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Wood Street closed. UPDATE
UPDATE. Wiltshire Police have issued an update on the Wood Street assault. A 25-year-old male from the Swindon area has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. He remains in custody at Gablecross Police Station, Swindon. The 27-year-old...
Board with Swindon. Town gets onto new MONOPOLY layout.
Swindon is landing its very own MONOPOLY game featuring local landmarks like Lydiard Park, The Magic Roundabout and the County Ground. This Christmas you’ll be able to buy these sites with games money when Winning Moves, manufacturers of this version of MONOPOLY...
The day Diana Dors came to West Swindon.
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...
Bombay Lounge open in Old Town.
The Bombay Lounge has opened a branch in Swindon’s Old Town. The Mayor was in attendance and so were some other local personalities. Gallery of the event: SPONSOR A GALLERY OR PAGE. Contact richard@calyxpix.com ...
We had an internationally famous TV Museum open in 1983
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...
Flash mob looking for new job after crashing recruitment launch.
A flash mob crashed the launch of an IT recruitment company launch party. As Verelogic IT Solutions launched its sister company Verelogic IT Recruitment, dancers from Swindon Dance formed a flash mob amid the celebrations. The dancers are now looking for the next...