20th June 2016 White Horse Pacified rides again Well listeners. This is a bit exciting and no mistake. This week I got a message via the blog from a lady called Julie Livsey - the creator of 'White Horse Pacified' - part of the West Swindon Sculpture trail. So this...
Not being a driver I don’t generally get to the Royal Mail sorting office out at Dorcan. But recently I was there with someone else and was pleasantly surprised to see this feet artwork on the perimeter fence of the Dorcan office.
It’s only a few days since Martin Parry’s pièce de résistance ‘Railway Town Film’ was premiered at the Wyvern Theatre to a sell out crowd. I was privileged to be on the Q&A panel after the film – and what a great film it was. SUCH a wonderful testament to its maker and its subject matter: Swindon and its people.
It really was very moving and inspirational. It drove home just how much Swindon has to be proud of in its history and makes clear just how VERY special the Mechanics’ Institute is – make no mistake – that place is about SO much more than the building. It’s about the very heart and soul of New Swindon.
Following on from an earlier post listing 5 Swindon related songs here’s another 6 Swindon-related songs.
Greetings listeners! Let me introduce Histesh Mistry and Higher.
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. 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.
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!
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.
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...
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?...
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.
