19th August 2017 The David Murray John Tower Modernist lines stand proud on Swindon’s skyline Back in 1950, in his ‘Studies of Swindon’, John Betjeman wrote, apropos of architecture in Swindon, that there was ‘very little architecture in Swindon and a great deal of building’. He then went on to say
12rh August 2017 7 Reasons to Switch on to Swindon Hello listeners. Here we are in August already. Aargh! Where is the year going to? Anyway – here we are with another guest post celebrating our lovely town. This time from Julie Nicholls. Julie lives in Old Walcot and runs
28th April 2017 Via Buzzfeed: 24 Things That Aren’t Completely Awful About Swindon or Put another way: Great Things about Swindon Hello listeners. In case you’ve missed it on social media this post is mainly a share of a Buzzfeed article with the snappy title: 24 Things That Aren’t Completely Awful
29th December 2016 The Health Hydro Whenever I walk into the Health Hydro I’m taken back in time to my childhood in Derbyshire. For in Cresswell we had a mini version of the Health Hydro in the form of a Victorian swimming baths. Ours wasn’t on the scale of Swindon’s
12th November 2017 There are I know many of you out there that care about where you live. Many of you out there that care about Swindon. So here’s an initiative from the national civic voice movement that gives you the opportunity to show why you care about where you
23rd October 2016 List Swindon: An SCV talk from Martin Newman https://www.facebook.com/events/1208703092524628/ https://www.facebook.com/swindoncivicvoice/ A talk from Martin Newman: Listing Information Manager at Historic England – @MartinInfoMan on Twitter Hello listeners and welcome to the first of Swindon Civic Voice’s autumn talks. When: Thursday the 3rd November at 7pm Where: The Central
23rd September 2016 Swindon Civic Voice AGM GUEST SPEAKER: Ian Harvey, the executive director of the national Civic Voice will be speaking. Membership https://www.facebook.com/events/1763895213853341/ Please note the following information about our AGM. Members are eligible to stand as Trustees and we welcome new Trustees. Please contact the office for a
15th September 2016 ‘… Like several things/places in Swindon and its environs, the church was celebrated by John Betjeman in ‘On hearing the full peal of ten bells from Christ Church, Swindon’, Wilts: “Your peal of ten ring over then this town, Ring on my men nor ever ring them
3rd May 2016 The Mechanics’ Institute Trust Newsletter “The Time Has Come for Swindon’s Mechanics’ Institution” Hello dear listeners I know many of you out there are interested in our Mechanics’ Institute and its future. Anyone that saw Martin Parry’s inspiring and wonderful film ‘Railway Town’ will know just how
10th April 2016 The Civic Society Movement – Talking Civic Sense Hello listeners Okay! If you’ve been paying attention at all you’ll know by now that here in Swindon we have an organisation by the name of Swindon Civic Voice. But what you might not know – and I didn’t until
