone will look into what’s living there but it goes further. The number of small birds that have been lost in the UK since 70’s is unbelievable. It’s a direct result of more houses and driveways.

There’s no ‘routes’ for bugs so the birds have nothing to eat.

I know most people won’t care about these things but I think we need to start caring before it’s too late!

Also, be honest, who’s got the money to buy a 5/6 bedroom house?????? ssj1968: One Word NIMBY’S TTswindon: The reality is these houses will be built along with lots more, those objecting seem to forget that not many years ago the land where their houses are where fields adjoining Lydiard park, I remember riding a horse over them in the 80’s. bobsgreen: No different building near Lydiard Park than Badbury Park spoiling Coate Water, put up with it we’ve had to. The Council are going to allow this to happen no matter what’s said

Monday, August 21, 2017

Thousands of children not receiving vital support ALMOST 15,000 vulnerable children in the South West referred to social services are not getting help because their needs fall short of the criteria for support, according to UK charity Action for Children.

A Freedom of Information request that was sent to all local authorities in the region revealed that in 2015/16, almost 17,900 children’s needs assessments were closed as ‘no further action’ as they did not meet the threshold for statutory services.

Of these, around two in five families received early help services such as children’s centres or domestic violence programmes, leaving an estimated 14,900 children without support.

Emma Horne, national director for England South at Action for Children, said that opportunities were being missed to help children and families at an earlier stage.

She said: “Our report turns a spotlight on the thousands of families who are not getting help,

despite concerns having been raised about the welfare of a child.

“Social care can’t just be there for when a family is facing meltdown.

“Every day too many children’s lives are overshadowed by drugs, alcoholism, domestic violence and neglect – a toxic recipe for all kinds of problems now and in later life.

“Punishing savings targets have given local authorities no option but to drastically shrink or abandon services, including family support,

leaving large numbers of children on the fringes of social care without the help they need.

“We are missing opportunities to help these children and their families at an early stage.

“If the Government is serious about looking after the most vulnerable children in society, it must urgently re-invest in local services that are proven to tackle the root causes of neglect and abuse – not just hope it can firefight the symptoms.”

Landlord calls time at LGBT nightspot

A work in progress

Swindon Town manager David Flitcroft anticipates more to come from his side as they return to League Two action.

TheDukeOfBanbury: Will still take a fair few games to gel a team with 11 new signings.

Just need to keep in the mix.

Matty_D: Compared to the last 2 seasons it is a breath of fresh air reading Flitcrofts’ comments.

Agreed, it is going to take time for all the new elements to gel. What has impressed me most is the apparent change in attitude of the players; they seem to want it more, none more so than Norris. It is still early days but I feel far more confident that we are improving and moving forward than at any time over the last 2 seasons.

Long may this optimism last. mikek: Feel 100% better with a proper manager at the helm and team is in good hands I’m sure but 8 goals conceded in 4 games is an issue that needs attention would like us to be very mean at the back and keep some clean sheets. Scoring goals seems decent though and quite potent up front. Work to be done Flits and sure your on the case. legod: but 6 of those goals are against better quality players and we scored 4 against them goes back to central midfield still the main concern and i’m sure DF will sort that with a couple of new additions before the window shuts.

MoonrakerinHampshire: Sadly I dont share you optimism LG on new aquisitions. If the players available don’t fit the mould DF wont get any, I would be quite happy to see Tom Smith in midfield. He may only be 19 but he has a big heart and I would like to see him play.

Low university rates

Penhill ‘among places least likely to send teenagers to uni’. needy nancy: Labour lied to the youth and they fell for it. We live in Pinehurst and sent two son’s to uni. Depends what your priority is, fag, booze and drugs or your child’s education.

SockPuppet: They didn’t. You’re looking to the wrong party for lies, you’ll want the Conservatives as they are professionals when it comes to misleading the public.

Swindon9: Why would many incur a debt of 50,000, some of whom cannot get a decent job after spending 4 years at University?

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N Martin Jones, the outgoing landlord at the Mailcoach

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thomas.haworth@newsquest.co.uk @Adver_Tom SWINDON’S only LGBT venue is to lose its much-loved landlord of almost seven years after he took the difficult decision to move to pastures new.

Martin Jones, 49, has thrown himself into making the Mailcoach, and its sister pub the Locomotive, a popular nightspot.

But last week Martin announced that the time had come to move on, and although it was a difficult decision to leave the Fleet Street pub, he was confident it was the right thing to do.

He said: “I’ll be really sad to leave. I have loved every minute of it and it has been like a family to me.

“I wish to thank everyone in the community for their support

Owners aiming to keep venue open for regulars throughout the years and I’m sure the pub will have a promising future.”

The Mailcoach has been an LGBT venue for almost 20 years and is a popular destination for revellers during Swindon and Wiltshire Pride.

“It will feel strange being a customer – I imagine it will still feel like my pub in a way, but I will always be in the background to assist,” he said.

Martin described the move as “a new chapter in my life” and hasn’t yet decided which project he will throw himself into next.

Mailcoach bar manager Tibbles Blackman, 27, whom Martin refers to as his “best shot seller”, said: “When I first started, he made me feel so welcome and he created a small family within the pub.

“It will be a shame to see him leave as he’s played a massive part in the LGBT community.

“I’ve been through a lot since I’ve been working for him and he has helped me enormously.

“Martin will always be part of the bar in some way or another.”

Tibbles, who has worked at the Mailcoach since 2015, described his friend and boss as the “kind-

Picture: THOMAS KELSEY est, most helpful person you’ll meet” and wished him all the best.

After Martin announced his departure, some feared that the Mailcoach and the Locomotive would have to close if landlords Enterprise were unable to find someone else to run it.

But a spokesman from Enterprise said: “We are in talks with our publican at the moment regarding his future at the pub. However, we aim to keep open and trading the town’s only LGBTQ pub.”

Martin is expected to hand over the keys in September. Marc Schofield, who has helped Martin run the venue for almost seven years, said: “We wish Martin all the best for his next venture.

“He has been an important part of the LGBT community, always helped with Pride and always let the committee use his venue.”

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Young performers raise funding for hospice

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Man damaged car

COURT: A 21-year-old who damaged a car during a visit to Swindon has been ordered to pay £150 in compensation.

Andrew Jefferies, of Ridgemont Road in Stroud, appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on July 28 where he pleaded guilty to one count of causing criminal damage. He was told to pay compensation to the car’s owner. He must also pay a £30 victim surcharge and court costs of £35. An additional public order offence was withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Prison for assault

COURT: Magistrates have sent a Penhill man to prison after deeming that his offending was so serious that no other punishment was sufficient. Justin McGlynn, 43, of Wilcot Avenue, appeared in court on July 28 having previously pleaded guilty to assault and making threats to kill. The court heard that the offending, which took place on June 11, was aggravated because it was in a domestic setting, there was a risk of death, the victim truly believed she would die and a child was present. McGlynn was given 20 weeks for the assault and 26 weeks for the threats to kill – the sentences will run concurrently. He must also pay a victim surcharge of £115.

Time to pay fines

N Tanwood Youth Theatre performers have raised funds for Prospect Hospice A STAGE production of the classic eighties dance movie Footloose has raised £500 for Prospect Hospice.

The funds were raised in thanks for the care received by the mum of one of the performing arts school’s students at Tanwood Youth Theatre.

The group encouraged people attending the production to make donations into collection buckets when they performed the much-loved

dance tale earlier in the year and exceeded all expectations.

Director and choreographer Pollyann Tanner said: “We were thrilled that people who came to the show really showed their generous side.

“One of the students who starred in our performance of Cats last year lost her mum this year, so the decision to support Prospect Hospice – who

Picture: DAVE COX

cared for her in her final days – was really straightforward for us.

“We have a long history of supporting Prospect Hospice at Tanwood. It has become, over the years, our default charity. We were delighted that people who came to Footloose really got behind our fundraising.”

Genevieve Arney, events and community manager at Prospect

Hospice, said: “This is a fantastic donation towards the care that we bring to thousands of local people each year. We would like to thank everyone at Tanwood Youth Theatre and also everyone who went along to the performance and gave so generously. We’re very appreciative of their continued support which over the years has raised over £2,000 for Prospect Hospice.”

Quitting smoking comes at a price Tom Seaward

tom.seaward@newsquest.co.uk @Adver_TSeaward HEALTH bosses spent almost a grand on anti-smoking therapies for each person in Swindon who successfully quit last year.

Figures released by the NHS this week reveal that £327,000 was spent on services, therapies and drugs designed to stop people smoking in 201617.

However, of the 1,070 people who set themselves a date by which time they planned to stop smoking, just 330 said that they had successfully quit.

The previous year, 605 said they had quit.

It means that last year £991 was spent for each smoker who quit – up £150 on the previous year.

When you take into account all those who approached the council about setting a date to quit smoking, each wouldbe quitter has cost taxpayers £306.

According to the NHS figures, only five other local au-

£1,000 each is spent on 330 who stopped

thority areas spent more on each successful quitter.

In Swindon, smoking services are funded by Swindon Borough Council’s public health team.

Last year, the council allocated £172,000 to services intended to tackle smokers.

Drug therapies cost a further £181,000.

More than a third of those who said they had quit were prescribed anti-nicotine drug Vareniciline. The prescription medicine targets the nerve receptors in the brain that register smoking as pleasurable.

A total of 114 successful quitters used a range of licensed “nicotine-containing products”, such as patches and chewing gums.

However, 30 out of a total of 330 successful quitters took no medications at all.

Cherry Jones, director of Public Health at Swindon Borough Council, said: “Smoking continues to be the biggest preventable cause of ill health and early death as well as the leading cause of health inequality.

“Supporting people to quit smoking is a priority in Swin-

Smoking continuestobe the biggestpreventablecauseof ill healthand early deathas wellas the leading causeof healthinequality

don and during 2016-17 we have redesigned the Swindon stop smoking services to make them more accessible for those that need them and reflect the way that people want support to quit smoking.

“Smoking is an addiction which often begins in childhood and we know that the majority of people who smoke want to quit.”

In Swindon, the proportion of people who smoke has halved since 2007. Around 15 per cent of Swindon residents are smokers.

The town has the lowest proportion of young smokers in the South West, with just 7.5 per cent taking up smoking, the council said.

Coun Brian Ford, the council’s cabinet member for Adults’ Health and Social Care, said: “The council continues to invest in services to support people to quit smoking in Swindon.”

For further information and details of support to quit smoking contact the Livewell Swindon team on 01793 465513 or email livewell@swindon. gov.uk.

COURT: A man who still owes the court more than £1,000 in fines imposed more than 10 years ago has been given more time to pay. Mark Reast-Pocklington, 46, of The Street in Moredon, appeared at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on July 28 to explain why he has yet to pay the money. The court heard that a fine of £1,338, some or all of which was imposed in January 2007, was outstanding. After hearing that the fine was originally calculated without full knowledge of Reast-Pocklington’s financial circumstances, the magistrates waived £385. He was given more time to pay the leftover balance.

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Stepping on out to help a good cause

FAMILIES are being urged to don their walking boots and put their best foot forward for a children’s charity this September.

For the first time, the NSPCC is to host a 10K fundraising walk along part of the Ridgeway.

Organised by the NSPCC Shrivenham volunteer committee, part of the Swindon and Wiltshire branch, it is a new event for the charity and takes place on September 17.

Emma Richardson, an NSPCC volunteer who has helped organise the event, said: “It’s the first time we’ve held this event and we’re hoping lots of people will come along and walk for the NSPCC. “It is open to the whole family so will be a great chance for us all to get active in the great outdoors. There’s even a quiz for the kids, tea and cake at the end as a reward.”

Registration for the walk costs £10 per adult or £5 for a child or senior citizen. Alternatively, a family of four can sign up for just £25.

Caroline Morgan, NSPCC community fundraising manager for Wiltshire, said: “I’d like to thank all the volunteers for organising this event and I am sure it will be a huge success.

“Whether you’re walking alone, with friends or family, or even with your faithful dog, there’s no better way to spend a day out in September. Please do come along for a walk with us and help us continue the fight for every childhood.”

For information or to sign up go to: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-youcan-do/events/walk-the-ridgeway/.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Therapy via an app

Easier access to counsellors Tom Seaward

tseaward@swindonadvertiser.co.uk A NEW mobile app will give struggling Swindon residents round-theclock access to counsellors.

Launching in September, the Dr Julian app is the brainchild of Great Western Hospital-based doctor Julian Nesbitt.

He was inspired to develop the innovative mobile app after long shifts in the GWH’s accident and emergency department.

“In A&E you were dealing with the very acute end of mental illhealth,” said Julian, 28, of South Cerney. “I felt that with every conversation I had with someone with mental health problems, they weren’t getting the help they needed.

“The NHS does a brilliant job, but the waiting lists to see a counsellor can be up to six months. When you’ve got an issue you aren’t always able to get that help.”

The app matches individuals with therapists and counsellors qualified in the UK. People can book video appointments through the app.

London-born Julian, who studied medicine at Bristol University and did his junior doctor training

N Dr Julian Nesbitt, the man behind the Dr Julian app at GWH, said: “There’s lots of evidence proving that video link techniques are just as effective for mental health as face-to-face therapies.”

When they sign up to the free app, people are asked to answer questions about anxiety and depression.

Before their first session, a therapist will also run through questions intended to get a picture of the person’s medical history.

All the details are stored securely, Julian said. “We’ve got the highest quality of security and governance. As a doctor myself, I know

what the security needs are around health information.”

People using the app will be able to request the therapists’ notes from online video sessions, but it won’t be made available as standard through the app.

So far, more than 65 therapists have signed up to the scheme. They range from generalists to specialists in areas like family counselling.

Julian said: “All the therapists really like the app so far. They like that it’s easy to use and that they

can put in when they’re free and work around their day job.”

The app was developed with online psychotherapy expert Philippa Weitz, who has also designed the training for the app’s therapists.

Julian added: “The app isn’t going to be for everyone, obviously. Some people will want that time spent sitting in a room. But lots of people don’t have the time or they might have anxiety issues and would rather not leave their house.”

Currently, the app is free to download – although hourly sessions range in price from £45 to £100, depending on the experience of the therapists.

However, Julian hopes that the technology might be taken up by NHS bosses, allowing therapy sessions to be offered for free to certain patients.

“It’s like Uber,” he said. “You’ve got all the technology there, but the NHS sometimes takes some more time to take up the new tech.”

So far, the app has cost more than £40,000 to build. Funding has come from Julian himself, as well as family members.

He is currently training at GWH to become a GP, giving him more spare time to devote to the app.

But he hopes to take up a place on the NHS’s Clinical Entrepreneur Programme – allowing junior doctors to take time out to pursue side projects like the Dr Julian app.

The app launches on September 1 and is available on iOS Apple devices. Visit: www.dr-julian.com.

Monday, August 21, 2017

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Electrification work likely to cause delays PASSENGERS planning on travelling by train this week are being reminded to expect changes to timetabled services due to engineering work.

Network Rail is carrying out work between Swindon and Bristol as part

of the electrification programme.

Services were amended over the weekend when the work got underway, and passengers are being warned there will be further changes to services this week as well.

Trains running between London

Paddington and South/West Wales will be reduced in frequency and will be diverted between Swindon and Newport, with journey time increases of around 35 minutes.

Most westbound trains will depart earlier from London Paddington,

Reading and Swindon. Most trains will not call at Bristol Parkway, but will call additionally at Patchway.

Replacement buses will run between Patchway and Bristol Parkway.

For details, visit GWR.com/ BristolParkway2017

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On trial over images

COURT: A man will be tried by a Swindon jury later this month for making indecent images of children.

Damian Saunders, 48, of Foxglove Road, appeared before Swindon magistrates last month charged with making indecent pictures of children, ranging in seriousness from category A to category C. He was bailed and will appear before Swindon Crown Court on August 25.

Too many Thomases

CORRECTION: In Friday’s Swindon Advertiser we reported on the success of students who took their A-levels at Cirencester Sixth Form College.

The article reported that Thomas Keble would be going to Oxford University next year. It has since come to light that Thomas Keble is in fact the name of a school, in Stroud. Thomas Schaffner is the pupil heading to Oxford. He is a former student at Thomas Keble School, hence the confusion.

We wish Thomas all the best with his studies.

Driver is given fine

COURT: Failing to provide the identity of the driver when required to do so by police in Devon has landed a Lechlade man with a bill for £380 and six points on his licence.

Kenneth Roswell, 34, of Parkend Wharf, was found guilty on July 7 of failing to tell officers in Plymouth who was driving an Audi A6 that was of interest to them. He was sentenced by Swindon magistrates on July 28 and fined £200. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £30, court costs of £150. His licence was endorsed with six penalty points.

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N Garfield the station cat with Peter Holt

Railway cat’s back to greet his audience Tina Robins

trobins@newsquest.co.uk RAILWAY cat Garfield was feline fine and back in his favourite place at the weekend and greeting his public.

The popular ginger moggy, who likes to make friends with visitors and volunteers at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, had to undergo veterinary treatment and tests during the week because he was suffering a bleeding nostril and an unexplained lump on his head.

But the only salaried member of staff was back at work on the platform on Saturday and ready to say hello to his fans.

“He was there all day at Hayes Knoll meeting and greeting, being his usual friendly and sociable self,” said Adrian Thompson, who runs the friends of the railway’s Facebook page.

Many of the visitors had read about his illness in the Adver-

Funding still needed to pay for any treatment tiser or seen the story on social media and were keen to go and see him.

In fact the railway sold £500 of train tickets “which for a Saturday when we are not having a main event is amazing,” said Adrian.

The railway is raising money to pay for the cat’s treatment and has already paid out more than £350. So far the fund has reached £660.

He isn’t covered by pet insurance because he doesn’t have a home with a postcode.

X-Rays were done on the lump and fluid was drained from it to be analysed, but until the results of the tests are back it is not clear what is wrong with him or how much treatment will cost.

The volunteers are bracing themselves for the possibility that it is a tumour. But Adrian said: “We have got our fingers crossed for him.”

Garfield, who was found as an orphan kitten and adopted by the railway more than a decade ago, is a familiar face around the station and engine shed at Hayes Knoll.

He has been known to hop on a train and take a ride down to Blunsdon, but is often to be found in the shed.

Donations can be made at gofundme.com/garfield-the-railway-cat or in person when the railway is open at weekends.

If there is money left over from the treatment it will be used to buy him food and treats.

ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT: The town’s Christmas Lights and Shopping Event already has a number of stalls booked in to take part this winter. The event will be staged on December 1. Those wishing to take part in the event should call 01793 850222 for an application form or more details.

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Fun and thrills at services show

HELICOPTER flights, blue light police car rides and a fire engine that can do wheelies are set to light up this year’s Emergency Services Show.

Staged for the first time at Cotswold Airport, the extravaganza – organised by a team of Wiltshire firefighters, police officers, ambulance staff and volunteers from the emergency services – features police horses, cooker fire demonstrations, police dog displays and some of the latest fire and rescue vehicles.

Since it started in 2005 as a fire service open day, it has raised more than £150,000 for blue light charities while highlighting the work of the emergency services and passing on safety advice.

It has moved to the former RAF airfield at Kemble because its previous site at Hullavington Airfield was put up for sale by the Ministry of Defence.

One of the star attractions this year will be the Backdraft Wheelie Fire Truck, which can pirouette on its rear wheels and shoot flames through its exhaust.

Police drone displays, vintage emergency services vehicles and two air ambulances will also be at the show on September 3.

Chairman Chris Harvey, a retained firefighter in Wiltshire said: “We’re delighted to have so many new features for 2017, but we have also kept many of our favourite attractions, including emergency vehicle rides, police dog displays, a fairground, vehicles, equipment and personnel from all of the blue light services, stands from a range of charities and so much more.”

The show runs from 10am to 4pm and entry on the day costs £6.50 for adults and £3.50 for under 16s while under threes are admitted free. Tickets are also available online at £6 and £3. Visit emergencyservicesshow.com for details.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Getting to grips

Summer of activity at the railway village

THE Central Community Centre in The Railway Village will have a series of free fun summer activities for young people aged eight to 17 later this month.

Youngsters can have a go at street dancing, special effects make-up, animation, baking, and have picnics and games, a movie night and a visit to the Oasis Leisure Centre and Indoor Skate Park by signing up for the activity days which will be held at the community centre between Monday, August 28, and Friday, September 1.

All activities are open to young people from all parts of Swindon but priority will be given to young people living in the local area.

Some activities will be broken into age groups and some will be all ages together.

To sign up please email the name, age and address of the young person who want to take part, along with the name and contact number for their parent or guardian, to keira@mechanics-trust.org.uk by no later than Thursday, August 24.

Spaces will be confirmed by Friday, August 25.

N Reporter Tom Seaward examines one of the 2,000-year-old brooches at Swindon Museum

TOM SEAWARD joins a group of volunteers at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery to get a closer look at some very special artefacts

Man pleads guilty to indecent images

A ROYAL Wootton Bassett man has pleaded guilty to making and distributing indecent images and videos of children.

Benjamin David Symons, 33, of Buxton Way, indicated a plea of guilty to creating a total of 54 indecent pictures and videos of children when he appeared before Swindon Magistrates Court last month.

Fourteen of these images were found to be category A images – the most serious.

The images were made between March and September last year.

Symons also indicated a guilty plea to a charge of distributing six indecent images of children.

He will be sent to Swindon Crown Court for sentencing.

Symons was awarded bail and ordered not to have unsupervised contact with children under16 in a private place.

N Beth Farnham and Nadia Zajancauskaite working on the brooches

I’M HOLDING a brooch that could be older than the Christian Church.

My palms are sweating. It could be because the 2,000-year-old piece of gold jewellery I’m holding is so valuable, or it could be the thin plastic of the gloves I’m wearing.

It’s my day off. Instead of spending it in the sunshine, I’m flanked by modern art at the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.

Sitting on tables around me are four museum volunteers. All of them are wearing thin purple gloves. And all are busy with their respective tasks.

We’re working our way through a hoard of Roman brooches found during excavations at Wanborough in the 1970s.

The stash of around two hundred brooches is among an estimated 100,000 items in the Bath Road museum’s stores.

Over the years, the brooches have been re-labelled and repackaged using foam that was once industry standard – but which it is now believed could damage the historic artefacts over the longterm.

“We’ve got a selection of the brooches on display at the moment,” says collections project manager Stef Vincent. “The rest are in our store. In some places the labelling has gone awry.”

The museum has 25 regular collections volunteers – generous history lovers who give their time week in week out to sort, clean and conserve Swindon Museum’s bulging collection of historical

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Inside the artist’s studio

SWINDON: People can get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of artist Marilyn Trew’s studio in Wednesday’s Adver. Nicknamed the “Puffin Shack”, it’s where the Westlea artist turns her sketches into stunning paintings. Marilyn is one of more than 60 artists exhibiting as part of Swindon Open Studios next month. For more, buy the Swindon Advertiser on Wednesday.

Fundraising jumble sale

PURTON: The village branch of Age Concern is staging a fundraising jumble sale on September 2.

Toys, nearly new clothes, books and refreshments are all on offer at the village hall from 2pm along with raffle prizes and refreshments. Jumble can be left at the hall between noon and 1pm.

Allotments available

SWINDON: Green-fingered Swindonians have been encouraged to put their names down to take over the running of an allotment. The council has many plots around the town and the health benefits of having one have long been trumpeted by health professionals. Log on to www.swindon.gov.uk/ allotments for more details.

Take part in insanity

NORTH SWINDON: Fitness fanatics are encouraged to attend the weekly Insanity Live classes at Isambard School, in Redhouse Way. The gruelling sessions run every Saturday from 9.30am and cost £5 a class on a pay-as-you-go basis or £35 for 10 classes.

Sign up for craft fair

WROUGHTON: The Ellendune Community Centre is on the lookout for creative individuals to book spaces at this November’s craft fair. The date for the much-loved event has been set for November 12 and anyone wishing to take part should visit www. ellendunehallwroughton.co.uk.

Farmers market is back

N Helen Brett photographs a brooch at Swindon Museum objects.

Today, we’ll be looking through the brooches in the store. All of them will be taken out of their old packaging and photographed.

Like history detectives, the volunteers will match the brooches with pictures and descriptions from the report of the 1970s excavations where they were found.

With an identification complete, the details of the items are then entered into a special computerised database – meaning that museum staff know what they’ve got and where it’s all stored.

The artefacts will all be repackaged in specially-designed foam that protect the delicate gold, silver and iron brooches from harm.

Swindon Museum’s Stef, 35, says: “We’re repackaging them so that in the store they’re nice and safe.

“A lot of the things they used in the sixties and seventies to protect artefacts weren’t as stable as the materials we’ve got today. The older stuff is quite grim – like a yellow foam.”

She picks up one of the older brooch boxes: “If this gets separated from the rest of the boxes, all it will tell you is that Romans had brooches — which we know already.”

The brooches in the museum’s collection range widely in design and value, but all were found around Wanborough.

“They show that the town was in use and lived in for a reason-

able period of time,” says Stef.

“In the past brooches weren’t used just for show – they were practical instruments for holding up your cloak.”

The four volunteers I’m with today have been working on the brooches since April.

For some of the quartet it’s a hobby – but for others volunteering could be a way into working in museums.

Pauline Bennett, 52, has been volunteering since June this year. “I like knowing what goes on behind the scenes. I’m interested in history.”

Pauline has long visited the Bath Road museum. “But I have learned a lot more about the museum than before. You get to meet some interesting people.”

Photographing the delicate brooches is 30-year-old Helen Brett – fresh from finishing a masters degree in medieval history at the University of Reading.

At university, Helen volunteered at a faculty museum. She started at Swindon Museum at the same time as Pauline — and is considering a career in museums.

“History has always been an interest of mine,” she said. “But it depends what jobs are available.”

Interest in the past is what brings the group together.

Tapping away at their computers are Nadia Zajancauskaite, 30, and Beth Farnham, 27. Both started volunteering with Swindon Museum three years ago.

The pair are cross-checking

Ilovethewholefact you’reholding something inyour hand that’s the same ageasJesus

Pictures: DAVE COX the Roman brooches with entries in the original archaeological excavation report, making sure that the repackaged brooches are properly labelled.

Former art student Beth, from Lydiard Millicient, originally started volunteering at the Bath Road museum because of its stunning modern art collection.

But her training as a volunteer came in useful. She also volunteers as curator of the Purton Museum.

Beth tells me: “It’s been really helpful. I’ve had training with the computer software that we use at Purton.”

Nadia, who grew up in Russia but fell in love with England when she visited nine years ago, says: “I love the whole fact you’re holding something in your hand that’s the same age as Jesus.

“It’s like you’re connecting to people who were living centuries ago.”

Today we’re working in a public gallery. As we work on the centuries-old artefacts there are visitors milling around.

But a hoped-for £22m new art gallery could make it easier to organise this volunteering work in future.

Stef says: “We’re still thinking about what there would be in terms of building space. But there would be extra behind the scenes space.

“At the moment, we’re working on small objects. But we have some really big objects in the collection which we can’t work on when there are members of the public around.”

To find out more about volunteering at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, visit: www. swindonmuseumandartgallery. org.uk.

WANBOROUGH: The Farmers Market will return on September 16.

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Monday, August 21, 2017

The Big Interview

Barrie Hudson focuses on the people in the news

Teacher inspired a lifesaving idea

THE advice of an inspirational teacher is at least partly responsible for the creation of the knife recently hailed by an eminent psychiatrist as a potential life-saver.

John Cornock grew up in Chester, the son of a housewife and a businessman who repaired and restored cars.

“I inherited strong artistic skills from my father,” said John, “and it was actually my art teacher who gave me the idea to get into product design, because I was at school and didn’t really know what I wanted to do.”

John had been considering training as a commercial illustrator, but the art teacher’s suggestion, coupled with his own knowledge of his father’s business and love of innovation, changed his mind.

The teacher told him a story of product designer friend who came up with an idea to improve the efficiency of scaffolding. The patent proved so successful that the man was effectively able to retire.

“I can never forget my art teacher saying that in product design you can have an idea for something you can licence for somebody else to make – and if you get it right you can live off the proceeds.”

There are other motives for John in addition to commercial ones, though.

He acknowledges that if the products he designs have something in common, it is that they are intended to improve people’s lives and ward off the risk of chaos.

Kitchen items he has designed, for example, include a multipurpose device incorporating chopping boards and places to keep equipment, herbs and spices to hand and in order.

Another device prevents pans from boiling over and also makes the contents easier to inspect: “Some pans have the vents that don’t really work, and also kitchens are becoming smaller.”

The ultimate aim of the devices is to reduce the risk of injury and inconvenience.

Then there’s another idea, not long out of the design stage – a new kind of baby bottle. Details have yet to be announced.

“It’s something that nobody has ever done before.

I’ve got two grandchildren now, and it was seeing my daughter struggling with a particular aspect of a feed-

Designer and inventor John Cornock, 50, is the creator of an anti-stab safety knife which was praised in a Sunday Times interview given by Dr John Crichton, chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland. The R-shaped tip of the knife hampers penetration of clothing and flesh. John, who is also a product design manager, lives in West Swindon and is married to Elizabeth, a market researcher.

The couple have three children and two grandchildren.

N John Cornock with his New Point knife Picture: CLARE GREEN

ing bottle that gave me the idea. It’s something I’m just writing a patent for at the moment.”

John’s three daughters can also take some of the credit for the knife design which put him in the national news recently. He created it in 2005 and it has been selling steadily, especially to educational and healthcare

organisations, ever since.

The genesis of the New Point knife came when his wife, worrying about the presence of so many potentially lethal blades in a house where children lived, challenged him to come up with something safer.

The resulting design is intended to be all but useless as a weapon and far less like-

ly than an ordinary blade to cause injury or worse in an accident. The knives are used in a variety of environments, including school cookery classes where the risk of injury through carelessness must be minimised, and among healthcare providers helping people who might otherwise be a danger to themselves and others.

“There have been some comments from people saying how happy they are with the design.”

John recalls an especially heartening one from an organisation which helped patients learn life skills, but which had had to abandon cookery classes because the conventional knives meant accidents were too much of a risk.

Thanks to the blade John designed, the classes could resume.

There are critics, but according to John they fail to understand the main purpose of the blades.

“We’ve had a lot of people saying it’s ridiculous because if people wanted to cause damage they’d just have to grind a point back, but that’s missing the point – forgive the pun.

“The whole design principle is to prevent accidents from happening – and also spontaneous attacks by people who have temper, drug or medical issues.

“If somebody is going to take the time to find whatever is needed to grind a point, then by that time most people would have calmed down.

“If you’re going to go to that trouble, you’ll find another type of weapon.”

John believes in designing each of his products from the ground up, starting with physical sketches and progressing to Computer-Aided Design.

He would like to see more people become involved in product design – and for there to be greater awareness, including among certain manufacturing and marketing companies, of what product design entails.

For John, it means being directly involved from the earliest stages to the final detailing.

“Even now, most people see it as creating pretty products – as taking a product which already works and making it look nice.

“The true definition is taking a product from its very initial concept and looking at every aspect.”

Monday, August 21, 2017

Freezer failures do not mean the end Co-op staying in Highworth despite fears Chris Humphreys

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FEARS that the Co-op in Highworth was being run down for closure have been allayed by store managers.

Weeks of empty shelves in the freezers and chilled cabinets at the Brewery Street branch had led some Highworth residents to speculate that the future was in doubt.

One disgruntled shopper, Kay Brown, said: “What’s happened to the Co-op lately? Freezers and chiller cabinets out of action for weeks; empty shelves.

“It’s really gone downhill. I wonder whether it’s being run down for closure? But that wouldn’t make sense after recently having the Post Office and a café installed in there.”

Another, Jill Cuss, echoed the concerns.

N The Co-op in Highworth will be installing new freezers on Thursday after going weeks without them

“It’s very annoying,” she said.

“And you wonder if the fridges and freezers left are working properly.

“I don’t really like to buy chilled or frozen there. It’s certainly in a sorry state.”

Another shopper said she had been put off buying meat from the Co-op after a visit a few months ago.

Picture: SIOBHAN BOYLE

Cheryl Costello selected some chicken from the chilled area but she only made it as far as the tills before realising that the meat smelled and had gone off.

Speculation also mounted that the cold storage equipment had not been new when the shop was fitted out and was now at the end of its service life.

Ann Clarke took her concerns directly to the management and was told that replacements had been promised by the firm’s head office but hadn’t materialised.

“He was hoping they would be in by the end of this month,” she said. “It makes the place look run down and neglected, and the rumours are flying about. I feel sorry for all the staff.”

But now it appears that the shoppers’ protests have led to some positive action with store team manager Alan Gardener issuing a reassuring response.

He said: “I am pleased to inform you that we now have a date for the new freezers in store. They are due to be installed on Thursday.

“Once installed they will need to be left for a few days to freeze after which time they will be filled.

The store have had an issue recently with late deliveries and we are working with the supply chain to rectify this. I would like to thank you for your feedback and am pleased I am able to give you some good news.

“Please be assured I have amended the errors and going forward I have put better checks in please to avoid an occurrence of this in the future.”

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WHAT’S ON

A selection of the events taking place in and around Swindon today N ‘Going to America’ Special Exhibition, 10am, STEAM, Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon. Free after admission. 01793 466637.

N A Fusion of Arts, 9.30am, Christ Church Community Centre, Cricklade Street, Old Town, Swindon. £99 for the whole week. 07590 688808. Suitable for all children, no theatre or musical experience necessary.

N Beginners Mosaics, 11am, Artsite, The Post Modern, Theatre Square, Swindon. 07910 959036. Book in advance. £40 for four weeks.

N Book Club, 7.30pm, Savernake Hall, Savernake Street, Swindon. £2 for coffee. New book club meets once a month.

N Children’s Summer Dance Course, 10am, Swindon Dance, Town Hall Studios, Regent Circus, Swindon. £22 per day. 01793 601700.

N Dance Fit Fusion class, 6.30pm, Swindon Dance, Regent Circus, Swindon. £6.20. 01793 601700. Full body aerobic workout incorporating a range of dance styles. No need to book. Every Monday.

N Fitsteps Fab, 6.45pm, St Mary’s Church Hall, Cheney Manor Road, Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon. £5.01793 325341.

N Peter Burgess: A Celebration, 10am, Museum & Art Gallery, Bath Road, Swindon.

Free. 01793 466556. This exhibition brings together some of Swindon’s earliest and most important ceramic acquisitions.

N Theatre Skills Summer School Ages 1416, 9am, Shoebox Theatre, Theatre Square, Swindon. £125. www.shoeboxtheatre.org.uk.

N Walking Netball, 6.15pm, Bradon Forest School Sports Hall, The Peak, Purton. £3. 01793 423134.

N Wings & Talons, 9am, Reybridge, Lacock.

01249 661533. Wiltshire falconry experience days and educational talks.

N Bingo, Royal Wootton Bassett Bowls Club, Tanners Close, Royal Wootton Bassett. 01249 816880.

N Swindon Male Voice Choir, 7.30pm, New Century Club, Gorse Hill, Swindon. 01793 822495. New members welcome.

All details as supplied. Please check with the venue before setting off. Full daily listings at http://events.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/events Add your event for free

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Letters to the Editor COMMENT MANY of us will balk at the amount spent on helping the town’s smokers quit the habit.

At £1,000 for every person who gives up cigarettes through the public health team’s stop smoking service, it adds up to a pretty penny.

And of course, we live in a time when the health service and local authorities need every penny they can find to fund the essential treatments and services people need.

Some people may suggest that a stop smoking service is not one of those essential treatments – but we all know the terrible burden smoking-related illnesses place on the NHS.

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Surely it is better to spend money helping people to quit than it is to spend it on surgery, radiotherapy and the like further down the line.

What is disappointing is that of the 1,070 who took advantage of the town’s stop smoking services, only a third said they had successfully kicked the habit. It is hardly the brilliant success rate we would hope for.

However, in the past 10 years, the number of smokers in Swindon has halved – and that is very much an achievement worth celebrating.

We also have the lowest proportion of young smokers in the whole of the South West. So we

must be doing something right.

At the end of the day, it is down to each individual smoker when and how they choose to kick the habit. All anyone else can do is support them on their mission when they choose to embark on it and make sure the services are there when they are needed.

Regardless of the failure of some to stay away from cigarettes, we must focus on the success of the many who, thanks to the council’s public health team, are now cigarette free. And be thankful that we have a system in place to support those who need its help.

A job well done

IN the present times with online this and online that Facebook, Twitter and what ever way of having a pop at the utilitiies companies who are being panned for doing this and panned again for not doing that, I would just like to congratulate the service laying team from Thames Water sub contractors the old way by getting it in black and white.

They installed a new meter boundary box to my neighbour’s house in Haydon Wick on the 16th August. There is a bank of six outside stop taps and meter boxes in a row which was quite uneven after the last dig out on these boxes, so rather than force another box in they had the excellent idea to install a double meter box which replaced my old square stop tap making a much better fit and an excellent finish when the reinstatment was completed - no more trip hazard.

I was expecting to see the same bad staining caused last time when a meter was installed so had the yard broom and buckets of water ready for when I came home from work only to find it was in a better condition than when I left for work this morning.

So well done to the guys or gals who completed the job - honestly, a job well done. I hope Thames Water passes on not just mine but all in the close an Attaboy Or Attagirl Award.

JOHN L CROOK Haydon Wick, Swindon

Get out of EU, Eire

THE problem of the border between and Eire and Northern Ireland could be eased for both the north and the south if the Dublin government offered its citizens the same referendum as was offered to those of the UK. Maybe the people of Ireland would appreciate the ditching of EU authority.

Maybe also the solution of the border problem might be so appreciated that a further advance might be a return of Eire to rejoin the

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N Stanton Lake Picture: NICK SMITH

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UK in devolved polity similar to an old long standing arrangement prior to 1921.

NOEL GARDNER Carlisle Avenue, Swindon

It mustn’t be repeated

THERE is a wide range of responses to the 100th commemoration of half a million dead and wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele.

Some people recollect a distant relative amongst that number, while nationalists regard it as a British

tragedy, although soldiers came from across the world to die in the mud with Britons, making an international sacrifice. So some are eager that commemoration must now bind nations closer together. Others recognise that the lives of young Germans, hopeful and courageous, taken from them, should teach all peoples that death unites all humans in a final fraternity.

Some people regard the battle as ‘lions led by donkeys’, a condemnation of Britain’s class system, where the slaughter was the

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senseless result that no one at any level knew what else to do in hellish conditions, and no one, British or German, had the authority to call a halt, once started, although it was producing no benefit for anyone.

Others consider that Passchendaele is an object lesson to every adult on Earth who lives today, to recognise that warfare is Mankind’s insanity. However, there are some who resent that attitude, which they see as a betrayal of the selfless courage of those who gave their all. Today’s citizens show little interest, but their own lives are wasted, until they strive to comprehend the meaning of sacrifice. Do you believe that the past must shape future civilisation?

So it happened again in 1939, and might confront our children, but we are no nearer to agreeing the ethical lessons which history teaches to thoughtful people.

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...The voice of age and experience

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e warned that the following has some adult content, so please make sure it isn’t read by any children.

You see, this week I am going to talk about mascots, such as the ones you see at big sporting events or representing charities, and we don’t want the littl’uns to know their secrets.

Like the jolly guy in the red suit and white beard who hangs around at Christmas, there is a strict code of practice that applies whenever a mascot goes to work, ensuring the magic is always preserved.

However, as I have arranged for the little darlings’ eyes to be safely averted, I can reveal that sometimes mascots are not what they seem, nor are they actual animals, but people dressed up.

It’s true.

And I know from personal experience.

A couple of years ago I was involved in an event in the town centre and a friend who does a lot of work for a charity told me their mascot would like to attend, but was… um… unavailable, and did I know anybody who could step in?

I am sworn not to reveal the name of the charity nor the type of animal he was, but I can say it was no coincidence that you never saw me and the mascot together, nor that we were roughly the same height.

If he had talked - which, of course, he must never do - he would have had a Swindon accent.

OK: it was me, and I am pretty relieved that the secret is out.

To tell the truth, I have been itching to tell people, because it was such fun.

I thought I was pretty good at it too, but only until we visited the recent World Athletics Championships in London and found ourselves in the presence of three heroes.

One was Usain Bolt, one was Mo Farah and the other hero was a big hedgehog who was actually called Hero.

Call us big kids if you like, but we found the antics of Hero really entertaining, and he subsequently became a social media star, even though the BBC cameras, for some reason, mostly ignored him - or her (nobody seemed to know whether Hero was male of female).

I could never emulate Hero, who really turned out to be the king of mascots, but I did thoroughly enjoy my hour in costume.

Honestly, it’s great, and if you ever get the chance to be one, go for it.

The best thing is nobody knows who’s inside, so you can say goodbye to any last vestige of self-consciousness.

I literally haven’t danced a step in the last 25 years, apart from in that suit, when I became Lionel Blair.

The kids adore you, naturally, but so do the adults, even attractive young ladies, who get the urge to cuddle you.

There is a downside, though, as I discovered, because a big furry animal suit also has a similar effect on hairy Hell’s Angels.

And you can go anywhere. There were vintage cars there, which nobody would ever let you sit in, but if you are wearing a furry suit they will open the door for you to get in and make you pose for pictures.

An hour in a furry suit is like an hour in a sauna, though, so be warned, unless you are looking to get fit and lose weight, in which case half a dozen fetes should do it.

I think I have finally found my vocation, so I am currently on the look-out for more mascot work, if you know of any.

All offers considered, apart from pantomime horses.

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N RAF re-enactment enthusiasts man the ops room for their demonstration Pictures: DAVE COX

Wildlife meets World War Two at air festival Chris Humphreys

chris.humphreys@newsquest.co.uk @Adver_Chris RARELY do the worlds of history and wildlife collide, but at Blakehill Nature Reserve near Cricklade that is exactly what is happening.

This weekend, the former RAF airfield played host to the Festival of Flight - an event organised by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.

Its aim was to showcase the past and present - giving visitors an insight into the animals that call it home today and the aircrews who did the same in years gone by.

Amy Blount, project activities co-ordinator at Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, said: “It’s a combination of wildlife and history.

“We’re stood on an old World War Two airfield - this is a celebration of that history but also its current value as a nature reserve.

“It’s a working farm, with mostly cattle, but we have a visitor’s centre here and there is a project called Building Bridges that is based out of it.

“We use it for school groups

Former airfield is now an open nature reserve

and engagement days but overall, it’s under-utilised.

“This event is to show people what is here. It’s free for them to visit, any day - they can come and do bird watching, a lovely walk, a picnic.”

The site is just one of many across the county that come under the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust umbrella.

A relatively little-known organisation, their main priority is to protect wildlife and conserve their habitats, but they also work closely with people encouraging them to appreciate nature and their surroundings.

For example, the project Amy works on focuses on project with people who, for a variety of reasons, wouldn’t normally be able to access the countryside.

Across the field from the wildlife exhibits, the focus was on the airfield’s military past.

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A re-enactment group from the West Midlands took over the visitor centre for their dynamic demonstration of the way aircraft were scrambled to defend the skies during the Battle of Britain.

Nearby, Vince Povey, a local researcher who has spent many years looking into the history of the site, offered presentations on its story.

Originally allocated to the United States Army Air Force, it was never actually used for that purpose.

Instead it opened in 1944 and was home to RAF transport aircraft of No. 46 Group Transport Command. Gliders also used it as a base to set off en route to Arnhem in September 1944.

It was then used by training aircraft until the its closure in 1952 when it was returned to agricultural use.

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STUNT cyclists, enthusiastic dogs and a menagerie of animals helped to keep the crowds entertained at Wanborough Show and Carnival on Saturday.

The temperamental weather decided that sunshine and the occasional shower was the order of the day and as a result there was a steady stream of families arriving on the show field where they were greeted with entertainers, vintage vehicles and live music.

One of the organisers, John Basevi, was pleased with the healthy turn out.

He said: “It looks like a fantastic show.

“We have really made an effort this year to invest more in professional entertainers.

“We’ve relied on friends and amateurs in the past but people expect a little bit more these days.”

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Sarah Evans had come from North Swindon with her two children to watch the horse show in the morning. “We decided to stay because the sun was shining and it is such a lovely atmosphere,” she said.

“They loved the gun dog display and the petting zoo.

I’m having trouble dragging them away.”

The committee, which also organises a spring show, is looking for new members.

“We desperately need new blood,” said John.

“We have some younger people on the committee who are contributing a hell of a lot, but it would be nice to get even more.”

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FILM GUIDE EMPIRE, GREENBRIDGE N THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (15) 12:20, 15:20, 18:00, 20:40, 21:10 N THE DARK TOWER (12A) 10:50, 13:10, 15:30, 18:10, 20:30 N EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING (12A) 13:50, 16:10, 18:30, 20:50 Parent and Baby: Mon: 11:30 N DUNKIRK (12A) IMAX 12:00, 14:30, 17:30, 20:00 Standard 13:30, 16:00, 18:40, 21:20 N ANNABELLE: CREATION (15) 13:00, 15:40, 18:50, 20:20, 21:30 N ATOMIC BLONDE (15) 13:20, 15:50, 18:20, Subtitled: Mon: 21:15 N THE EMOJI MOVIE (U) 2D: 11:10, 11:40, 13:50, 16:00 N DESPICABLE ME 3 (U) 10:50, 11:50, 14:10, 16:20, 19:00 N CARS 3 (U) 2D: 11:20, 14:00, 16:30 N SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (12A) 17:10, 20:10 N VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (12A) 17:20 N WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (12A) 17:40, 20:50 N CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (U) 10:40, 11:10 , 12:50, 15:10 N GIRLS TRIP (15) 18:10, 21:00 N THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE (U) 10:30, 12:40, 15:00

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PUZZLES DOUBLE CROSSWORD

WORD WHEEL 17. Understand turnover in the garden (3) 18. Run off with Penelope at last (5) 19. Emergency begins with a leg broken by flier (5) 21. Top cultivator heard grenade going off (4,8)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1. Terrible danger at heart of plant shop (6,6) 7. Lad hides himself if you threaten him (5) 8. The first to loan out a claw (5) 9. Tickle round the end of the beast (3)

You have 10 minutes to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the hub letter and at least 3 others.

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Down 1. Sect (12) 2. Born (3) 3. Reveal (6) 4. Greedy (9) 5. Diadem (5) 6. Somnambulism (12) 7. Earth (5) 10. Take apart (9) 13. Cattle farm (5) 14. Gain (6) 16. Artist’s stand (5) 20. Spasm (3)

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Saturday’s solutions DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 4 Scuttle; 8 In debt; 9 Sprints; 10 Nailed; 11 Angler; 12 Start out; 18 Beheaded; 20 Gemini; 21 Hammer; 22 Pacific; 23 Dennis; 24 Iron age.

Down: 1 Pianist; 2 Admiral; 3 Object; 5 Cup-match; 6 Twiggy; 7 Litter; 13 Orbiting; 14 Oddment; 15 Address; 16 Repair; 17 Vision; 19 Enamel.

Quick: Across: 4 Adverse; 8 Amulet; 9 Immoral; 10 Gather; 11 Signal; 12 Indolent; 18 Vicinity; 20 Refute; 21 Inborn; 22 Faction; 23 Graced; 24 Whimper.

Down: 1 Bargain; 2 Custody; 3 Repeal; 5 Domestic; 6 Enough; 7 Seaman; 13 Envelope; 14 Divorce; 15 Cyanide; 16 Detach; 17 Custom; 19 Ignore.

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Keyword: Average.

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When can you get your money back?

IF you lost money to a fraud, would you expect to get your cash back?

RBS chief executive Ross McEwan was recently reported as cautioning that victims of bank fraud shouldn’t expect automatic refunds, highlighting the duty of care consumers have over their own actions.

People’s rights vary depending on how they lost money.

Consumer group Which? says people accidentally paying a scammer using their credit card have protections under the Consumer Credit Act, which allows them to get their money back for transactions between £100 and £30,000.

With debit cards, you may be able to get your money back through the voluntary chargeback scheme with your bank.

If a payment is made to a scammer through an authorised direct debit payment, you’re covered by the Direct Debit Guarantee, meaning you could potentially have the payment reversed.

When it comes to bank transfers, there’s a difference between unauthorised and authorised transfers. With the latter, it could be more difficult to get your money back - as the bank has transferred the money on the customer’s instruc-

tions. This makes it vital to check before you click the payment button.

Authorised transfer fraud happens when someone is tricked into moving money from their own bank account directly into that of a fraudster.

By contrast, with unauthorised transfers, the fraudster accesses someone’s account without their knowledge and transfers money. In these

cases, the bank is generally required to reimburse its customer.

Katy Worobec, head of fraud and financial crime prevention, cyber and data sharing at trade association UK Finance, says banks take fraud extremely seriously and continually invest millions in advanced security systems.

“Banks are legally obliged to fulfil a customer’s request to transfer money within one working day even if they have warned the customer they are at risk of a potential scam,” she says.

“All banks will act swiftly to recover stolen funds as soon as they are alerted to fraud taking place.

“Customers rightly expect banks to carry out transactions they have authorised and in such cases banks will provide compensation on a caseby-case basis.

“Where a customer has not authorised a transaction, they will normally receive a refund.”

She says victims of scams should contact their bank immediately.

Which? suggests that if your bank is disputing you’ve been a victim of fraud, you can ask for your claim to be escalated through its internal complaints process.

Most people aren’t saving

THREE-QUARTERS (75 per cent) of people consider themselves to be “savers” - but only 39 per cent often put money into a savings account, according to research from TopCashback.co.uk.

Adam Bullock, UK director of TopCashback.co.uk, says: “It is likely people are spending wisely to make ends meet, making it tricky to put away any leftover cash.

“But, if people aren’t putting this money aside into a savings account, the efforts of spending wisely will not have an impact on actual savings and the need to make ends meet each month will only continue.”

Motorists could make it cheaper

DRIVERS could beat rising premiums and cut insurance costs significantly, just by buying cover sooner and not leaving it until the last minute, according to analysis from Go Compare.

Some 89 per cent of drivers would see cheaper quotes if they shopped around a week before their policy start date, rather than leaving it until the day itself, the website said.

On average, drivers could save 12 per cent - or £76 - on their insurance, just by buying their policy seven days before it was due to start, the research carried out for Go Compare by Consumer Intelligence found.

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OVERHAUGH STREET (13) (C) E De Giles 4 9 7.... L Keniry 7 Adelaide, 33-1 Hidden Dream.

HALLINGHAM (48) (D) K C-Brown 7 9 7................P Dobbs 5 MATCHBOOK BETTING EXCHANGE MAIDEN NOUVELLE ERE (3) A Carroll 6 9 4 ....................W Carson 3 FILLIES’ STAKES (CLASS 5) £5,000 added SEVILLA (5) (BF) Olly Murphy 4 9 4.....Darragh Keenan (7)2 Penalty Value £3,234 GUNNER MOYNE (27) G L Moore 5 9 3 ........... D Sweeney 1 3YO PLUS-1m 1 65-2 AMBROSIA (15) R Varian 3 9 0............................A Atzeni 9 RIANNA STAR (6) G L Moore 4 9 1 .................H Crouch (3)6 2 6- INFLUENT (IRE) (247) J Tate 3 9 0............ Martin Harley 6 KILIM (25) J Berry 4 8 8 .........................Nicola Currie (7)4 3 ISSTOORA (IRE) M Botti 3 9 0......................... D Muscutt 1 BETTING: 11-4 Overhaugh Street, 7-2 Sevilla, 4-1 Gunner Moyne, 5-1 Rianna Star, 6-1 4 0-0 JAZAALAH (USA) (15) Owen Burrows 3 9 0 ........ J Crowley11 Hallingham, 10-1 Nouvelle Ere, 16-1 Kilim.

5 MAID OF ROCK (IRE) Mike Murphy 3 9 0 ...............A Fresu 7 NICOLA O’LEARY’S TEAM - SAGA MAIDEN 6 40 PEQUENINHA (24) D M Simcock 3 9 0 ...............J Mitchell10 7 30 SCRIBBLER (18) R Guest 3 9 0......................... D Probert12 HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £4,500 added 3YO 8 50- SEND UP (IRE) (337) Sir M Prescott 3 9 0........... L Morris 5 PLUS-1m 2f Penalty Value £2,911 0 STEADY (IRE) (19) D Skelton 3 9 0 ....................T Whelan 8 1 62-225 AMERICAN HISTORY (USA) (15) W Muir 3 9 7H Crouch (3)2 9 TENNESSEE BELLE J Tate 3 9 0....................R Kingscote 2 2 53-436 PACOFILHA (11) P Cole 3 9 6 ...........................R Da Silva 5 10 11 35 WESTERN SAFARI (IRE) (115) R Hannon 3 9 0 .....S Levey 3 3 652 IDIDITFORYOOOO (IRE) (19) (BF) B Meehan 3 9 5J Fanning6 0-30 ZAFARANAH (USA) (15) Mrs P Sly 3 9 0..........Rob Hornby 4 4 0-4232 PROSECUTION (19) (BF) H Morrison 3 9 5....C Bennett (3)1 12 5 005-0 NARGIZA (USA) (22) C Wall 3 8 13................. D Sweeney 3 BETTING: 7-4 Ambrosia, 6-1 Influent, 7-1 Western Safari, 8-1 Tennessee Belle, 10-1 Isstoora, 6 0002 KINGS CITY (IRE) (11) L Cumani 3 8 13 ..........P Cosgrave 8 Jazaalah, 12-1 Scribbler, 14-1 Pequeninha, 16-1 others.

7 630025 BIZET (IRE) (7) J Ryan 3 8 3..................................R Tate 7 SMARTER BETS WITH MATCHBOOK 8 -04005 DAWN GODDESS (13) G L Moore 3 8 2..........N Garbutt (3)4

3.15

3.30 HARRY ABBOTT Sports reporter habbott@ swindonadvertiser.co.uk 01793 501837 @harryabbott

BETTING: 11-4 Kings City, 3-1 Prosecution, 4-1 Ididitforyoooo, 6-1 American History, 7-1 Pacofilha, 14-1 Bizet, 16-1 Nargiza, Dawn Goddess.

ROA/RACING POST OWNERS JACKPOT 4.00 HANDICAP (CLASS 4) £7,250 added 3YO PLUS-6f 1 (3) 2 3 4

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4-2601 2 422221 510005 332132

Penalty Value £4,690

BAHAMIAN SUNRISE (27) (C) J Gallagher 5 9 10H Crouch

BUXTED DREAM (USA) (10) (D) L Cumani 3 9 7P Cosgrave1 ZAMJAR (11) (D) E Dunlop 3 9 7..........................P Dobbs 5 BLACK CAESAR (IRE) (52) (CD) P Hide 6 9 3................... ......................................................Sebastien Woods (7)3 -14663 OTOMO (15) (CD) P Hide 3 8 13 ..........................L Keniry 4

BETTING: 2-1 Buxted Dream, 3-1 Bahamian Sunrise, 7-2 Black Caesar, 5-1 Otomo, 6-1 Zamjar.

4.30

RETRAINING OF RACEHORSES (ROR) MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 6) £3,500 added 3 to 5YO-7f Penalty Value £2,264 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3.45 BETTING EXCHANGE HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £5,000 added 3YO PLUS-1m 1 2 3 4 5

024200 500002 003362 4-0000 442166

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

405600 000400 -00036 442122 113613 0-0203 0-40 543652 603111

Penalty Value £3,234

BLUFF CRAG (26) (D) R Hughes 4 9 13 ....Finley Marsh (7)11 IBAZZ (8) I Williams 4 9 13 ......................M Fernandes (7)4 SPINART (13) Mrs P Sly 4 9 13 .......................Rob Hornby 2 MULTITASK (27) (C)(D) G L Moore 7 9 13..............A Kirby13 DUKE OF NORTH (IRE) (26) (D) J Boyle 5 9 13................. .................................................................. P Bradley (5)14 FIRE DIAMOND (10) (C) T Dascombe 4 9 12 ...R Kingscote 6 MEZMAAR (42) (C) M Usher 8 9 11..................D Costello 5 UBLA (IRE) (12) (CD)(BF) J Chapple-Hyam 4 9 10..D Muscutt12 MAKHFAR (IRE) (41) (D) M Usher 6 9 9............S Drowne10 DANGEROUS ENDS (6) (CD) B Johnson 3 9 7....J Mitchell 3 JACK NEVISON (41) M Appleby 4 9 7 .............T Marquand 8 GIRL SQUAD (18) W Jarvis 3 9 2....................... D Probert 1 SATCHVILLE FLYER (13) (C) P Evans 6 9 0....K Shoemark 9 ANNA MEDICI (8) Sir M Prescott 3 8 11 ............... L Morris 7

BETTING: 4-1 Anna Medici, 6-1 Makhfar, 7-1 Spinart, Dangerous Ends, 8-1 Ibazz, 10-1

0-5346 BELLA’S VENTURE (12) J Gallagher 4 9 3........ D Sweeney10 Satchville Flyer, 12-1 Duke Of North, 14-1 Bluff Crag, Jack Nevison, Girl Squad, Ubla, 16-1 0-6000 ODDSOCKS (IRE) (12) A Carroll 5 9 3................W Carson 7 others.

I’M A BELIEVER M Channon 3 8 12......................C Bishop 8 MATCHBOOK TRADERS CONFERENCE 040 KALANI ROSE (50) B De Haan 3 8 12................. J Fanning 6 HANDICAP (CLASS 3) £12,000 added 3YO 0- KATH’S LEGEND (328) B De Haan 3 8 12.................R Tate 1 Penalty Value £7,470 -40502 LADY MOREL (IRE) (13) J Tuite 3 8 12....... E Greatrex (3)2 PLUS-7f 1 200-50 CLAIM THE ROSES (USA) (46) (C)(D) E Vaughan 6 10 0 ...

MINI MORUGA G L Moore 3 8 12....................H Crouch (3)9 ........................................................................

L Morris 9 NO DAMAGE (IRE) M Attwater 3 8 12 .......................K Fox 4 2 122500 INTRANSIGENT (102) (CD) A Balding 8 10 0.William Cox (7)4 532562 OCEAN TEMPTRESS (12) J Ryan 3 8 12..............P Dobbs 5 3 635300 FIRMDECISIONS (IRE) (14) (CD) D Ivory 7 9 12..J Duern (3)5 42 THE BEAR CAN FLY (24) D Menuisier 3 8 12C Shepherd (3)3 4 42111- FINELCITY (GER) (307) (CD) H Dunlop 4 9 11... J Crowley 7 5 4000-3 CAPE ICON (45) (C) C Cox 6 9 7...........................A Kirby 3 BETTING: 11-4 The Bear Can Fly, 3-1 Ocean Temptress, 9-2 I’m A Believer, 7-1 Mini Moruga, 6 0-2312 MANTON GRANGE (64) (D)(BF) G Baker 4 9 6 ..T Whelan 8 8-1 Bella’s Venture, 12-1 Lady Morel, 14-1 Kath’s Legend, 16-1 No Damage, 20-1 others.

7 6-6514 HUMAN NATURE (IRE) (33) (CD) S C Williams 4 9 6 .........

LOVE FAIRS VINTAGE FAIR 27 AUGUST ...............................................................Milly Naseb (7)10 APPRENTICE HANDICAP (CLASS 6) £3,500 8 532005 ATHASSEL (12) (CD) P Evans 8 9 6Katherine Glenister (7)6 added 4YO PLUS-1m Penalty Value £2,264 9 06-112 SIR TITAN (17) (D) M Tregoning 3 9 6 ................S Drowne11 1 -06124 STORMBOUND (IRE) (55) (CD) P Cole 8 9 12 ..................

10 10-530 ERNSTSTAVROBLOFELD (USA) (102) M Meade 3 9 3 ....... ..................................................Paul St John-Dennis (5)6 ...................................................................T Marquand 2 2 401130 PAPOU TONY (40) (D) G Baker 4 9 10....Jason Watson (3)2 11 600024 TAILOR’S ROW (USA) (11) M Johnston 3 8 7.......F Norton 1 3 352401 BUZZ LIGHTYERE (12) (CD) P Hide 4 9 4 ......................... ......................................................Sebastien Woods (3)7 BETTING: 11-4 Sir Titan, 9-2 Finelcity, 6-1 Manton Grange, 7-1 Cape Icon, 10-1 Human Nature, 4 663220 WITH APPROVAL (IRE) (56) (C)(D) Mrs L Mongan 5 9 2 ....

Ernststavroblofeld, 12-1 Tailor’s Row, 14-1 Claim The Roses, Athassel, 16-1 others. ..................................................................Ollie Jago (5)1 MATCHBOOK BETTING PODCAST HANDICAP 5 21050- ROCK ICON (262) (D) J Hughes 4 9 1 ............. Josh Quinn 3 (CLASS 4) £8,000 added 3YO PLUS-6f Penalty 6 00-544 ALKETIOS (GR) (56) (D) C Gordon 6 8 13.......................... ......................................................... Stephen Cummins 4 Value £5,175 1 4-0613 MAAKAASIB (19) (CD) S Crisford 3 9 7 ..................A Kirby 1 7 0000-0 PLAY THE BLUES (IRE) (12) (D) R Ingram 10 8 5..............

2 060004 PLUCKY DIP (5) (C)(D) J Ryan 6 9 5 ................ J Crowley 5 ................................................................Rhiain Ingram 5 3 1-2312 HACKNEY ROAD (41) (CD)(BF) J Butler 4 9 5................... ............................................................ Joshua Bryan (5)2 BETTING: 2-1 Buzz Lightyere, 9-4 Stormbound, 9-2 Papou Tony, 7-1 Alketios, 8-1 With Approval, 14-1 Rock Icon, 50-1 Play The Blues.

4 232266 STORM CRY (28) (D) M Johnston 3 9 3...............F Norton 3

4.15

5.00

4.45

Penalty Value £3,234

1

Penalty Value £2,588

BETTING: 4-6 We Are The World, 4-1 Great Shot Sam, 9-2 Sicario, 16-1 Kalakchee, Queen

040001 0-2313 040420 000420 061003 4-0202 045660

512133 DARK SIDE DREAM (28) (D) C Dwyer 5 9 2Milly Naseb (7)4

BETTING: 2-1 Maakaasib, 9-4 Hackney Road, 10-3 Dark Side Dream, 7-1 Storm Cry, 8-1 Plucky Dip.

DRAW ADVANTAGE: No advantageTV:Racing UK.

01 AL OZZDI (13) (C) S Crisford 9 9....................... J Fanning 3 0 ENZO (IRE) (20) Ed Walker 9 2 ............................L Keniry 5 KING OF THE SAND (IRE) G L Moore 9 2........H Crouch (3)1 Value £3,234 1 5 30 TROGON (IRE) (17) M Channon 9 2......................P Dobbs 4 2 45 TINY TEMPEST (IRE) (20) Eve J-Houghton 8 11....C Bishop 2 3 303 BETTING: 5-4 Al Ozzdi, 3-1 Tiny Tempest, 7-2 Trogon, 8-1 Enzo, 12-1 King Of The Sand.

4 SOLDIERSCHARITY.ORG HANDICAP (CLASS 5 6 50 6) £3,500 added 4YO PLUS-1m 4f Penalty

3.00 MATTHEW EDWARDS Chief sports writer medwards@ swindonadvertiser.co.uk 01793 501836 @Matt_r_Edwards

Monday, August 21, 2017

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450060 LANGHAM (8) M Appleby 4 9 9.......................A Rawlinson 3 230304 HARLEQUIN ROCK (12) (D) M Quinn 4 9 9 ......... T Queally12 000003 THE FIRM (IRE) (12) (D) J R Jenkins 8 9 8 ....................... .............................................................Gina Mangan (7)11 2-0004 DOR’S LAW (26) D Ivory 4 9 7......................... R Winston 1 6146R- HONEY BADGER (359) (CD) M Herrington 6 9 6 G Wood (3)5 006-65 INDIANA DAWN (25) Robert Stephens 4 9 3....M Godwin (5)8 050066 TORMENT (15) C Wallis 4 9 3.........................S De Sousa 7 524306 ROSIE CROWE (IRE) (21) (D) S A Harris 5 8 13 ................ ......................................................... Josephine Gordon 2 505602 PIVOTAL DREAM (IRE) (11) W Brisbourne 4 8 12. K O’Neill10 656035 MOVING ROBE (IRE) (53) C Allen 4 8 12 ....David Egan (5)6 00-036 APPEASE (21) (D) Miss J Feilden 8 8 12 Shelley Birkett (3)4

-52251 TOMORROW MYSTERY (8) (D) J Osborne 10 1(6ex) ......... ......................................................................D Costello 4 0055 SPUTNIK PLANUM (USA) (33) D Lanigan 9 8.... J Crowley 7 0533 MISS LIGURIA (24) Ed Walker 9 7..................R Kingscote11 10 -55306 FIELDS OF FORTUNE (67) A King 9 4........Hollie Doyle (3)9 11 032120 INGLEBY MACKENZIE (13) (D)(BF) M Channon 9 2J F Egan 3 12 434402 IT’S HOW WE ROLL (IRE) (19) J Spearing 9 1T Marquand 6 0001 WOLFCATCHERJACK (IRE) (6) (CD) Sir M Prescott 9 0(6ex) 2016: No corresponding race. ........................................................................ L Morris 1 BETTING: 7-2 Green Howard, 5-1 Pivotal Dream, 11-2 Dor’s Law, 6-1 The Firm, 7-1 Rosie 8 0405 TITAN (31) E Dunlop 8 11................................. Fran Berry10 Crowe, 10-1 Harlequin Rock, 12-1 Moving Robe, 14-1 Torment, 16-1 others.

TOTEPOOL LIVE INFO DOWNLOAD THE APP 9 5-5364 ZOFFANIST (IRE) (11) Mrs A Perrett 8 9.........K Shoemark 5 10 -06345 LEMON DROP (17) J Boyle 8 2...........................F Norton 2 HANDICAP (CLASS 4) £7,400 added 3YO 11 050 CASEMATES SQUARE (IRE) (11) I Williams 8 2 ..A Mullen 8 PLUS-7f Penalty Value £4,787 1 -60036 DUBAI’S SECRET (27) D Brown 4 9 12. Josephine Gordon 1 BETTING: 2-1 Tomorrow Mystery, 7-2 Wolfcatcherjack, 8-1 Ingleby Mackenzie, 10-1 Miss 2 000006 OUTER SPACE (28) (D) J Osborne 6 9 12......M Godwin (5)7 Liguria, 12-1 Zoffanist, Sputnik Planum, It’s How We Roll, 14-1 Fields Of Fortune, Titan, 16-1 3 045002 FIELDSMAN (USA) (10) (D) D O’Meara 5 9 11.S De Sousa 3 others.

4 /00052 ROARING FORTIES (IRE) (18) Rebecca Bastiman 4 9 10...... ...................................................................... C Beasley 2 5 4-231 MULTICULTURAL (IRE) (5) (CD) J Tate 3 9 6(6ex) ........... ................................................................ Martin Harley 5 6 3-0053 ANFAASS (IRE) (18) G Margarson 3 9 5.............. T Queally 6 7 4010 WARSAW ROAD (IRE) (27) (D) L Cumani 3 9 2 G Wood (3)4 2 3 4 5 6 7

7.10

YARMOUTH

Good to firm-Good in places

DRAW ADVANTAGE: High numbers best on the straight course, especially in large fields.TV:ATR.

2016: AFLAME 3 9 3 J Crowley 13-8 Fav (Sir M Stoute) drawn (2) 5 ran BETTING: 9-4 Fieldsman, 7-2 Roaring Forties, 4-1 Multicultural, 6-1 Anfaass, 8-1 Warsaw Road, 10-1 Dubai’s Secret, 14-1 Outer Space.

TOTEPOOL RACECOURSE CASHBACK COLLECT TOTEPOOL WINNINGS AT 4.40 AVAILABLE FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES (PLUS 7.40 BETFRED SHOPS HANDICAP (CLASS 6) 10) (STR) (CLASS 5) £5,600 added 2YO only-1m £3,500 added 3YO PLUS-5f Penalty

Value £3,623

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

COME WITH ME J Gosden 9 0 ................................ R Tart 6 2 GIVE AND TAKE (25) W Haggas 9 0...... Josephine Gordon 5 GRASMERE (IRE) A Bailey 9 0......................... R Winston 4 MOMENTARILY H Palmer 9 0........................... R L Moore 7 ORCHID LILY J Gosden 9 0 ..................................T Durcan 1 SIGRID NANSEN G Scott 9 0...........................S De Sousa 2 WILD ILLUSION C Appleby 9 0.......................James Doyle 3

2016: No corresponding race.

BETTING: 4-5 Give And Take, 11-2 Wild Illusion, 7-1 Momentarily, 8-1 Come With Me, 12-1 Orchid Lily, 16-1 Grasmere, Sigrid Nansen.

TOTEPOOL BETTING ON ALL UK RACING 5.10 MAIDEN HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £5,600 added 3YO PLUS-1m 3f 104yds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

622-65 0433 660-22 00-52 -30054 -50665 03-0 65-423

9 10 11 12

-40046 40-054 -04000 000

6 7

Penalty Value £3,105

2016: CHARACTER ONESIE 4 9 7 Adam J McNamara (5) 7-2 (R Fahey) drawn (8) 7 ran BETTING: 2-1 Issue, 5-2 Life Of Luxury, 6-1 Navajo Storm, 7-1 Stosur, 10-1 Rubensian, Thecornishbarron, 12-1 Blaze Of Hearts.

TOTEPOOLRACING WIN RACING TICKETS 6.10 ON TWITTER MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 6) £4,600 added 3 to 4YO-6f

Penalty

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

00-026 6-05 2-2253 4-2 0 2 50-022 6

7 8 9

Defoe scores

RUBENSIAN (13) D M Simcock 4 9 7................S De Sousa 2 STOSUR (IRE) (5) Miss G Kelleway 6 9 5......David Egan (5)6 BLAZE OF HEARTS (IRE) (29) D Ivory 4 9 4 .... R Winston 3 ISSUE (278) (BF) J Fanshawe 4 9 1 ................. G Wood (3)5 THECORNISHBARRON (IRE) (12) (CD) J Ryan 5 8 11 ....... .....................................................................S Donohoe 7 064523 LIFE OF LUXURY (22) W Brisbourne 4 8 4............ K O’Neill 4 /00-55 NAVAJO STORM (IRE) (7) M Appleby 4 8 2 Jane Elliott (5)1

Value £2,976

4 5 6

Penalty Value £2,264

045431 HAMISH MCGONAGAIN (4) (D) D O’Meara 4 10 1(6ex)...... .................................................................P Vaughan (7)9 653252 AGNETHE (IRE) (13) (BF) P D’Arcy 3 9 6....David Egan (5)2 -55214 DEFINING MOMENT (11) (C)(BF) R Guest 3 9 5............... ................................................................ Martin Harley 8 063310 SEE VERMONT (14) (D) Rebecca Bastiman 9 9 5 C Beasley 5 000330 SAKHEE’S JEM (5) (C) Miss G Kelleway 4 9 2 ... C Noble (7)1 040240 MISS ROSINA (IRE) (11) (D) G Margarson 3 9 1................ ............................................................... Jane Elliott (5)4 051323 JUSTICE ROCK (5) (C)(BF) P McEntee 4 8 11 .S De Sousa 3 223040 MAGGI MAY (IRE) (24) (BF) D Brown 3 8 9 ...................... ......................................................... Josephine Gordon 7 030000 RAT CATCHER (IRE) (4) (D) Mrs L Williamson 7 8 7 ........... ....................................................................K Lundie (5)6

THE SALMON MAN (47) B Powell 5 9 12.............T Durcan 8 2016: No corresponding race.

ORIN SWIFT (IRE) (13) J Portman 3 9 8 .......M Godwin (5)1 BETTING: 9-4 Hamish Mcgonagain, 7-2 Agnethe, 4-1 Defining Moment, 6-1 Justice Rock, 10-1 ASTUTE BOY (IRE) (17) (BF) E Vaughan 3 9 6Martin Lane12 Maggi May, 12-1 See Vermont, 16-1 Sakhee’s Jem, 20-1 Miss Rosina, 25-1 Rat Catcher.

MAMBO DANCER (11) M Johnston 3 9 5 .........S De Sousa 9 SAKURAJIMA (IRE) (46) C Hills 3 9 1 ............... T Queally 6 BROUGHTONS KNIGHT (18) H Spiller 3 9 0 ......S Donohoe 5 GLASSALT (89) M Bell 3 9 0.........................James Doyle11 PERLA BLANCA (USA) (27) (BF) M Tregoning 3 8 13 ......... ..................................................................... G Wood (3)2 ANDREA Atzeni has his eyes on a third TWO DOLLARS (IRE) (24) W Jarvis 3 8 13....... R Winston 3 St Leger in four years after Defoe TAYAAR (IRE) (13) J Ryan 4 8 12..................Danny Brock10 booked his ticket to Doncaster next MR DAVIES (21) D Brown 3 8 12.......... Josephine Gordon 7 month with victory over older horses ALTERNATE ROUTE (14) Sir M Prescott 3 8 9.......R Powell 4

TOTEPOOL RACECOURSE DEBIT CARD 5.40 BETTING HANDICAP (CLASS 5) £4,800 added 4YO PLUS-1m 1f 30-445 332325 33-566 3420-4005

2 3

Penalty Value £3,623

2016: NOTICE 3 9 2 J P Spencer 9-2 (D M Simcock) drawn (1) 7 ran BETTING: 3-1 Astute Boy, 4-1 Alternate Route, 5-1 Mambo Dancer, 6-1 Perla Blanca, 15-2 Sakurajima, 12-1 Broughtons Knight, Orin Swift, 20-1 Glassalt, The Salmon Man, Tayaar, 25-1 others.

1 2 3 4 5

1

CANADIAN ROYAL (27) (BF) S C Williams 3 9 5 S Donohoe 5 ELEMENTO (161) P McEntee 3 9 5................Danny Brock 1 NUNCIO (24) D Kubler 3 9 5 ................ Josephine Gordon 2 SILENTLY (8) D Kubler 4 9 3 ............................G Downing 4 DANICA ASHTON Miss J Ellis 3 9 0 ...........Rosie Jessop (3)3 DOLLYWAGGON PIKE (9) J R Jenkins 3 9 0.....A Rawlinson 7 MIAMI SUNSET (195) P McBride 3 9 0 ...........S De Sousa 6 SEYASAH (IRE) (17) C Wall 3 9 0.......................T Durcan 8 WAITOMO (110) C Hills 3 9 0 ............................ T Queally 9

in the Betfred Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.

Successful on Kingston Hill and Simple Verse in 2014 and 2015, Atzeni is once again looking towards the world’s oldest Classic.

Defoe is progressing at a rate of knots and took his 100 per cent record this season to four - though Roger Varian’s colt, the 13-8 favourite, had to survive a stewards’ inquiry before being confirmed the winner.

Atzeni said: “This horse is getting better and he could be anything. At least we know that he stays.

“The Leger will be a very good race, but this fellow will go there with a big chance.”

Meanwhile, Alan King enjoyed a victory at the track on Saturday too.

The Barbury Castle handler saw his 9-4 favourtite Nathan land the division one of the Betfred “Supports Jack Berry House” Handicap by a length and a half.

2016: SAKHEE’S JEM 3 9 0 L Morris 8-1 (Miss G Kelleway) drawn (6) 5 ran BETTING: 2-1 Seyasah, 3-1 Nuncio, 4-1 Silently, 8-1 Miami Sunset, 10-1 Waitomo, Canadian Royal, 25-1 Dollywaggon Pike, Danica Ashton, 33-1 Elemento.

HANDICAP 6.40 TOTEPOOLLIVEINFO.COM (CLASS 6) £3,500 added 4YO PLUS-1m

Penalty

Value £2,264

1

230032 GREEN HOWARD (8) (C)(D) Rebecca Bastiman 9 9 9 .......... ...................................................................... C Beasley 9

N

Barbury Castle trainer Alan King

Monday, August 21, 2017

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TONIGHT: SWINDON ROBINS v KING’S LYNN STARS

Campbell takes third Ellis restored to main body of team in Open

n SGB PREMIERSHIP n ABBEY STADIUM n PARADE 7.30PM

Robins aim for Stars SWINDON Robins team manager Alun Rossiter won’t let an enforced change in rider order knock his side out of their stride when they host King’s Lynn Stars this evening.

The Robins are currently on a club-record 12 straight wins in the top flight of British speedway, a run that stretches back to mid-June when they recorded an eight-point victory over Rye House Rockets.

Since then, they have seen off allcomers, including tonight’s opponents with a 10-point victory in their own back yard.

One of the key factors in that success has been Adam Ellis’ role at reserve, having dropped down from the main body of the side earlier in the campaign.

The young Brit, who got a taste of Grand Prix speedway in Cardiff this summer, struggled early on this season following his switch from Poole Pirates in the winter, but has found a new lease of life.

He will return to the main body of the team this evening, with his average rising to 5.00, higher than that of New Zealand rider Bradley Wilson-Dean, who will now ride at reserve, alongside James Sarjeant, who will guest again for the Robins having picked up a paid two-point haul in the 53-37 win away at Somerset Rebels on Friday night.

“We have always had faith in Adam, we know what he is capable of so I have no problem with him returning to the top five at all,” said Rossiter.

“Being at reserve has really helped him. He will be fine, he had a good meeting at Somerset and has been performing well for us.

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Matthew Edwards SPEEDWAY

medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards

“Bradley has a new engine coming. He has been struggling with motors recently but we need him to get going so with a bit of luck, he will start picking up.”

Meanwhile, Swindon will face Somerset at home this Thursday, after last week’s meeting at the Abbey Stadium was forced to be called off due to a downpour an hour before the meeting was due to take place.

With the rearranged fixture having been originally pencilled in for three days’ time, the decision was hastily overturned.

However, Robins owner Terry Russell has confirmed that Thursday will be the date for the rearranged meeting despite admitting it is still far from ideal circumstances.

“I’d like to thank the management at Somerset for their co-operation in getting this fixture on,” he said.

“We hit a lot of dead ends looking for a date that would not be affected by rider availability but at the same time, everyone wanted to make sure the meeting happened before the cut off with both teams having so much to ride for.

“This is a busy but exciting time for the club. Now we have got to the top, it is very much our intention to stay there and we hope fans can turn out in force to help us achieve that goal.”

WRAG Barn’s Kyle Campbell finished third at the Kingsdown Junior Open.

Campbell finished with a gross score of 76, while the winner of the event, which had 45 players take part, was Bowood’s Jamie Cooper who had a score of 71 with Tidworth’s Max Wrixon (73) second.

The nett winner was Farington’s Alex Marshall (69), from Wrixon and Campbell, with Sammy Walls, of Broome Manor being the best girl with gross 88 (nett 74). North Wilts’ Gemma Phillips was the nine-hole blue tee winner with nett 19.5.

Meanwhile, Wiltshire U16s continue to lead the Channel League after back-to-back wins over Glamorganshire and Gloucestershire.

Against the Welsh side, Harry Moule, Ollie Jeans, Connor Askey, Eddie Alexander and Kyle Campbell won their singles match and Freddie Titcombe drew, Wiltshire having won the doubles 4.5-0.5.

In the foursomes against Gloucestershire, Max Wrixon and Josh Grobler and Titcombe and Jeans won before Wiltshire took control in the singles with wins for Wrixon, Grobler, Askey, James Black, Spencer, Jaime Davis and Dom Samra for a 9-6 triumph.

Bowood’s Ramzi Mahmoud lift the Manor House Junior Open title with a nett score of 67.

Wrag Barn’s Eddie Alexander had the best gross score with 73 with Manor House’s Connor Hibbs (75) and Josh Grobler (77) finished second and third respectively in the boys’ gross.

The host club’s Meg Rossouw was the top girl with after scoring a gross 79, while Alex Sadler was second with also with a gross 79.

Marine handed home tie BIG guns Swindon Supermarine and Chippenham Town have both been handed Wiltshire League opposition in the first round of this season’s Wiltshire Senior Cup. Marine, who lifted the trophy in April courtesy of a 2-1 win over Highworth Town at Swindon Town’s County Ground, will host Ludgershall Sports, with the opening-round ties during to be played in the week commencing Saturday, October 14.

National League South side Chippenham Town meanwhile, have been handed a trip to Shrewton United at the same stage.

2016-17 runners up Highworth Town also also on the road at the opening stage as they make their way to

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Sydenhams League Downton, while past winners Melksham Town have a home tie against Mere Town.

DRAW: Melksham Town v Mere Town, Purton v Amesbury Town, Westbury United v Marlborough Town, Swindon Supermarine v Ludgershall Sports, Devizes Town v Bremhill, New College Swindon v Chippenham Park, Calne Town v Malmesbury Victoria, Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Warminster Town, Downton v Highworth Town, Laverstock & Ford v Wroughton, Pewsey Vale v Corsham Town, Shrewton United v Chippenham Town, Royal Wootton Bassett Town v Cricklade Town, Bassett Bulldogs v Salisbury.

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MIND GAME

SWINDON Town manager David Flitcroft praised the changing mentality amongst his players following their 1-0 success away to Morecambe on Saturday.

Town took an early lead at the Globe Arena when Donal McDermott struck in the 13th minute at the end of a well-worked move from the visitors from Paul Mullin’s quickly-taken free-kick.

The lead was no less than Flitcroft’s side deserved, having dominated the early stages of the match, an area the Town boss had identified after the defeat to West Ham United U21s needed to be improved.

However, the hosts grew into the game and by the end of the first half, were having to weather a flurry of Morecambe attacks.

Having taken control back of the game in the second period, Town

Flitcroft lauds Town’s courage under fire

Matthew Edwards SWINDON TOWN

medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards were unable to find the goal to kill the tie off and had to batten down the hatches again in the dying minutes, with players physically out on their feet at the end.

And it’s that kind of attitude that Flitcroft wants to nurture at the club if they are to stand any chance of achieving their pre-season aims of promotion back to League One. “We’re going to have to be able to adapt to those situations,” he said.

“You could feel that momentum.

Morecambe then started getting that momentum and we had to dig

in but that is part of winning a football match, or any sport.

“You have got to cope with the situations that get thrown at you and you’ve got to have the tools to be able to do that and the players to be able to do that, but the mentality.

“It’s an unselfish attitude to keeping the ball out of the net.

“That has been a success, to change a mentality to work a certain way and rebooting that, that’s been the biggest challenge that we’ve spent too much time on but we have had to.”

Town were well backed again on the travels with almost 500 hardy souls making the arduous journey back up the M5 and M6.

However, it did not go unrecognised and with six points from their first two away games in the league, Flitcroft is pleased that the supporters have been rewarded in kind.

“The first month, the travelling has been ridiculous really, but the lads haven’t moaned, we’ve got on with is and that’s the way I work,” he added.

“The fans have had to travel and spend a lot of money this first month and I want a return for them and hopefully we’ve got that.”

Meanwhile, Town have sent young defensive midfielder Jake Evans out on loan to Southern League Premier Division side Farnborough for a month.

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It’s happy returns for ace Mullin

Brace from Charlie gets Rovers on the win trail FOREST Green came from two goals down to snatch a 4-3 victory - their first in the Football League - at home to Yeovil.

Olufela Olomola, on loan from Southampton, continued his impressive start with the opening goal for the Glovers in the ninth minute.

Otis Khan doubled Yeovil’s lead from the penalty spot before Christian Doidge reduced the arrears with a neat header.

Francois Zoko headed in to restore the visitors’ two-goal cushion, only for Reece Brown to make it 3-2 before the break.

Charlie Cooper hauled Rovers level early in the second half and grabbed a winner with 11 minutes left when Omar Bugiel bravely headed home.

Reuben Reid scored the only goal of the game as Exeter claimed a 1-0 victory against Lincoln.

A ding-dong battle at Adams Park saw Notts County pegged back to 2-2 before running out 4-2 winners.

Richard Duffy celebrated his 50th Magpies appearance with a headed opener and Wycombe’s Adam El-Abd could do nothing as Luke O’Nien’s attempted clearance hit him and went in to double the visitors’ lead.

Wycombe pulled a goal back early in the second half when Nick Freeman smashed in a shot off the underside of the crossbar and it was all square after 68 minutes when Joe Jacobson netted.

The Chairboys’ fightback was in vain, however, as Jonathan Forte turned the ball in from close range six minutes from time and Lewis Alessandra sealed victory with an emphatic finish.

Luton eased to a 3-0 win against Colchester, with Olly Lee stabbing in the opening goal on the stroke of half-time and James Collins making it two after 52 minutes with a superb curling shot. Dan Potts sealed a comfortable victory with seven minutes remaining.

Newport were 1-0 winners at Coventry as goalkeeper Liam O’Brien allowed a Reece Cole shot to squirm over the line, while Jabo Ibehre tapped in after Uche Ikpeazu’s initial shot had been saved to give Cambridge a 1-0 victory at Crawley.

Chris Porter scored the only goal as Crewe beat Barnet 1-0 and Billy Kee’s stoppage-time strike earned Accrington a 2-1 win at home to Mansfield after Lee Angol had cancelled out Kayden Jackson’s opener.

Danny Newton’s third goal of the season set Stevenage on their way to a 3-1 win against 10-man Grimsby, while Tom Miller sealed a convincing 3-0 success for Carlisle against Cheltenham.

Jordan Sinnott scored one goal and made another as Chesterfield eased to a 2-0 win over Port Vale.

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Paul Mullin has a crack on goal during Saturday’s 1-0 win

SWINDON Town forward Paul Mullin thanked his teammates for allowing him to return from his old stomping ground with all three points in his back pocket.

Mullin made his return to the Globe Arena for the first time since his summer switch to Wiltshire and received a warm welcome from the manager down to the tea lady.

However, despite the pleasantries, the 22-year-old, who has netted in three of Town’s opening five fixtures, only had victory for Swindon on his mind.

And, after a rousing speech from manager David Flitcroft, Donal McDermott came up with the goods to secure the 1-0 victory.

“Before the game the gaffer told the team, everyone, myself included, and we didn’t need telling to try and win the game for me because you always want to do well when you go back to your ex-club,” he said.

“I was grateful to Morecambe for giving me the start in football but OBSERVATION on DF yesterday.

Applauding the Morecambe substitutions, shaking hands with their players. Minor observation maybe but I believe the team and manager are aligned. He has installed a togetherness and equally is trying to unite the fanbase with the players.

What a decent appointment Lee Power appears to have made.

Still work in progress with some sloppy moments yesterday.

First 15 minutes of the game was our best period but the organising of the defence is the one factor that has stood out to me.

It was never going to be pretty football and if anything we should get better. Finally standing next to the players after the game yesterday

Strictly business as Paul toasts his comeback to Morecambe

Matthew Edwards SWINDON TOWN

medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards now I’ve moved on, it’s all about winning the games.

“I was made up. It’s another three points for us and we just want to get as many points as we can.

“It was a great game. The first 20 minutes, I thought we were unbelievable, we moved the ball very well, created lots of chances and they couldn’t seem to get it off us.

As soon as we went in front, we just needed to see the game out and that’s what we did.

“We just got the ball and tried to put it into areas, get the ball up the pitch and see the game out.

“The conditions didn’t help us too much in the first-half, it was blowing everywhere, but we did well and stuck to our guns to come away with the three points.”

Mullin was joined on the pitch after the match by his nephew, taking penalties in front of the empty stadium against the Town striker, who admitted it was nice to play in front of some familiar faces after what has been an emotionally draining move down south for the scouser.

“It was nice meeting all my old friends and all my friends from back home who obviously can’t come and watch me every single week at Swindon,” he added, as his family overlooked his post-match media duties.

“My family come down to Swindon every week to watch me, they

YOUR VIEW

Adver readers have their say on another important away win for Town they are a big and tall side and probably what is needed to get out of the division.

TheDukeOfBanbury, online comment CARLISLE and Morecambe are hard places to get a win and we are getting it together.

EARLY days yet but the lads have done us proud! Let’s keep going, onwards and upwards, well stay as we are top of the league. dbswin985, online comment

FANTASTIC win and top of the league, could not ask for any more after posting that some clean sheets would be nice and here we get one.

Superb, well done Flits and the team and Swindon has two great teams at present Speedway and the football team well done to both.

Mikek, online comment FIRST game of the season for me so was interested to see how much has changed.

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are very supportive, which I am grateful for.

“To have everyone here today and get the win and have a good game was great and I just hope I can do it every time they come.”

Fitness levels are vastly improved thankfully, work rate of players greatly improved.

A real team spirit seems to be developing plus it’s great to have a vocal bench to encourage and instruct.

The only small concern for me was the one incident of overplaying at the back which very nearly went badly wrong. Vigs was lucky to get away with it.

Not trying to be over critical as in his defence he has been coached to play this way for by our former super coach.

An enjoyable game for me and fantastic to come away with 3 points.

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All standing firm together SWINDON Town manager David Flitcroft praised his side’s showing in the opening 25 minutes at Morecambe to set the foundations for an important win away from home in League Two. Donal McDermott showed a moment of quality to break the deadlock in the 13th minute to capitalise on the team’s early dominance at the Globe Arena, a period of the game that Flitcroft felt most teams in the league would have struggled to handle.

However, Town invited their hosts back into proceedings as the half wore on before Morecambe threw the kitchen sink at the Swindon late in the second period.

“I’m absolutely delighted,” Flitcroft said. “Coming here, we had to be structurally good.

“For the first 25 minutes, whoever we’d played, I think we would have got on top of them we did everything right.

“Then we gave Morecambe a bit of momentum by doing a couple of things that were sloppy.

Flitcroft delighted with the squad effort in win

Matthew Edwards SWINDON TOWN

medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards “We got to half-time in a nice, controlled manner and in the second half, we really went about our business.

“At 1-0, if you don’t finish it off, then a Jim Bentley team doesn’t lie down.

“They epitomise Jim’s values and his spirit and they’re not going to lie down.

“For the last five or 10 minutes, we had to weather another storm but that is part and parcel of the ugly side of football that nobody wants to talk about.

“It’s absolutely imperative that we can do that and we can shut

games down.

“They’ve thrown everything at us and become very much DIY by throwing so many bodies forward and you’ve got to contain it.

“In League Two, teams will find any way to win a football match and that’s what Morecambe did but from our lads, to a man, it was a real squad effort.”

Goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux returned to action for Town, having missed Tuesday night’s Checkatrade Trophy game with an Achilles injury, with Flitcroft admitting it was touch and go whether he could be involved.

However, John Goddard remains out with a foot injury sustained on the first day of the season and will be assessed further in the coming week.

Jim’s Bent out of shape by loss MORECAMBE manager Jim Bentley said his side only had themselves to blame for their narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Swindon Town.

Donal McDermott’s curling strike from the edge of the box after 13 minutes proved the decisive moment in the League Two contest at the Globe Arena, although Bentley believes his side should have done much more to prevent it.

The Shrimps were opened up by a quick Paul Mullin free-kick on halfway, which gifted Ben Purkiss and then McDermott acres of space in the home half for the latter to beat goalkeeper Barry Roche from distance.

“I don’t want to talk about a decent performance, I am so frustrated. We didn’t make good decisions, typified by the goal,” said Bentley.

“On the halfway line, we gave away a stupid foul, we didn’t react and they got in down the left.

McDermott is all left foot and we have just shown him inside, opened the angle up and he’s bent it in the corner and that’s ultimately what has cost us the game.

“If they go and beat us four or five-nil, I can hold my hand up and I would probably be in a better mood, saying we have come up against a really good side, one of the favourites for the division.

“To get beat 1-0 in that manner doesn’t half hurt.

“I don’t think we deserved to lose but we deserved to lose because we didn’t make that decision at a key time.”

Morecambe came to life after Town’s opener and threatened to draw level on numerous occasions, although Bentley felt their best chance of an equaliser was denied by the officials.

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offside trap just before the break, only to be brought down as keeper Lawrence Vigouroux rushed from his line but any sanction that may have come Swindon’s way was nullified by a raised offside flag.

“Aaron Wildig got past the defender and although he was

offside when he got brought down by the keeper, the lad has left his leg out and taken Aaron down,” said Bentley.

“On another day, it’s a sending off and a free-kick on the edge of the box. That’s a decision that has gone against us.”

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IN SWIRLING winds by the north west coast, the true rigours of League Two football revealed themselves on Saturday afternoon.

After dropping down a division for the 2017-18 campaign, Swindon Town supporters will have to get used to matches that are not quite so easy on the eye this term.

Their latest match at Morecambe was largely a scrappy affair, with blood and thunder in the middle of the park and the ball in the air as much as it was on the ground.

This was an altogether different test to the ones they have so far faced in the league against Carlisle United and Exeter City – two of the more fancied sides in the division.

But just as they had done in those previous two matches, Town were more than equal to the challenge with another display that will warm the hearts of those fans that made the trip to a chilly Globe Arena.

The reward for the team and its supporters? Three more points and David Flitcroft’s side sitting proudly at the top of the table, a sight worth savouring even in this early stage of the season.

In a game not graced by gilt-edged chances or sustained quality in front of goal, the one real moment of magic was enough to settle it at Morecambe.

Town bolted out of the blocks and had the Shrimps all at sea in a devastating opening spell and held a deserved lead after 13 minutes.

Paul Mullin caught his old colleagues napping with a quick free-kick on halfway, sending Ben Purkiss into acres of space on the right-hand side. He shifted the ball onto Donal McDermott, who cut inside Alex Kenyon before sending in a swerving, dipping strike from the edge of the box that Shrimps stopper Barry Roche could not keep out.

Morecambe came back into it but Town remained resolute up to the break and after the contest began to fizzle out in the second half, the visitors again proved they have heart and soul in abundance to ensure no late lapses cost them their hardearned points.

After racking up the miles in the opening fortnight of the campaign, Town’s next two tests are home matches against Crawley and Barnet and there is no reason to believe they can’t still be sitting pretty well into September.

Swindon boss Flitcroft made just two changes to the side that suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat at home to West Ham United U21s in their opening Checkatrade Trophy contest in midweek, with the most notable of those coming in goal.

Number one Lawrence Vigouroux was deemed fit enough to shake off an ankle injury and reclaim his place between the posts from Will Henry, with Mullin coming in for Ellis Iandolo in midfield as Flitcroft fielded a 4-4-2 formation.

Mullin was clearly keen to make an impression upon his return to the club he left over the summer and was involved in all of the visitors’ early attacks.

Swindon had strong claims for a penalty waved away inside five minutes when Mullin was pushed over in box following a McDermott cross before the same player flung himself to meet Chris Hussey’s corner from left and headed just wide.

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7 Another composed display from the Swindon skipper, who reads the game so well and ushers out any danger in calm fashion.

7.5 DION CONROY Had to be strong up against the threat of Vadaine Oliver and battled hard all afternoon with some crucial challenges in a brave performance.

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JAMES DUNNE Hassled the Shrimps non-stop for 90 minutes and did not allow them to string play together through the middle of the park.

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AMINE LINGANZI Another busy performance in a congested midfield and won plenty of the ball for his side to build off as well as stifling the hosts’ play.

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Vigouroux had to be on his toes again in first-half stoppage time as Dion Conroy misjudged a ball over the top in the swirling wind, with the Town keeper reacting quickly to save at the feet of Wildig before Lancashire thwarted Thompson on the follow-up.

Town were much improved after the restart, although clear-cut chances were at a premium as they were restricted to long-range efforts

from Hussey, McDermott and then Mullin, none of which truly threatened Roche’s goal.

Flitcroft introduced James Brophy for Kaiyne Woolery with 25 minutes to go and the winger should have doubled the visitors’ lead instantly after his arrival but he headed Hussey’s neat cross over the top when left unmarked in the box.

The contest petered out for a while but Morecambe knew they had to

throw numbers forward and Steve Old pounced in a crowded box following a Michael Rose free-kick but could not keep his effort on-target.

Rose sent another set-piece into the box shortly afterwards – this time a corner – and the ball dropped nicely to Thompson at the back post but he blazed over the top.

Sensing the danger, Flitcroft made additional personnel and tactical changes as first Chris Robert-

son and then Harry Smith were sent on in place of goalscorer McDermott and Luke Norris.

The reshuffle did Town no harm whatsoever and they calmly saw out the closing minutes without much alarm to keep their unbeaten league record intact, with the sight of their name at the top of their table upon their return to the dressing room a satisfying reward.

DONAL MCDERMOTT Won the game with a great goal and produced his most lively performance so far this season.

8 KAIYNE WOOLERY Tough afternoon. Ran around looking to get involved but did not have much to feed off and was not helped by the wind holding up the ball when aiming for the channels.

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LUKE NORRIS Not too many shooting chances to speak of but showed real endeavour to chase the ball and was a handful for the Shrimps defence.

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SUBSTITUTES JAMES BROPHY (For Woolery, 65) Missed a glorious chance to kill off the game swiftly after his introduction.

5.5 CHRIS ROBERTSON (For McDermott, 86) Brought on as Town added extra numbers in the closing minutes and got in some timely tackles in that time.

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The Southern League West side played host to Northwood, who play in the East division, and it was an even contest, with Joe Selman missing an early chance to open the scoring.

However, with it looking like the match was heading back to the London Borough of Hillingdon for a replay, Campbell pounced on a bouncing ball 30 yards out and on the half-volley, connected sweetly with his left foot to loop the ball over the hapless Northwood goalkeeper.

“It was a great strike from Ryan,” said manager Dave Webb. “It was a difficult day for us again but we’ve done enough for us to win.

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medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards “They had some very quick, young and exciting players in their team so it was a close game.

“A little bit of brilliance from Ryan Campbell has got us into the next round.

“It’s vitally important, great to get the first win and see who we get in the draw on Monday.

“It was a close-run thing for sure.”

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by the early signs and will use the week’s break before returning to league action against Bideford next Saturday to build.

“I know there is a lot more to come from this group,” he added.

“There are some new players that are still getting up to speed in terms of the fitness and the way we want to play.

“We’ve got a good, strong squad of players. We made some changes on Saturday, a change in formation, a change of personnel and it has given other players an opportunity to play.

“We’ve managed to get that first win, three games unbeaten and we’re nowhere near at our best yet.

“That’s a good sign.”

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Finishing with a High Worthians bow out of cup despite late goal HIGHWORTH Town’s FA Cup run has come to an end following a battling performance against Southern League outfit Marlow.

The Hellenic League leaders fought to the bitter end against the Buckinghamshire side in this Preliminary clash but with was not enough to see them through as they lost 3-2.

The hosts missed a seventh minute penalty at the Elms before Charlie Samuel opened the scoring for Marlow 21 minutes later.

Isaac Osei Tutu doubled the visitors’ lead just after the hour mark before a Callum Parsons’ free-kick brought the Worthians back into the game on 68 minutes.

Allen Bossman looked to have put the game beyond doubt for Marlow, who play one level above Highworth in Southern League East, as he made it 3-1 with 13 minutes remaining.

However, a Ross Adams header in the 86th minute set-up a thrilling climax.

Marlow managed to hold on until the end, however, violence erupted after the final whistle

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mreeves@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @michaelreeves78 when the visitors had two players sent off for fighting each other. n Royal Wootton Bassett Town still await their first Hellenic League Premier Division win after being held to a 1-1 draw by 10man Windsor on Saturday.

Bassett were boosted by the 40th-minute sending-off of the visitors’ Joash Nembhard and took the lead when Chris Jackson headed home from Gio Wrona’s corner.

But Windsor levelled when former Football League striker Barry Hayles found defender Haydon Clack, who fired home from the edge of the area.

Shrivenham have also yet to register a victory in Divison One West after being held to a 1-1 draw by Easington Sports.

Josh Fowler converted a penalty for Michael McNally’s home side three minutes after halftime, but Steve Howkins almost immediately restored parity to ensure honours were even.

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CHIPPENHAM Town manager Mark Collier concedes that his side must be ‘league savvy’ after seeing a two-goal lead slip away at home to East Thurrock United.

The hosts got off to the perfect start when Andy Sandell teamed up with David Pratt in the ninth minute, to allow the latter to curl the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.

The Bluebirds’ advantage was doubled in the 35th minute when Will Richards netted his second header of the campaign, however, a 10-minute period after the break cost the hosts all three National League points.

East Thurrock halved the deficit a minute after the restart through Lewis Smith, before the lively winger netted his second just four minutes later to level the scoreline, which remained until the final whistle.

“We were outstanding in the first half, created chances and they showed little threat to us really,” said Collier.

“We had a good report on them and that certainly helped us when we got into a two-goal lead.

“I reminded the players that they were 2-0 down on Tuesday

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medwards@swindonadvertiser.co.uk @Matt_r_Edwards against Braintree and finished up winning 5-3, so we knew that they would come at us.

“Their wide left player, Lewis Smith, was outstanding for them and a little 10 minutes of poor concentration from us and suddenly it’s 2-2.

“That just shows the level we have come up because last year we would have got away with that.

“It’s a learning curve.

“It’s not down to one player, the back four or the goalkeeper, it’s all around the pitch.

“We’ve let people run off the back of us and at this level, when people get through, they get one chance and they finish.

“I think they have had three or four shots and two have hit the target and suddenly it’s 2-2.

“Then I was pleased with the

resolve of my players because we were under the cosh a little bit and we’ve come fighting back and looked as though we could win it at the death.”

East Thurrock had only dropped two points before their visit to Wiltshire at the weekend, leaving Collier looking to the positives from the result, with the Bluebirds now 14th on five points.

“It’s been a tough week because the nine players had a tough evening against Poole,” he added.

“I’m not uncomfortable that we have drawn the game against one of the high flyers in the division currently.

“Obviously we would have liked to have won, but my saying is let’s come to the party and if we can’t win, let’s try to draw.

“It’s stopped a little rot and it’s another point towards our target.”

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bhudson@swindondvertiser.co.uk IT is 60 years and a day since a young Cricklade man reacted to a tragedy by preventing a disaster.

On Wednesday, August 21, 1957, we wrote: “Passengers on an express train to Paddington yesterday were unaware that the driver, a Swindon man, had dropped dead on the footplate and that their lives were in the hands of a 19-yearold relief fireman from Cricklade.

“The hero of this drama of the footplate was Mr Ronald Giles, of Bath Road, Cricklade, who took over duty on the train at the last minute.

“He had been over the line to London only once before, when he was fireman on a banana train on a night run.

“Full of returning holidaymakers, the train left Taunton at 1.20pm yesterday.”

When the train arrived at Swindon, the driver was replaced by a Swindon colleague, WJ Hurley, a much-loved and respected man according to friends and neighbours. His regular fireman was unavailable, so Mr Giles was assigned the trip to London.

Mr Hurley collapsed without warning and died as the train neared Slough.

Mr Giles told us: “As we approached Slough, I moved over to put on the right injector and then returned to my place.

“It was then that Driver Hurley slumped down.

He never spoke so I stopped the train.

“Another driver was travelling on the train and he worked it forward to London. When we arrived at Paddington, loco men patted me on the back and said I had done well.

“I was relieved of further duty and came back to Swindon as a passenger.”

According to Mr Giles, the driver had seemed perfectly happy and normal when he boarded.

In spite of going through an experience which would have shaken many an older person, let alone one not yet out of his teens, the young man soon returned to his normal routine.

We said: “With the exception of the one previous night run to London, Mr Giles had, until yesterday, been engaged only on local work around Swindon.

“He was due to report for duty this afternoon and expected to be back on goods trains again.”

Mr Hurley, whose body was returned to Swindon from Slough, had 42 years’ service with the GWR, the last 21 as a driver.

Ronald Giles and his proud mother

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around Swindon 1951: Attendance records for entertainment at the Town Gardens were broken when a total of 2,654 people attended two concerts given by the Dagenham Girl Pipers. An afternoon performance was attended by 874 and an evening one by 1,780. The programme, under the direction of Pipe Major Peggy Iris, included 20 items. The music included sword dances, marching music and a drum tattoo.

1961: A Swindon wedding service was tape recorded so it could be heard by the bride’s sister in New York. The bride was Miss Patricia Beryl Blackford, of Argyle Street, and the groom was Mr Ian MacDonald, of Goddard Avenue. The wedding took place at Christ Church in Old Town, and the reception at the Goddard Arms Hotel was attended by about 80 people.

1971: Two Swindon brothers taught chess by their father won championship titles at the British Chess Federation Congress in Blackpool. Christopher and Peter Cooley, of Drakes Way, were the first brothers to win titles in the same year. Christopher, 16, took the 16 and under title and Peter the 14 and under.

Officials praised the performances of both young men.

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1754: William Murdoch, Scottish engineer, who with James Watt and Matthew Boulton, pioneered the use of coal-gas lighting in 1792, was born.

1765: William IV, known as the ‘’sailor king’’ for his service in the Royal Navy, was born.

1911: The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre in Paris. The thief was Italian waiter Vicenzo Perruggia who, posing as an official photographer, walked off with it under his arm.

It was recovered in 1913 from where he had hidden it, under a bed in a hotel.

1930: Princess Margaret Rose was born in Glamis Castle, Scotland.

1940: Leon Trotsky, exiled Bolshevik leader who found asylum in Mexico, died after being struck several blows on the head with an ice pick wielded by Ramon Mercader, an agent for Stalin.

1959: Hawaii became the 50th US state.

1976: Mary Langdon, 25, joined East Sussex Fire Brigade to become Britain’s first female firefighter.

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Barrie Hudson looks at the people & events hitting the Adver headlines INDUSTRIAL relations were seldom far from our news pages this week in 1972.

On the Monday, Pressed Steel Fisher car body plant workers held a mass meeting at the County Ground car park.

There was only one item on the agenda – whether or not to come out on a one day token strike in sympathy with staff facing a threatened 50 per cent jobs cut at British Leyland’s Thorneycroft factory near Basingstoke.

Although two votes were taken, neither was decisive and the possible strike was vetoed.

At the same time the country was in the grip of a strike by construction workers, who were demanding £30 for a 35-hour working week.

A number of Swindon building projects were affected, in spite of the logistical difficulties faced by union officials in organising action among a multitude of trades working on an ever-changing array of sites.

We said: “The new Swindon station site was the target today of picketing building workers.

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Gifted autoharp player Mike Fenton, back from America; right, pickets at the Brunel Centre building site action to shut down two of the town’s biggest building projects – the Brunel Centre and the Burmah Oil HQ. “Four major sites in the centre of Swindon were idle today as more than 120 building workers continued their strike.

“The gates were closed at the Chivers construction site where Swindon’s new station block is being built, as pickets gathered outside the entrance.

“No work was done at the Wiltshire Hotel site, the new headquarters of the Nationwide

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Pressed Steel union officials at a mass meeting in the County Ground

Building Society, the Civic Offices extension and the telephone exchange.”

Later in the week flying pickets travelled from Bristol to the Brunel Centre and Burmah HQ sites and persuaded workers there to walk out.

The strike would eventually be partially successful. Wages were increased, although the basic working week remained at 40 hours.

If images of industrial strife were frequent media fare during the period, so were wonders of the dawning Microchip Age. The Adver managed to showcase a little of the latter thanks to Cricklade Street office supplies firm AE Lavers, who used a full-page advert to tempt potential customers with the latest calculators.

Although they were far smaller than the clanking mechanical adding machines they replaced, most of the devices were for desktops.

The nearest customers had to a pocket option was the Rapidman 800, which was five inches long, three broad and an inch thick.

At £39.95, it cost more than the bulk of British people earned in a

week, and boasted fewer functions than some of the machines now found in discount shops for a pound.

At the time, good desktop models cost £100 or more, and examples with printers might set the devotee of cutting edge technology back £250 – nearly half the price of a new Mini.

Another staple of newspapers for much of the 1970s was organising beauty contests and asking young women to enter them.

This week in 1972 we announced our Floral Queen contest, whose winner would receive £100 and the right to reign over the forthcoming floral festival.

Readers were invited to choose their favourites to go through to the final at the Town Hall the following month, when the winner would be announced by TV personality Nicholas Tresilian.

The winner, dancer and dance teacher Hilary Scarr from Moredon, later moved to the Isle of Wight.

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Fenton, had just returned from a uccessful tour of American folk music competitions.

We said: “He has taught at Moredon Junior School for the ast two years, and is a keen folk inger who accompanies himself n the autoharp. It is a 36-stringed nstrument.

“His journey lasted a month and his biggest success was when he ame fourth out of 91 competitors n the Old Fiddlers’ Convention at Galax, Virginia.

“This is the oldest of the American folk singing competitions nd attracts large entries.”

Mike went on to become a espected figure of the UK and nternational autoharp scene.

Another local personality in he news was one of Swindon’s ongest-serving magistrates, and at hat time the only woman to have haired the borough bench.

Marion Crowdy, 70, was being ompulsorily retired after 32 years assing sentences and offering firm ut fair advice.

The respected magistrate was lso a member of the family whose usiness was one of Swindon’s first garages, and had sold the firm in 1967.

An expert photographer, Marion, pictured left, had once been official photographer to the Guide and Scout movement, and her pictures had been published all over the world.

Reflecting on her years in court, she displayed the wisdom for which she was renowned: “To say you’ve enjoyed our time as a magistrate is to ay you’ve enjoyed other people’s misfortunes.

“No, it’s not really an enjoyable ob. But I have enjoyed having the pportunity to serve my fellow itizens.

“One can never be certain, but ’ve always had a feeling that in many cases, appearing in court can ive someone the chance he needs o sort himself out.”

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MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1972

“MYSTERY surrounds the future of the 257-acre Groundwell Farm site at Blunsdon following a compulsory purchase order application by Swindon Corporation. The order is the latest move in the tussle between the corporation and the developers, English and Continental Homes, who bought the site for £1m. It is the corporation’s attempt to get the land back after being outbid for the site, which backs on to the Penhill estate on the Swindon-Cricklade road. But although Swindon property man Ramon Greene warned in May that he would fight such a move, a spokesman for the developers in Bristol today refused to confirm this.”

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1972

“A SWINDON College student recently heard she’d passed her A-Level art exam at the first attempt. Nothing unusual in that – but Miss Elsie Tolchard, of Beaufort Road, Wroughton, is 69. A keen painter since she was a child, she took the examination to ‘…achieve something before I got too old. The examination was quite difficult, particularly as we had to do a drawing of a life model in only ten minutes for one of the papers. I was very pleased to have passed though, but despite the fact that I enjoyed the course very much I don’t think I’ll be taking any more examinations.’”

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1972

“SMELLS from Swindon’s sewage works were explained at last night’s meeting of the town’s public works and services committee. The controller of legal and technical services, Mr AL Margerison, said complaints about the smells were raised at a housing and health committee meeting. That committee had asked the public works committee to do something. But the controller of technical services, Mr NA Pritchard, explained that the smells came from the new £500,000 heat treatment and distillation plant, which was going through its commissioning period. It was complicated and expensive machinery and had to go through such a period because the corporation would not accept the plant until it was working satisfactorily.”

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1972

“A SING-SONG, card games and a cup of tea are the ingredients of a regular Wednesday afternoon gettogether for 30 people in the Rodbourne Green area.

And it’s all courtesy of a Swindon firm, Square D. They thought it was a pity that their social club in Cheney Manor Road wasn’t fully used. So two months ago they sent out invitations to immediate neighbours, asking if they would like a weekly social. About 30 people turned up – some elderly, some not so elderly – and the Wednesday Afternoon Leisure Hour Group was formed.”

FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1972

“SWINDON railwaymen’s leaders will take ‘any action that is necessary’ to save 550 threatened jobs at the Swindon works of British Rail. And their first move could be to call for a complete ban on overtime. This was made clear yesterday by Mr Danny Lee, chairman of the district committee of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. ‘We feel that we can put forward an argument which justifies the postponement of any sackings other than voluntary redundancies,’ he said.”

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August 20, 1948 THE Adver recorded a visit to Swindon by a broadcasting legend on Friday, August 20, 1948.

It was hardly surprising that our photograph of Richard Dimbleby was the most prominent item on our front page.

Dimbleby, whose children include David and Jonathan, was the BBC’s first true war reporter.

His dispatches from major battles, and especially his harrowing account of the horrors discovered by the troops who liberated the Belsen concentration camp, made him a household name.

He would go on to provide commentary for the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Coronation and the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, among other major events.

In 1948 he was a presenter of Down Your Way, a radio series filled with interesting slices of life from throughout the country. His main mission in Swindon was to visit the Railway Works and talk to chargehand-erector William Dando, who had accompanied the King George V locomotive on its American tour of 1927.

The tour is the subject of a current exhibition at Steam.

Mr Dimbleby is on the left of the image and Mr Dando on the right, while BBC producer John Shuter is in the middle.

The backdrop is newlycompleted Castle Class loco GJ Churchward, which would serve until being scrapped 15 years later.

The team had arrived the previous day for a broadcast from the Pinehurst branch library, only to end up having to dig their outside broadcast van from the nearby potato patch where they had parked it.

They also captured what they thought was a specimen of notorious potato-ravaging insect the Colorado Beetle, only for it to escape.

Our main front page story was about a so-called stay-in strike at the Austin car plant in Birmingham, where 16,000 were standing by their workstations in protests at pay rates for working on a new machine.

Cigarette smoking was also in the news, not because of health issues – this was 1948 – but because there weren’t enough cigarettes.

Sir Alexander Maxwell, tobacco advisor to the Board of Trade, insisted that 1.6 billion cigarettes were reaching the shops every week. Any shortage, he added was down to people buying more than they needed and hoarding them because they thought there was going to be a shortage.

He added: “If all smokers were to smoke one cigarette less in ten each day, and refrain from hoarding, we should very soon see the end of queuing.”

In South Cerney, the RAF station’s celebrity ball featured a public appearance by Olympic hurdler Maureen Gardner, who had won a silver medal for Britain at that year’s Games in London.

We said: “The ball was held in a large hangar on the aerodrome, gaily decorated with coloured parachutes. Harry Gold and his Pieces of Eight, supported by the New Meteors, played for dancing. The vocalist was Joyce Sheppard.”

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