2-4-1982 Remembering RAF Lyneham.
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.
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Calyx Archive: Star studded fashion show at Littlecote House 26-11-1988
A list stars and Pop royalty visited Littlecote House, when De Savary held a fashion show there in November of 1988. Among those attending were Jerry Hall and husband Rolling Stone front-man, Mick Jagger, Michael Cane and Jasmine Le Bon.
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Most hit bridge – White House bridge Swindon
White House bridge may have been the most hit bridge in the UK at one time, but it still retains the accolade of being the bridge that demonstrated that you shouldn’t take a double decker bus under a low bridge! …Besides the unintentional impact the bridge received from unwary drivers of large vehicles, it received
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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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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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