Swindonian Blog Posts
Swindon news, views, history and culture
Twelfth Night at the Bowl
Looking for some Shakespeare? Then Twelfth Night at the Bowl should be just the ticket!
24. Sanford Street School 1881
Swindon’s Sanford Street school for boys opened in 1881 with capacity for 794 boys. The building cost of £5 per child was in-line with the standard cost of infant schools at that time – but this one boasted a superior design. It’s reasonable to assume that the school’s designer, Brightwen Binyon, felt proud of it being as he published it in Building News in 1881.
RPA Collaborates with Specialist Tutors
Revolution Performing Arts (RPA) has announced a new partnership with Hunt Scholars. Its purpose is to support young people for children with varied needs.
Swindon Celebrates NHS75
This year, 2023, marks seventy-five years of the NHS – the National Health Service. So here we are and Swindon Celebrates NHS75.
Dave Gregory Guitar Supremo
Dave Gregory Guitar Supremo – Health warning: this blog does not go into huge detail on Dave’s involvement with XTC.
Swindon Create Studios Celebrates
Swindon Create Studios Celebrates. So earlier this week I had the pleasure/honour/delight and all such adjectives, to attend a brilliant bash to celebrate CREATE Studios move to a fabulous new home in the equally fabulous carriage works – in the GWR railway village.
GERMAN STUDENTS VISIT MALMESBURY
GERMAN STUDENTS VISIT MALMESBURY. STUDENTS from Niebüll in Germany are enjoying a trip to their twin town of Malmesbury. The visit marks the towns celebrating almost seventy years of friendship.
Summer Sun Safety
Topical or what? With the current weather conditions a blog by Dr Hugo De La Peña MD, PhD, FRCP on summer sun safety couldn’t be more apt.
Athelstan Museum Turner Teatime Talk
A series of fascinating teatime talks continues at the Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury on Wednesday June 21. This time with an insight into Turner and the Sea.
The renowned Romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner became known as ‘the painter of the light’ and ‘the father of modern art’. His watercolour of Malmesbury Abbey hangs in the Athelstan Museum thanks to funding from the National Lottery.
The Mayor’s Parlour & Mace
The Mayor’s Parlour & Mace – two Swindon gems if ever there were. And at last I got to properly see the room – and the mace. When I wrote Swindon in 50 Buildings I did of course include the civic offices and the image below of the mayor’s parlour from the 1930s. I did take some photos – see bottom of the post – but they really don’t do it justice. You’d need to be David Bailey to manage that TBF.
Swindon in 50 more buildings
West Swindon – What the eye doesn’t see
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
We Are Swindon
