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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...
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...
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...
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...
From the archive of 1998 Drink up Maurice.
9-4-1998 Drink up Maurice. The Mayor of Swindon, Cllr Maurice Fanning, celebrates the re-opening of the Crown at Stratton after a major refurbishment, by drinking a yard of ale, with James Arkell at hand to...
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...