Diana Dors, the sixties icon of Swindon still has a presence in the town, albeit in bronze. At the Cinema complex at Shaw Ridge there stands a statue to the Swindon Girl, Diana Fluck, from Marlborough Road in old Town. It arrived standing upright on the bed of a lorry and was hoisted into position […]
The day Diana Dors came to West Swindon. Read More »
Swindon’s cable TV was the among, if not the first in the country to bring television to the home via a cable network. To mark this Radio Rentals (Thorn EMI,) whose HQ was in Percy Street Rodbourne, opened their TV museum there. The museum was dedicated to John Logie Baird who is regarded as the
We had an internationally famous TV Museum open in 1983 Read More »
Its funny how thing happen, events converge to create a story. I was looking through a pile of very 0ld negatives that are before my catalogue starts and found a sheet of 35mm black and white images that I am sure that many people will find interesting. A few months ago the voluntary sector celebrated
Unveiling of a mural that’s no longer there. Read More »
Keith Chegwin will be the star in his third Wyvern Theatre pantomime, this December. But Keith knows the town well from his early days in entertainment and television. In his twenties, as a presenter of BBC 1 Saturday morning children’s show The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop with Noel Edmonds and Maggie Philbin, the team did an
Were you at the Swap Shop at Coate in the late 70ies??? Read More »
Swindon Link played host to Olympic champion Robin Cousins back in 1985.
Forget the 2012 Olympics Gold Medal Winner on town in 1985 Read More »
Swindon Rail Works was closing and the workers put up a fight. This gallery is one of several that shows the change in the town’s employment structure. NOTE the placard in the station picture. How times have changed! Gallery:
Archive. Workers picket and protest to save Rail Works 29 6 85 Read More »
Calyx is opening up the 2 million images in its archive and wants help in building the stories behind the pictures. Swindon’s Carnival in 1985 took a route round the town. Were you involved? If so or know somebody who was contact Calyx through the website. or www.calyxpix.com Galley:
Calyx Archive: Swindon Carnival 1985. Read More »
