Protesters gathered outside Swindon’s iconic sports complex as part of a campaign to keep the sports hall / arena as part of the area’s development plans. Security at the protest was visible but discrete.
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I was privileged to photograph Diana Dors on a couple of occasions. Diana would be celebrating her 92nd birthday today, 21-8-1982 Opening Princes Margaret Hospital fete. 24-8-1983 Opening the Swindon Ideal Home Show.
Diana would be 92 today. Read More »
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
Swindon had a Flower Show once 4th Sept 1982. Read More »
Shortly before midnight on Thursday 26th June 2014, a man was found dead next to a path between Rodbourne and Swindon town centre. The path begins close to Swindon Railway Station and runs to the Oasis Leisure Centre. The man was found approximately 100 metres from the railway station entrance, just after the underpass. A
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Swindon’s Link Centre Ice rink is starting to undergo a major revamp in time for the Ice Hockey season which starts in September. To see the end of the old rink the Council threw a Foam Party. A large canon thew gallons of foam into the air covering skaters with bubbles. Last one out turn
Last one out turn the freezer off. Foam party to see start of Ice Rink revamp. Read More »
Jahmene hits town for Sunday night gig preview. The Xfactor star met the press in Fratello’s before going to the Oasis for a photocall and then to Crowdey’s Hill school. The crooner then went back to his old workplace at ASDA in the North Orbital Shopping Centre before a quick visit to the Church in
Jahmene builds up to Best gig. Read More »
Wiltshire Chief Constable Pat Geenty welcomes Angus Macpherson to the post of Police and Crime Commissioner. “I wish to congratulate Angus Macpherson as the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon. Wiltshire Police is an excellent Force with dedicated and hard-working officers and staff and a good history of performance showing a reduction
Chief Constable welcomes new commissioner. Read More »
Swindon’s PCC count held at the Oasis. Wiltshire as a whole: 15.83% Blunsdon & Highworth Council Election: Con Hold – Steve Weisinger. First pictures.
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