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FINED FOR GOING TO OXFORD if you dont play yor cards right.
The Mayor of Swindon Cllr. Mick Bray playing Monopoly with the mannequin of Lord Bollingbrooke in the Library of Lydiard Park Swindon.
The Park may well take the place of Mayfair on the Swindon Monopoly board when it is released later in the year.
The board will see 22 Swindon property landmarks swap places with the famous MONOPOLY London streets like Mayfair and Park Lane.In addition, the four London train stations will be handed over to a Swindon ’travel’ theme, although it is likely to be heavily railway dominated given the town’s historic links with the railway industry.
Some of the Community Chest and Chance cards will be customised too. For example, one is being planned which may say :‘You are fined for going to Oxford’!
Dan Taylor, MONOPOLY Manager at Winning Moves UK says:
“We are delighted to be making this exciting announcement that Swindon is ‘Passing GO’ and I am especially thrilled that my home town is getting the full official MONOPOLY treatment in this way. The town is rich in crown jewels.”
In 2008 Swindon was named as one of the best places to buy a property in the UK – with a low ratio of house prices to household. “Swindon has been on our radar for some time,” added Mr Taylor. “We are delighted now to be announcing for the first time formally that the town is Passing GO.”