Swindon Festival of Literature Poetry Slam
A picture gallery from the 2017 Swindon Festival of Literature Poetry Slam. Gallery:
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Calyx Pictures
New allotments & play area for Tadpole Garden Village
Tadpole Garden Village allotments and a play area was opened with a community gathering a ribbon cutting and an Easter Egg hunt. There was even a chance to plant some Sunflowers too. The event celebrated the opening of allotments and play parks at Crest Nicholson’s Tadpole Garden Village. The area will provide a safe green
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Retro visit by the Royal Scot.
Swindon Station had a retro moment yesterday as platform 3 was transformed into what could be a film set, when Royal Scot stopped for 10 minutes, as part of its tour round the south of England. The recently rebuilt loco, a challenger to the GWR Kings superiority, was on its way back to Horsham from
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The Great Kat is from Swindon.
I was hunting down some negatives for the next feature in the Swindon Heritage Magazine when I came across a sheet marked Katherine Thomas on DMJ. and scribbled was the add “American music star returns home”. With a bit of help from Darrel Moody at the Central Library Local Studies department we uncovered an article
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World Woman’s Day Swindon Central Library.
The Central Library played host to World Woman’s Day. Gallery of images:
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DOCK awards
Swindon Borough Council is announcing the results of a competition designed to attract articles from young people suitable for inclusion in the new SBC web site: thedockswindon.co.uk. A first cash prize of £200 donated by the PCC for Swindon and Wiltshire is just one of several prizes to be announced. 15 entries were received and
Hero remembered
William Gosling V.C. centenary celebrations. William Gosling V.C. (1892 – 1945) William Goslingwas born on 15th August 1892 in Wanborough, Wiltshire, one of four children to farmer Albert Gosling and his wife Elizabeth. After his education at the village school he worked alongside his father as a wheat farmer. Following his father’s death in a
The Stroke Association fun run in Lydiard Park
The Swindon Stroke Association fun run took place in Lydiard Park on Sunday morning. Gallery:
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Swindon Fringe is launched.
The Swindon Fringe Festival launched at the Bohemian Balcony in Rodbourne. Gallery of the evening:
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ARCHIVE: DJs hit Swindon.
In September of 1982 Swindon was hit by the visits of two of the top radio 1 presenters. Peter Powell visited the newly opened Carrefour in West Swindon for a trolly dash and meet the Sea Cadets on 14th September. Kid Jensen was seen on a Donkey at a Donkey Derby on 11th September.
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