Diana Dors, the sixties icon of Swindon still has a presence in the town, albeit in bronze. At the Cinema complex at Shaw Ridge there stands a statue to the Swindon Girl, Diana Fluck, from Marlborough Road in old Town. It arrived standing upright on the bed of a lorry and was hoisted into position […]
The day Diana Dors came to West Swindon. Read More »
A flash mob crashed the launch of an IT recruitment company launch party. As Verelogic IT Solutions launched its sister company Verelogic IT Recruitment, dancers from Swindon Dance formed a flash mob amid the celebrations. The dancers are now looking for the next flash mob job. Any vacancies? SPONSOR A GALLERY OR PAGE. Contact richard@calyxpix.com
Flash mob looking for new job after crashing recruitment launch. Read More »
Keith Chegwin will be the star in his third Wyvern Theatre pantomime, this December. But Keith knows the town well from his early days in entertainment and television. In his twenties, as a presenter of BBC 1 Saturday morning children’s show The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop with Noel Edmonds and Maggie Philbin, the team did an
Were you at the Swap Shop at Coate in the late 70ies??? Read More »
Flying through the air is not new to Malmesbury Abbey, as it was the site of an early attempt at human flight when, during the early 11th century, the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury attached wings to his body and flew from a tower of the Abbey which itself dates back to 700 AD. Eilmer flew
Flying and Malmesbury Abbey seem to go hand in hand. Read More »
Swindon Rail Works was closing and the workers put up a fight. This gallery is one of several that shows the change in the town’s employment structure. NOTE the placard in the station picture. How times have changed! Gallery:
Archive. Workers picket and protest to save Rail Works 29 6 85 Read More »
Calyx is opening up the 2 million images in its archive and wants help in building the stories behind the pictures. Swindon’s Carnival in 1985 took a route round the town. Were you involved? If so or know somebody who was contact Calyx through the website. or www.calyxpix.com Galley:
Calyx Archive: Swindon Carnival 1985. Read More »
Handsome hero Richard Ede and the devastatingly-beautiful Charlotte Peters, from the cast of The 39 Steps, made a spiffing trip to Swindon’s Steam Museum on 29 January. The pair, who are due to perform at the Wyvern Theatre from Monday 4 February to Saturday 9 February, are no strangers to steam trains. In the show
Richard Hannay takes 39 steps to STEAM. Read More »
A local lorry has become the latest victim of the Wootton Bassett Road bridge. Pictures: Courtney Brock and Richard Wintle
Wam Bang lorry stuck. Read More »
Swindon’s Brunel Centre was flash flooded yesterday by a flashmob from New College. Christmas songs and a dance routine entertained shoppers several times during the afternoon. A gallery of what you missed:
Shopping Centre flooded by flashmob. Read More »
To give Christmas shopping a little bit of extra spice, on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 December Jacob Hirsch-Holland, aka Jake the Juggler from West Swindon, spent two wet and windy days walking back and forth on a higgline stretched some 30 feet in the air between the roof of The Brunel shopping centre to
