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On this day: Cirencester Archive

Cirencester Archive

• Pig and Runt implodes in Swindon

  A TRAIL of violence and destruction will be wreaked on Swindon's Arts Centre on Monday, March 27, from 8pm as the insular world of troubled teenagers Pig and Runt implodes. read more

• Irish comic comes to Swindon

  DARA O'Briain is the biggest Irish comic to have hit the UK scene in recent years. read more

• Hilarious comedy at Cirencester theatre

  PHIL Cool brings his side-splitting show to the Sundial Theatre on Saturday, April 1 at 7.30pm. read more

• Top dance company at Playhouse

  CANDOCO, the internationally renowned integrated dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers, has joined forces with top choreographers to create a world class double-bill. read more

• Moreton lad gets football scholarship

  MARK Magee has made Cotswold sporting history by becoming the first player from Moreton-in-Marsh's youth football club to receive a professional soccer scholarship. read more

• Bookie robbed returning from Cheltenham

  MASKED robbers hijacked a famous bookmaker as he drove back from the Cheltenham Festival to his hotel in Bibury last Thursday. read more

• Naked couple publish first book

  MALMESBURY'S most colourful couple, Ian and Barbara Pollard, of Abbey House, hit the headlines again this week with the publication of a book featuring themselves naked on the cover. read more

• Opera babes performing at Everyman

  IN 2001 two girls were discovered busking outside Covent Garden. What followed is a modern-day fairy tale; a fairy tale which sees them performing A Night at the Opera at the Everyman, as part of a nationwide tour, on Saturday, April 1. read more

• Public buildings fall short for the disabled

  DISABLED campaigners have hit out at Cotswold District Council after a report revealed less than a third of public buildings have disabled access. read more

• Centurions over-powered at home

  Cirencester Town 1 (Griffin 57), Banbury United 3 (Baird 29, Fuller 45(p), Redknap 54) read more

• Wyvern hosts top Elvis impersonator

  THERE are many thousands of 'Elvis' impersonators and in 2003 GMTV set out to find the best. read more

• Purton 3, Harrow Hill 0

  EARLIER in the season, Purton lost 3-2 at Harrow Hill in a GLS Hellenic League Division One West-team game they should have won, writes Alan Eastwood. read more

• Standard reporter talks of drug trial

  AS the six men who took part in the TGN 1421 drugs trial enter their second week in hospital, questions are being asked about what sort of person would have unknown drugs tested on their body. Reporter Jenni Silver spoke to Standard-newcomer Andy Woolfoot about why he chose to take part in several such tests himself. read more

• Local cricketers in national sport initiative

  CIRENCESTER Cricket Club is participating in the annual NatWest CricketForce, an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) initiative, on April 8 and 9. read more

• Fairford school team up with flower shop

  YOUNGSTERS at Coln House School in Fairford have been getting their hands dirty by growing fresh produce to sell at a local shop. read more

On this day: Cirencester Archive