Swindonian Blog Posts
Swindon news, views, history and culture
Announcing a Murder at the Wyvern
13th April 2016 Dark deeds in Chipping Cleghorn - Announcing a Murder at the Wyvern Announcing a Murder at the Wyvern. So imagine then. You've got your copy of the Swindon Advertiser, you've sat down with a coffee and chocolate digestive to peruse its contents and you...
The Civic Society Movement & Swindon
The Civic Society Movement & Swindon. 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 relatively recently – is that the civic society movement is a national one and there’s civic voices and civic societies all over the shop.
5 Swindon-Related Songs
Inspired by a post on Facebook by Swindon Web and starting with the video they posted – here’s 5 music videos that feature or are related to Swindon in some way. Some of them world famous – one of them not. But all interesting for sure. Enjoy!
The GWR Hooter Sounds Again
Today has been a special day for Swindon. One that not even some pretty diabolical weather could dampen. Despite the howling wind and driving rain a large crowd stoically gathered outside Swindon’s STEAM museum for a long-awaited and much-vaunted moment.
Swindon Decking
Getting all decked out 13th February 2016 Is outdoor decking a good home investment? As homeowners thinking of doing any kind of upgrade/update to our home we're often faced with the dilemma of the potential return of investment (ROI) on our proposed home update...
BBC Wilts, Born again Swindonian & Desert Island Dish
January 2016 Back in November of 2015, BBC Wilts got in touch with me to ask if I'd like to take part in a section of their afternoon show called desert island dish. I won't lie - I was a bit meh about it in the first instance - chiefly cos I'm no great shakes in the...
10 reasons to love Swindon
10 reasons to love Swindon: a northerner's perspective Swindon: THIS is Swindon To be fair I could easily have called this post '10 reason's to love Swindon: another northerner's perspective. What with hailing from a northern direction myself. An earlier guest post...
Surprising Swindon – Past & Present Explorers’ Guide
21 November 2015 'New Swindon' 1840 - 2015 - Swindon Civic Voice Walker's Guide Swindon - this is Swindon Though not intentionally planned that way, it turned out to be rather timely that Jess (@swindondriver) and I should go on an EXPOTITION and go exploring the New...
Made in Swindon: Celebrating 175 years
The year 2016 marks 175 years since the birth of Swindon as a railway town...Made in Swindon: Celebrating 175 years I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc. Isambard Kingdom Brunel And he did rather didn't he?...
Simon Webb Pens – Steaming Ahead
This post though concerns itself with a new range of pens that Simon is crafting. This time from wood shot through with resonances of Swindon’s GWR glory days. What’s more it’s got associations with Simon himself. Simon Webb Pens – Steaming Ahead indeed.
Swindon in 50 more buildings
West Swindon – What the eye doesn’t see
Swindon – A Born Again Swindonian’s Guide
We Are Swindon
