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RON AHRENS BUILDER DECORATOR R.T. Far1e Landscape Gardener in West Swindon A local family made a historic reunion with long lost American cousins in September. Don Lea of Markenfield, Toothill

Specialising in all aspects 20 years experience. has been collecting information of high quality building work especially decorating, carpentry & plastering. All work guaranteed. No job too small. Free estimates Turfing, Paving, Fencing, Pergolas, Planting New Gardens, Rockery Construction, about his ancestors for years and has traced his family tree right back to the sixteenth century. There are over one hundred relations in the Swindon and Malmsbury area, and thereare others all around the world. When he heard that his second cousin June Dengate from Ohio

Telephone: 692134 (West Swindon) Crazy Paving etc. Tel: 875174 } - would be touring Britain with her husband and daughter, he contacted her to arrange a visit to Swindon. Much tojune's surprise she- was Toothill Chinese Kitchen English Food and Fish & Chips greeted at Don's house by twenty members of the British connection whom she did not know about. "1 was asked if we would be visiting relations in England and I said Don Lea andhiswifePaton the left with June Dengate third from right and her husband and daughter and with the past. I'm so pleased

Special Chinese Food TakeAway Menu there might be one or two, but I that we could meet up. June will never realised there were so many," help me contact the relations of anTel: 487055 said June. "It's wonderful to know I have such a big family." other of my grandfather's brothers who emigrated in the early 1900s. r 1r Sunday Monday Tuesday Closed all day 6 - 11.30am 5 - 1130pm June's grandmother was sister to Don's grandfather and it was her father who emigrated to the USA at "It's a complicated business, but many of the lost relations are being fitted into the Lea family jigsaw." Wednesday 12 - 145pm 5 - 1130pm Thursday 12 - 145pm 5 - 1130pm the age of 16. His many stories about life in pee-World War I Wilt- Friday Saturday 12-1.45pm 12 - 2.00pm 5 - 1200am 5 - 1200am shire left a strong impression with June. Don took her to her father's birthFancy Dress Halloween

OPEN ALL BANK HOLIDAYS (MONDAY) place, the pub run by her grandfa- Family Night ther, and other sites around Malmsbury made the day visit an Saturday 31 October, ar 1. SATISFACTION emotional one. "It's hard to put into words. Tears came to my eyes to see 730pm - midnight Disco. Licensed bar - GUARANTEED the places my father talked about," she said Don said that he was glad to meet Toothill Community Centre £1 Adults; 70p children June and her family. "I've been over 12, under 12s free working on the family tree so that Prices for best fancy we can keep in touch with each other dress adult and child

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morning at church June Bradley writes: You're invited to a Coffee Morning At our August meeting Mrs Penny at Toothill Church on Saturday 10 Ady gave a most interesting and October from 10.30am to 12noon. informative talk on colour and im-

It's being organised by the young age. In September Mrs J Coats people of Toothill Church in aid of showed us how easy 'Yeast the Church Restoration Fund who Cookery'is. Shedemonstrated many will provide entertainment. mouth watering recipes. Weallsam-

Please support your local church. pled these and are definitely going to treat our families to some of them. One of our own members also

Group for boys showed us how to make marzipan fruits. We were all surprised how The Salvation Army Boys Adven- easy these are to make and how ture Corps (SABA) has restarted and realistic the results. meets on Wednesdays,6pm in Toot- Our next meeting on 21 October hill Community Centre and is open will be the Annual Craft and Proto boys aged 6 to 14 years of age. duce Show.

The members take part in projects, We are having a cake stall at the badge work, games and outdoor West Swindon Centre on 23 Octoactivities. ber. Please come and see us there.

Boys who took part in SABA be- The WI has ladies of all ages and fore the summer break and have not interests. We meet on the third returned are asked to join in again. Wednesday of each month in the New members are invited to turn CommunityRoomatToothillSchool up or telephone Clive Alexander on at 730pm. For further information 826428. telephone 495520.