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1 LonglevensLink April/May 07 NOW ONLINE This magazine, discussion forum & more now online at the independent magazine for the local community

2 1 Welcome to the latest edition of Longlevens Link. This magazine is sent free to all homes in Longlevens on a bi-monthly basis. It is your link to keeping in touch with what is happening on your doorstep, to express your views and find out about local businesses. If you have any views that you would like to express, or information that you would like to pass on to other residents, please info@theworkslocal.com or phone and we will add it to the magazine. To advertise your business here for only 22 (quarter page) in full colour, info@theworkslocal.com or phone With over 9000 residents in Longlevens, this is an excellent opportunity to promote your business to a large number of local residents at a very small price.. We are now online! View your local magazine online at up-to-the-minute latest news discussion forum for YOUR area competitions and quizzes details of the latest events get discounts and offers from local businesses

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5 Culture Club - 'Beatrix Potter and the Gloucester Connection' Westonbirt's Easter Challenge What s On WHAT WHERE WHEN DESCRIPTION City Museum & Art Gallery Historic Docks Tours Easter Shows and Activities for Kids Ocean Colour Scene Moscow State Circus A Special Day Mad about the Musicals Westonbirt The National Arboretum Gloucester Docks Gloucester Guildhall 04/04/07 Do come along to get you cultural bonanza from the forthcoming series of free talks held in the Wheatstone Hall. Today you can hear about 'Beatrix Potter and the Gloucester Connection' by Barbara Blatchley. Museum opens Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00am to 5.00pm 06/04/07 Can you complete Westonbirt's Easter challenge? Follow a trail of clues around the arboretum and have a go at making your own Easter decorations. All correctly completed challenges will receive a sweet reward and enter our Easter prize draw. Suitable for ages 4 and upwards 06/04/07 Your opportunity to hear about and see Gloucester's wonderful historic docks. All walks with a Civic Trust registered guide. All tours leave from under canopy of the main entrance of the North Warehouse, Gloucester Dock at 2.00pm. Every Saturday and Sunday from 9th June until 9th September PLUS the Bank Holiday dates below 10/04/07 A week of great live shows, films and hands-on activities for kids to keep them busy during the school holidays! Visit or call for information GL1 14/04/07 Come along as this is a special chance to catch the mighty Ocean Colour Scene perform at the Glevum Hall at GL1 in Gloucester. Watch them play some of their famous hits. All tickets unreserved standing plus balcony unreserved seating available. Tickets go on sale on Friday 16th February Gloucester Park The Kings Theatre New Olympus Theatre 19/04/07 Come along to Gloucester Park for a one off opportunity to see the Moscow State Circus. All new acts, never been seen in Europe before. Tickets available through Ticketmaster from Gloucester Tourist Information Centre. Ticket prices range from to /04/07 Jackie Shewell-Thomas presents A Special Day. A dance display devised and presented by the Longlevens School of Dance. Tickets available from the company on /04/07 Come along and watch a mixture of productions under one roof! Mad about the Musicals includes Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago, Sunset Boulevard, We Will Rock You, Starlight Express and many more. Tickets available from Gloucester Tourist Information Centre on McFly GL1 01/05/07 McFly at Gloucester GL1 Leisure Centre. Tickets available in person at GL1 from 11.00am on Saturday 17th April. Limited tickets available online and by phone on Tewkesbury Food & Drink Festival Strictly Tea Dancing Tewkesbur y Abbey Churchdow n Community Centre 04/05/07 On the Friday you can meet over 60 regional producers of local food, watch top chefs including Charlie Pettigrew and Sophie Grigson in their demonstrations and take part in chocolate demonstrations. On the Saturday, you can see what it cooking was like in medieval times with many demonstrations and exhibitions. Many activities for children 24/05/07 Come along to this months Tea Dance which includes non stop ballroom dancing. This includes Latin Americam and Popular Sequence. It's a super dancing venue with a spacious dance floor with plenty of room to dance. It's also great value for money and a good time is always guaranteed. Tickets available on the door. Refreshments is included within the ticket price. Onsite parking 4 Cheese Rolling Coopers Hill 28/05/07 An old tradition of throwing a cheese down a very steep hill and seeing who may be the first to catch it, without breaking their neck For further details, visit or phone

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8 7 Competition Win a family ticket worth 27 (Family = 2 adults + up to 3 children) for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Steam into Summer on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. The railway operates over a scenic 20 mile round trip between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse every weekend/bh and Tuesdays (Aug), Wednesdays (Jun-Aug) & Thursdays (Jun-Sep). The very special guest engine this year is the famous 'Green Arrow', on loan from the National Railway Museum from mid May until mid August. Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends will visit the railway in September, an event not to be missed.. For further information tel: or click on To enter the competition please answer the following question- Which famous engine is this year's special guest? the answer to info@theworkslocal.com. The winner will be selected at random. Please include your name, address and telephone number in your . The closing date is 31 May 2007.

9 8 The Works Distributers Needed! Approx 10 hours/1200 magazines a month 5.40 per hour Deliver when it suits you Must be over 21 and physically fit Contact Stacey-Anne on or newsandevents@tiscali.co.uk

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11 10 25 Directory SERVICE PAGE SERVICE PAGE Beauty Florist Elaine Sheehy 2 Flowerworks 8 Childminding Health Sandra Smith 5 Capio Winfield 10 Cleaning Home Improvements Sharons Ironing 8 Absolute Interiors 5 Bens Landscaping 7 Clothing Copperstone 1 All Occasions 7 Grass Cutting 2 Glos Bathrooms 5 Education JMC DIY SOS 3 Rendcomb College 9 Jobs Financial Windowblinds 2 Equity Advice Cover Distributors 8 Tax Assist 9 Treasures 6 PC Wills2Succeed 1 Cotswold Computers 3

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