Initial Bus Boulevard visit. These are my initial thoughts on the new Bus Boulevard after a Sunday afternoon visit as a member of the public. The immediate visual impact is exceedingly pleasing, it is very nice to look at, appears spacious and it invites you to experience the vista. However, as with most things in […]
Initial Bus Boulevard visit. Read More »
40 years ago Calyx Picture Agency followed the “Hippies” from Savernake Forest to Cholderton and witnessed the battle of the bean field. Here are the pictures. I will let you draw your own conclusions as to the violence that took place. Pictures Richard Wintle and Sarah Johnson (Sorry for the marks on some of the
40 years ago the new age battle of Wiltshire took place in a bean field. Read More »
Calyx Archive: Date unknown. The Paras (Parachute Regiment) march through Penhill to the St. Peter’s church on Penhill Drive.
The Parachute Regiment marching through Penhill Read More »
The prestigious development on Shaw Ridge was officially opened by Mayor Harry Garrett on 1st June 1984. Among the guests were many Swindon mayors of the past and mayors of the future along with senior business people including Ralph Bernard of independent Radio fame.
The opening ceremony of the prestigious Shaw Ridge development 1-6-1984 Read More »
Sir Richard Attenborough opens the Media Arts Centre in the Town Hall Regent Street with Mayor Jim Masters and Terry Court who championed the arts in the town.
Sir Richard Attenborough opens the Swindon Media Arts Centre 29-10-1983 Read More »
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 Hawksworth,
11-4-1984 Thorn EMI satellite dishes on Shrivenham Road Read More »
After an overhaul in the Swindon works the King George V loco was tested on the Bristol line. I pictured it exiting Box Tunnel.
31-5-1983 KGV exiting Box Tunnel on a test run. Read More »
In January 1984 they removed the leaking fiberglass pool lining and replaced it with a million tiles (from press release)
1 million tiles – Retiling the Oasis pool Read More »
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 couldn’t find them!
Swindon’s Link Centre under construction 22-9-1983 Read More »
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 architect Henry Masters and his wife Avril, who were pillars of
South Farm Stanton Fitzwarren home to the Unification Church. Read More »
