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
7th March Okay listeners, basically a quick share of a splendid and detailed article in the Swindon Link magazine: http://swindonlink.com/2016/03/the-time-has-come-for-the-mechanics-institution-in-swindon/ about the Mechanics’ Institute. This Grade 2* listed building could finally be about to have its day. Let’s hope so eh? I wrote on here recently about Swindon Civic Voice and the Mechanics’ Institute
December 2015 A Great deal of Building John Betjemen wrote of there being ‘very little architecture in Swindon and a great deal of building’ before going on to say that ‘Swindon, instead of being a West Country town, looked on its outskirts at any rate, like any industrial town anywhere.’
