The prestigious development on Shaw Ridge was officially opened by Mayor Harry Garrett on 1st June 1984. Among the guests were many Swindon mayors of the past and mayors of the future along with senior business people including Ralph Bernard of independent Radio fame.
The opening ceremony of the prestigious Shaw Ridge development 1-6-1984 Read More »
Sir Richard Attenborough opens the Media Arts Centre in the Town Hall Regent Street with Mayor Jim Masters and Terry Court who championed the arts in the town.
Sir Richard Attenborough opens the Swindon Media Arts Centre 29-10-1983 Read More »
With the launch of Sky Television the Swindon Cable network, which was run by Thorn EMI, erected a set of satellite receiving dishes in the Shrivenham Road Industrial estate. The dishes were later moved to Hawksworth,
11-4-1984 Thorn EMI satellite dishes on Shrivenham Road Read More »
After an overhaul in the Swindon works the King George V loco was tested on the Bristol line. I pictured it exiting Box Tunnel.
31-5-1983 KGV exiting Box Tunnel on a test run. Read More »
In January 1984 they removed the leaking fiberglass pool lining and replaced it with a million tiles (from press release)
1 million tiles – Retiling the Oasis pool Read More »
For a long time I thought that I had pictured the Link Centre being built. Recently I have undertaken the mammoth task of putting my archive onto a data base, and during that I found some negatives of “West Swindon Sports Hub” being built. No wonder I couldn’t find them!
Swindon’s Link Centre under construction 22-9-1983 Read More »
The picturesque village of Stanton Fitzwarren on the outskirts of Swindon holds a secret: A lot of the village is part of the Unification Church, which is sometimes known by the short name “Moonies”. In 1973 the Lord of the Manor and respected Swindon architect Henry Masters and his wife Avril, who were pillars of
South Farm Stanton Fitzwarren home to the Unification Church. Read More »
The roll of Swindon’s twin town after the “Berlin Wall” came down is told in my 2nd book “Another Picture Another Story”.
See how our twin town played a roll when the east – west boarder in Germany opened up. Read More »
From the archive pictures of the prize winner at the Swindon market in 1985.The market closed in 1988. Swindon cattle market best overall & turned out Bull Frankie with Roger Nuttland & Louise Nynin Harris Croft Farm RWB
Swindon Market December 1985. Read More »
Looking back through the archive to 1982 I discovered some images of RAF Lyneham with the VC10 landing and the C130 Hercules aircraft that made the base famous.
2-4-1982 Remembering RAF Lyneham. Read More »
