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11-4-1984 Thorn EMI satellite dishes on Shrivenham Road
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...
31-5-1983 KGV exiting Box Tunnel on a test run.
After an overhaul in the Swindon works the King George V loco was tested on the Bristol line. I pictured it exiting Box...
1 million tiles – Retiling the Oasis pool
In January 1984 they removed the leaking fiberglass pool lining and replaced it with a million tiles (from press release) ©Calyx archive Retiling the pool in the Oasis after the original coating leaked with 1 million tiles. ©Calyx archive Retiling the pool in the...
Swindon’s Link Centre under construction 22-9-1983
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...
South Farm Stanton Fitzwarren home to the Unification Church.
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...
See how our twin town played a roll when the east – west boarder in Germany opened up.
The roll of Swindon’s twin town after the “Berlin Wall” came down is told in my 2nd book “Another Picture Another Story”. central registration office the state justice...