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.
Calyx Archive: Star studded fashion show at Littlecote House 26-11-1988 Read More »
Her Majesty The Queen joined in the celebrations as renowned Swindon jeweller Deacon & Son marked its 175th birthday. Her Majesty attended the Old Town business on Monday 22 January to officially open a new clock workshop and visit a recently completed state-of-the-art Rolex watch workshop and meet with staff including managing director Richard Deacon
Queen Camilla visits Deacons in Old Town to celebrate their 175 years in business. Read More »
Top Gun’s Manetick – Tom Cruise landed at Royal International Air Tattoo Fairford on Saturday. The Hollywood royalty visited the USAF Hercules C130 and the Osprey in the static line up.
‘Maverick’ at RIAT Fairford Read More »
On this day 1993 in the early hours thieves tried to ram raid Curry’s in Marlborough High Street. A car chase ensued with speeds of up to 140MPH between Marlborough and Junction 15 of the M$. Barry Leighton reported for the Western Daily press and our pics were used.
OTD 1993 Ram raid and 140MPH car chase along A345 to M4 J15 Read More »
It’s Cyan, it’s square, it’s my new book “Another picture another story.” Another book from the Calyx Archive… Order now… Surrounded by my archive of about four million film-based and digital images that I have gathered over more than four decades of press photography in Swindon, I have discovered connections that run through the archive
Another picture another story. Yes another book Read More »
I have been working on a book of the archive, and today a copy landed on my desk ( wiped down with an alcohol wipe COVID-19 precaution) A taste of the book with pictures from the proof PDF. You can buy the book from this site and I will sign it for you. I am
Highworth has a new War Memorial in the Market Place.
Highworth Remembers Read More »
A very large gallery of the event. Gallery:
South West Business Awards held at the Double Tree Hilton at J16. Read More »
The prince of Wales visited Ramsbury, touring the estate and brewery and meeting children in the village square. Galley:
Prince Charles visits Ramsbury Read More »
The mighty United States Air Force B1 (Lancer) bombers made a noisy return to the West Country as a staging post for exercises over the Czech Republic. The NATO exercise is to get crews from different countries working together in a battlefield scenario, and involves a five hour round trip from the long Fairford runway.
Lancers return to exercise out of Fairford Read More »
