windon Remembered is a fascinating new video looking back through the twentieth century, released just in time for Christmas.

Written and researched by the Swindon Society, and produced by Video by Design, the 55 minute film draws upon the Society's extensive collection of photographic images. It incorporates interviews with local characters, archive film and modern day footage of the town.

Topics covered include views of the early market town, Swindon's industry, canals, railway, the health service, education, sport and leisure, the war years, housing, shops and shopping. This delightful record of Swindon's past is available from the Tourist Information Centre in Regent Street, WH Smith, Waterstones and Victoria Bookshop. It can also be purchased directly from Video by Design, tel: 01978 290694 or www.videobydesign.co.uk

To win a copy, supplied to swindonlink.com by Video by Design, tell us what is your most moving memory of Swindon. (This can be a childhood thought, a time remembered in Swindon, or something more recent).

E-mail your answers to publisher@swindonlink.com by 20 December

An excellent Christmas present

A new book looking back over the last one hundred years of the town is available from WHSmith.

Written by members of The Swindon Society and published in hardback at £14.99 by Sutton Publishing, A Century of Swindon is a fascinating visual and written insight into the events, people and places that have made Swindon the place it is today.

The winners of the two copies made available by WH Smith for a competition in the The Link magazine and www.swindonlink.com are Margaret Huntley, Park Springs, Westlea and Peter Berry, Arundel Close, Swindon.