The Americans like Halloween
For Halloween in 1981 the United States Air Force built a Little House of Horrors in a hanger at RAF/USAF Fairford.I doubt if it would be acceptable these days!!!
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Swindon Archive
Wedding dress for the Millennium
Pictures from a wedding show at the Devere Hotel (now the Village ) Shaw Ridge 08-03-1998 where designer Jane Watts’ gold, Lurex Dupion dress with the millennium planets sewn on to it stole the show. The designes were produced by Bridal Boutique proprietor Jane to be a little different for the millennium bride, but one
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Swindon’s second rail works
In 1983 Swindon had a second rail works; in a garage in Greenmeadow. Dave Scarrott built to-scale replica locomotives including such accessories as the fireman’s shovel.
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Nationwide complex 1994
Pictures of the Nationwide complex on Pipers Way taken during a helicopter flight in 1994 to photograph crop circles on the Marlborough Downs.. Note the newly planted forest at the sports ground and there is no park and ride..
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Calyx Archive: The White House pub demolished 13-12-2002
One of Swindon well known watering holes The White House pub was demolished in December 2002 to be replaced by flats. My pictures were taken on 13th December 2002.
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Archive images 1998 Ross Kemp at Route 66 night club 17-4-1998
Eastenders hard man and TV presenter Ross Kemp kept us all waiting when he appeared at Swindon’s Route 66 in April 1998.
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The demise of the Regent Circus cinema.
I see reported in a popular daily newspaper that cineworld are about to close their offering at the Regent Circus in Swindon. I was on a tour of the building pre-opening and have covered several events there since. Nightime at Regent Circus. Pre opening tour. Swindon Wildcats evening. The film Londonalli Bollywood film that was
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Pictures of mystery Swindon artist uncovered
Russian artist Olga Vejdaeva, who lived in Swindon in 1998 and exhibited her work quite widely, was photographed for a feature in April of that year. Can anybody throw a light on her achievements since.
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Doing it the old fashioned way at Doves Farm
Pictures of A farm straddling the Wiltshire Border who does its organic harvesting the old way, was taken in 2009. The reason for the traditional methods were to provide straw for the thatching industry. Harvest time in Wiltshire. On the borders of Wiltshire and Berkshire, where once the Romans harvested grain for its army in
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