Passchendaele remembered
Crowds gathered at the Cenotaph in Swindon’s Regent Circus to remember the start of the The Battle of Passchendaele which is also known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Galley:
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Royal International Air Tattoo round-up.
A round-up of the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford. PICTURES BY: Richard Wintle & Rachel Davis. Gallery: Top Gun Tom Fletcher – Lead singer with McFly – flies into the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017 at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. His transport being an USAF F-16 from the Thunderbirds Display Team. His flight took
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Switch on to Swindon Ambassadors gathering.
Switch on to Swindon held their summer Ambassadors evening at the Dick Lovett BMW showroom on Wootton Bassett Road. Several hundred members of Swindon’s business community networked attended workshops and celebrated the success of the movement, which has had 450 ambassadors join since it launched in January. The aim of Switch On To Swindon is
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Swindon pride hits 10.
Swindon Pride with parade and festival in Old Town celebrated its tenth year. The event was supported by Wiltshire Police and several of Swindon largest companies. Gallery of the event:
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Wharf Green Chilli eating contest.
Swindon’s Town Centre Chilli Festival and Chilli Eating competition held in Wharf Green. Winner of the competition was Many Sharma. Gallery:
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All rounder Botham flying fast and high on 6th Sept 1982
ENGLAND cricket super star Ian Botham (now Sir Ian) was hit for six yesterday by the RAF’s Red Arrows. The allrounder admitted he was completely bowled over, after a 5O-minute flight. He said, ” These people are absolutely wonderful. It was breath taking.” Ian look a back seat in one of the teams Hawk jets
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Swindon had a Flower Show once 4th Sept 1982.
Swindon Flower Show. Ref 0030. Copy from the Swindon Archive of the feature advertisement for the show From the Evening Advertiser. EXHIBITORS are planning to work throughout the night meticulously staging exhibits for the two-day Swindon Flower Show at the Oasis Leisure Centre on September 3 and 4. That is a measure of the dedication
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RIP Roger More – View to a Kill
I photographed Roger Moore at the Renault Building in 1984. The pictures were of Roger and Patric McNee walking across the car park to get to the set inside the building. I also interviewed him during a royal visit by William and Kate to Copenhagen in 2011. I will put this clip up later.
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Race for Life 2017
Many hundreds of runners and walkers took part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life in Lydiard Park. Full Gallery:
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Celebs hit Town for charity match.
A long list of celebrities hit the County Ground to play a charity football match in front oy over 2000 fans. The cast list included: Jay James, Che Chesterman from X Factor, Chef Thomas Sellers. Matt Lapinskas, Tony Descipline Terry Alderton and Dean Gaffney From Eastenders, TOWIE’s Liam Gatsby, James Argent and Dan Oousbourne and
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