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Winners dance with Aaron Renfree
Pupils at Rodbourne Cheney Primary School are off to the National School Dance Championships to be held in Birmingham on the 11th of July with a little help from Hollywood dance instructor Aaron Renfree. Aaron, former S Club 8 member and assistant choreographer on the...
Culture in Swindon? Top London art exhibition at Museum.
SWINDON HOSTS MAJOR ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION An exhibition of work by Royal Academician Eileen Cooper, one of Britain’s most well-regarded and respected artists, will be held at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery from 20 April to 10 September. Entitled Hide and Seek –...
Tank engine arrives back home.
A 2-8-0 tank engine made in Swindon has returned home for the first time for a guest running on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. Copy from the Railway’s web site: http://www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org/future.php#4247 No 4247 was built at Swindon in 1916...
Rifles wet march double time.
The Rifles carried out their Freedom of the Borough march through the town on Saturday during a cloud burst. Heavy rain didn’t stop the troupes marching in their distinctive double time rhythm. Taking the salute was the Mayor Ciir. Andrew Bennett and the...
Immigration – The Modwines have arrived
With immigration high on the political agenda the arrival of the Modwines will give Swindon an integration headache, with their strange language and unearthly habits. With their base already firmly established in North Swindon, are the residents of this quiet part of...
A reflection on 30 years ago.
We have been celebrating 30 years with silence and monochrome memories. £30 years ago the Railworks shut, and the last shift departed and hooty stopped calling us to work. Just a small reminder of 26th March 1986: ©Calyx Pictures. Archive. The Railworks on the day it...