WILTS & BERKS CANAL TRUST

Sir.

While on a visit to Swindon during the festive season of Christmas I was very much struck by the dismal appearance of the canal.It at once seemed to me a great drawback to the general appearance and welfare of a growing town like Swindon.

During the short time I spent in Swindon I came in contact with many people, and concluded that the description " up to date" might be applied to the town generally.Surely something might be done with the canal.Not a very alarming outlay would be required to dredge it well and thus provide boating accommodation, instead of the useless and unsightly form it now presents.

It would be a great acquisition to the town, and also a great incentive for people to visiting Swindon in the pleasant time of the year, when boating becomes to many a source of greatest enjoyment.
My advice to Swindon is "See ye to it."

Yours &c.,
PRO BONO PUBLICO

6th January 1906

Evening North Wilts Herald

This is Latin meaning ( for the public good ) so this man had a sense of humour as well as a vision for the future all those years ago Roy Cartwright