Mayor dancing
The Mayor of Swindon enjoyed the Queen’s Jubilee Party. Just back from the formal Garden Party at the Palace Clr Michael Bray Mayor of Swindon joined in the fun at the Big Party in Wharf Green.
Ghost walk in revamped tunnel.
The Old GWR Tunnel in Bristol Street is brought to life with ghostly images of the past. Artist Bruce Williams and local representatives saw the opening and lighting up of new artwork inside the historic GW Underpass in Swindon on Friday 8 June. The ten new artworks represent railway workers through history, right up to
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Old College still teaching
Swindons old College building, which is in the process of demolition is still being used for teaching. The old Swindon College in the town centre is gradually being taken down six years after the last students left to a new building at North Star. However the site provided a last opportunity to guide and instruct
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Higworth Warneford School Girl with the voice of an Angel
Could this be the next Charlotte Church? Eleanor Williams from Uffington in Oxfordshire who attends Warneford School in Highworth Swindon, has been singing since she was four years old. Hear her sing at the end of The Swindon Show on SwindonwebTV. www.theswindonshow.com
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Put a ticket on that!
Parking problems solved in Swindon for these Minis which form part of a new mural in Swindon town centre. Town becomes a centre for urban art again as cars drive up side of office block in search for parking space swindon urban artThe town was famous in the 1970s and 80s for its collection of
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Swindon Olympic Torch run
The Olympic Torch Relay causes chaos in Swindon, but the crowds love it. Former Chelsea European Cup winning striker Didier Drogba, making his first public appearance since leaving the club was one of the runners. He received the flame from Sally-Anne Brookes in Wharf Green Swindon before running it 300 mts up Commercial Road. DIDIER
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Marazion Olympic Torch confusion.
One of the iconic images of the Olympic Torch relay through the UK must be the kissing of the torches with St. Michael’s Mount in the background, but did you see that image??? The answer is no, unless you happened to be on Marazion beach and at the extreme end of the crowd, as there
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Swindon Festival of Literature
Calyx features two speakers at the Swindon Festival of Literature 2012: John Simpson and Professor Gordon Turnbull. Gordon has local connections and in early 1990’s I photographed him for the Guardian, while he was stationed at the RAF Wroughton Hospital. Gordon was then working with John McCarthy after his return from Lebanon where he was
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Party on the Pitch – part 2
Swindon Town celebrate winning the Npower League 2 title with a Party on the Pitch.
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Paolo sings with Top loader
Swindon Manager Paolo Di Canio took the stage by storm when he sang “Dancing in the Moonlight” with Toploader during the Party on the Pitch at the County Ground.
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