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Can you help solve baby bag riddle?
7:16am Friday 9th May 2008
THE hunt is on for the owner of a bag, containing baby cards and gifts as well as a clutch of birthday presents, after it was found in central Swindon.
The bag was found on Wednesday at about 12.30pm at the site of the old canal behind Westcott Place.
I am sure the person who has lost it would really want these gifts back, so it would be great if someone came forward
Amanda Werrell
Amanda Werrell, 38, of Newburn Crescent, stumbled across it after dropping her son off at playgroup.
"It was sat on the floor next to a bollard," she said.
"I think people might have thought it was just an empty bag and that's why no one had noticed it before me.
"I peeked inside and saw all these things, brought it home and contacted the Adver so hopefully I can find who it belongs to.
"I think the gentleman who it might belong to probably lives nearby and walked home.
"He may have been having a drink around the area, as it was his birthday, and probably just forgot it there.
"There are quite a few items in there.
"There's a birthday card addressed to Matt, and quite a few people have signed it so I guess it might be from work colleagues.
"It's one of those cardboard gift bags and has baby girl' written on the outside.
"It's also got a dress, a cardigan, a soft toy, a dolly and a blanket inside.
"There are four cards in there. One is the birthday card, and the other three are addressed to the family for the baby.
"One says, to Lucy, Matt and Josie from Jen, Chris and Thomas and it's congratulating them on the safe arrival of Bella.
"The second one is to Matt and Lucy and it's from Lara, Simon and Jacob and the third card is just addressed to the Ryder family and has a bunch of names on it.
"The bag also has Virgin Experience flying lesson vouchers inside.
"I am sure the person who has lost it would really want these gifts back, so it would be great if someone came forward to collect it."
This isn't the first time the Advertiser has appealed for information about items or helped return lost objects to their owners.
After a burglar was arrested in April a camera memory card was found with family pictures and an appeal was put out for its owners to come forward.
Another appeal was made in early March when a family's laptop computer and digital camera containing important work and precious memories were stolen.
And a memory card found in November last year was returned to the family to whom it belonged in March this year.
An envelope with money found in April was also returned to its owner.
If the bag of gifts belongs to you, or you know who the owner might be, we would like to hear from you.
Call the Adver's newsroom on 01793501794 or e-mail abhargava@swindonadvertiser.co.uk.
Your Say YourSwindon
P S Altery, Swindon says...
8:27am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
8:34am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
8:40am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
8:41am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
8:45am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
8:53am Fri 9 May 08
dy!
", wanna jam along man?
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
8:57am Fri 9 May 08
Hey PS - I reckon 'Mead & Goose on a Winters Day' would sound far out with me on the bikelophone, you on the Windform and Doug on his Deca Pipe! I'll see if Ondes & Pye can come along as well! Its a jam man, a jam!!!
P S Altery, Swindon says...
9:01am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
9:04am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
9:07am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
9:17am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
9:22am Fri 9 May 08
iiiiichard's new album "The Afghan Years"?
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
9:30am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
9:37am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
9:39am Fri 9 May 08
Mumstheword, Walcot says...
9:49am Fri 9 May 08
I Hope the owner of the bag is found v soon.
P S Altery, Swindon says...
9:50am Fri 9 May 08
rd will be coming along as well! Far out!
All You Need Is Honeysuckle
Killing You Quietly
Mexican Sleigh Ride
Recipe For Heavy Bread
Diamonds 'n' Dust
When You Comin' Back, Big Lover?
Say It With Bullets
Timber!
Old As The Hills, Young As Our Love
(Hold My Hand) At Harvest Time
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
10:08am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
10:19am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
10:24am Fri 9 May 08
Be My Victim
Fishing In The Streams Of My Mind
Bullwhips & Barley Rigs
Unbuckle My Love
Smack Of Willow
Stoned Reprise (Part II)
Hot Love
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
10:26am Fri 9 May 08
angry monkey, Swindon says...
10:32am Fri 9 May 08
A couple of my favorites from yesteryear are
"On my trip to the beach I poked a starfish"
"The mayonaise tastes slightly salty in Devizes"
And who can forget the gangsta rap ispired "Put a cap in my arse and I'll put one in yours"
Far out!
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
10:33am Fri 9 May 08
Mumstheword, Walcot says...
10:34am Fri 9 May 08
Uncool rock chick (sob!)
P S Altery, Swindon says...
10:39am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
10:44am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
10:48am Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Reason, The Parks says...
10:50am Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
10:54am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
11:02am Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
11:13am Fri 9 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
11:17am Fri 9 May 08
emmylou83, Stratton says...
11:38am Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Reason wrote:Not you as well Russ The whole world is going mad
Well guy's and gal's its my last day here today I have just finished making my last Mongolian philopian horn, I tested it by playing my old favourite Unleash my beast. I am here till 5pm then I am gonna walk up the downs and sit and listen to some stoneage rock and let the bass sooooothe my soul..
P S Altery, Swindon says...
11:41am Fri 9 May 08
emmylou83, Stratton says...
11:46am Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
11:50am Fri 9 May 08
Can you not start taking steps to ensure that comment threads do not get taken over by comments unrelated to the story?
It hardly makes this website look very professional and could possibly deter people from making comments related to a story.
The inane comments above provide a good example of where people with nothing better to do hijack a thread. Either ban them or direct them to the forum.
I am sure I am not alone in having these thoughts.
** Now just watch more of the same cr*p spewing from the keyboards of the offenders. I guess I had better duck behind my screen!
angry monkey, Swindon says...
11:56am Fri 9 May 08
Far out, Voice of Sanity, Far out maaaaaan
Mick out West, West Swindon says...
11:59am Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Reason, The Parks says...
12:08pm Fri 9 May 08
emmylou83, Stratton says...
12:25pm Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Reason wrote:Well when Steph and Gill shout at you don't blame me :P
Sorry Emz I was bored and thought why not lol...
P S Altery, Swindon says...
1:49pm Fri 9 May 08
iiiichard "playing" Herbert Lom on his electric Clackamore!
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
2:14pm Fri 9 May 08
P S Altery, Swindon says...
2:29pm Fri 9 May 08
Hey Grimadli have you heard Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiiichard's Christmas Album? It's a right on and far out album called Christmas with Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicha
rd. Here's the tack listing man, cool
Winter Man
Ham Fisted
You Are My Shelter From The Storm
Under The Covers (There I Go)
One Of Us Is Him
As I Was Going To Compton
Mead & Goose On A Winter's Day
The White Horse Of Hack Pen Hill
It has the most cool Rabbit Waterorgan playing ever man!
john c, swindon says...
2:43pm Fri 9 May 08
Web Team, Swindon says...
3:05pm Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Sanity wrote:Hello, Voice of Sanity.
WEB TEAM
Can you not start taking steps to ensure that comment threads do not get taken over by comments unrelated to the story?
It hardly makes this website look very professional and could possibly deter people from making comments related to a story.
The inane comments above provide a good example of where people with nothing better to do hijack a thread. Either ban them or direct them to the forum.
I am sure I am not alone in having these thoughts.
** Now just watch more of the same cr*p spewing from the keyboards of the offenders. I guess I had better duck behind my screen!
Our policy is to remove comments which are illegal or offensive.
The ethos of our website is to promote freedom of speech and lively debate.
I'm sure many people are annoyed when people go off topic, but as it's not against the law, we are loathe to interfere and stumble into the realms of censorship.
Obviously, we would prefer that if people just want a good chinwag, they head to our forum where they can do just that.
However, it must be recognised that most people commenting on our stories do stick to the point and do have something interesting to say, and for that we are grateful.
Regards,
Web Team
ronnie43cats, swindon says...
3:34pm Fri 9 May 08
Grimaldi, The Big Top says...
3:35pm Fri 9 May 08
Ankh, Morpork says...
4:08pm Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
4:28pm Fri 9 May 08
You have a forum for discussions such as the one above. Why should these not be used?
For those of us who take an interest in the news and others' opinions on it, the drivel above is exceptionally annoying!
There are many web site users who are fed up with people flirting, failed teachers talking about how hard they now work and for such little pay, and pointless comments from other people who have too much time on their hands.
Why not set up a daily thread for people to go into to chat, flirt, pretend to be spaced out hippies etc? You could have it somewhere on the front page and it could be wiped at the end of each day. That would free up the other comment threads for sensible, intelligent discussion.
emmylou83, Stratton says...
4:32pm Fri 9 May 08
failed teachers talking about how hard they now work and for such little pay
I quite resent that comment and ummm if you look there are quite a few of us that do chat in the forum
LordBelacqua, Swindon says...
4:49pm Fri 9 May 08
failed teachers talking about how hard they now work and for such little pay
I also resent that comment on Emmy's behalf - I don't know whether you've been paying attention, but a qualified teacher isn't a failed one.
I'm pleased you consider yourself high enough in the world to develop your own abitrary scale as to what's failed and what's not, but really, grow up.
Bitter Lemon, Swindon says...
4:56pm Fri 9 May 08
QUOTE
Obviously, we would prefer that if people just want a good chinwag, they head to our forum where they can do just that.
I agree with you completely though, it is really annoying!
vwfudge123, swindon says...
6:08pm Fri 9 May 08
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
8:10pm Fri 9 May 08
Well I shall leave you chums to play and go and use a website where those who leave comments on threads stick to the subject in hand.
At least on another site I can expect to interact with people of intelligence (ie teachers who are not failures, people who don't pretend to be space hippies etc etc etc.)
SpeakUp, Swindon says...
12:10am Sat 10 May 08
Voice of Sanity wrote:You're absolutely right, VoS. What a shame the news-related comments get abused in this way. And Web Team - take a leaf out of the book of the major nationals - they happily remove the junk posts without worrying about infringing ones right to free speech. You seriously need to review your policy if you want proper debate and comment and the visitor figures that go along with that. Without change you'll soon find the whole comment site decends into anarchy and visitors will vote with their feet.
How sad, very, very sad!
Well I shall leave you chums to play and go and use a website where those who leave comments on threads stick to the subject in hand.
At least on another site I can expect to interact with people of intelligence (ie teachers who are not failures, people who don't pretend to be space hippies etc etc etc.)
Captain Sensible, Near Swindon says...
10:43pm Sat 10 May 08
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
7:53am Sun 11 May 08
This highlights to me the fact that this is a 'small town' paper with 'small town' thoughts!
P S Altery, Swindon says...
8:35am Mon 12 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
8:48am Mon 12 May 08
doug@homefarm, SN1 says...
9:41am Mon 12 May 08
LordBelacqua, Swindon says...
10:11am Mon 12 May 08
At least on another site I can expect to interact with people of intelligence (ie teachers who are not failures
Well you can't expect people of a higher order than you to interact with you if you don't meet the criteria, can you? That is to say, showing a modicum of intelligence is a prerequisite to intelligent conversation! The fact that you are intent on labelling some among us as "failed" despite quite evident proof that they are not naturally exempts you from the "intelligent" crowd.
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
12:52pm Thu 15 May 08
I only labelled some as 'failed'. Ie those who have WASTED taxpayers money for 3 or 4 years to end up doing a job that requires none of the learned skills! Must be failed or stupid not to be working in teaching: a) failed as in UNABLE to get a teaching job as in not good enough or b) stupid as in failing to realise before starting a teaching course what the job involves before doing the training!
It must be one of those two things!
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
12:53pm Thu 15 May 08
I only labelled some as 'failed'. Ie those who have WASTED taxpayers money for 3 or 4 years to end up doing a job that requires none of the learned skills! Must be failed or stupid not to be working in teaching: a) failed as in UNABLE to get a teaching job as in not good enough or b) stupid as in failing to realise before starting a teaching course what the job involves before doing the training!
It must be one of those two things!
SpeakUp, Swindon says...
1:21am Fri 16 May 08
To stay on topic, sort of, perhaps they'd benefit from the contents of the bag if it goes unclaimed - age range is just about right, I would say :-)
Voice of Sanity, Swindon says...
2:20pm Fri 16 May 08
I think there is enough information there to use the electoral roll to find them - first names are given and the surname Ryder.
Your sayYourSwindon
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