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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Calyx Pictures
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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Stephanie Millward starts WHSmith Race for Life.
WHSmith celebrates its 225 th anniversary year and pledges to raise £2 million for charity This year marks the 225 th anniversary of one of the world’s oldest retailers WHSmith. With its Head Office in Swindon, the firm is pledging to raise £2 million to be donated across three charities voted for by WHSmith employees:
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Cancer Research UK Race for life – Mud Run
Hundreds of ladies in all sorts of costumes took part in the Cancer Research UK Mud Run in Lydiard Park. Gallery:
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Offices with a view. Tricentre 3 re-opened.
The £2million refurbished office space in Swindon town centre, formerly known as Tricentre 3, 3 Newbridge Square which is part of the instantly recognisable white office blocks between The Parade and Swindon’s railway station has officially been re-opened. The refurbishment undertaken by FI-REM, which also owns and manages The Brunel Centre, offers between 1,194 –
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IRVING FINKEL – on the world’s oldest way of writing at Swindon Festival of Literature
IRVING FINKEL – on the world’s oldest way of writing Cuneiform script, on tablets of clay, traces its roots back to 3,200 BC when, for the first time ever, someone came up with the idea of writing! The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive
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