Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Swindon, Wiltshire
- Highworth, Wiltshire
- Wanborough, Wiltshire
- Chiseldon, Wiltshire
- Kingsdown, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Penhill, Wiltshire
- Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire
- Wroughton, Wiltshire
- Lower Blunsdon, Wiltshire
- Blunsdon St Andrew, Wiltshire
- Hodson, Wiltshire
- Inglesham, Wiltshire
- Badbury, Wiltshire
- Pinehurst, Wiltshire
- Swindon, Gloucestershire
- Swindon, Staffordshire
- Even Swindon, Wiltshire
- Haresfield, Wiltshire
- Nythe, Wiltshire
- Overtown, Wiltshire
- Park, Wiltshire
- Hampton, Wiltshire
- Rodbourne, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Coate, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Shaw, Wiltshire (near Swindon)
- Elcombe, Wiltshire
- Greenmeadow, Wiltshire
- Roughmoor, Wiltshire
- Redlands, Wiltshire
- Haydon, Wiltshire
- Sevenhampton, Wiltshire
- Toothill, Wiltshire
- Westlea, Wiltshire
- Hannington, Wiltshire
- Kingshill, Wiltshire
- Walcot, Wiltshire
Photos
174 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
373 maps found.
Books
2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.
Memories
77 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Haven Green Trainspotting In The Fifties
I remember seeing CITY OF TRURO come through one evening. It had been taken out of Swindon museum and restored. I also remember seeing the BROWN BOVERI GAS TURBINE on several occassions. It had been ordered by ...Read more
A memory of Ealing by
Wartime Boyhood
i grew up in Chiseldon in the Second World War. In those days, Chiseldon was spelt Chisledon. I lived in Hodson Road and attended the then primary school opposite the Patriots Arms. The two teachers were Mrs. Bullock and Mrs. ...Read more
A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by
Tidworth Garrison Theatre
My grandfather Herbert Pickernell opened the Garrison Theatre Tidworth in 1909. comming over from the Empire Theatre Swindon. On his retirement in 1947 my father Kenneth Pickernell took over the management, until 1987. I ...Read more
A memory of Tidworth by
My Memories Of Plasterdown Camp
Following my basic training at Crownhill Barracks Plymouth in June 1951 I was transferred to Plasterdown Camp to complete intensive training until October 1951. I was in the Wiltshire Regiment and as I came from ...Read more
A memory of Tavistock in 1951 by
The Convent.........Fondest Memories
I went to the convent from around 1963 t0 1971 and I was very happy there as a little "German girl". We went on the mini bus from Swindon with a few pupils we picked up on the way and already had a jolly time ...Read more
A memory of Lechlade on Thames by
Dick Preddy's Bakery
When I was at the grammar school in Swindon, I used to catch the Hawkins bus at The Three Tuns. On the way, I would go into the Bakery for a hot roll from the real fire oven. The 'shop' was in the Bakery adjacent to the ...Read more
A memory of Wroughton by
Thoburn
In 1937 Albert & Gladys Thoburn took possession of Townfoot Cottage, the second house in the village. In 1940 Albert went to India and Thomas was born in March 1940. After the War when Albert returned home he met his son for the ...Read more
A memory of Cumwhitton in 1946 by
Lindfield School Hyde End House
Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I would love to hear from anyone who has memories of Lindfield School, Hyde End House, Brimpton. I was there from when I was six until I was eight, between 1947 - ...Read more
A memory of Brimpton in 1947
My Link To Cherry Willingham
I feel connected through family,whom I have never met. My plan to visit and connect in person will depend on whether I can trace my relative. Does anyone recall Stan (Clark?) and his daughter Linda? Linda's ...Read more
A memory of Cherry Willingham by
Staying In Trinant
I am 46 and my nan lived in Trinant. Me and my sister used to visit her throughout the year but every summer for 2 week we stayed with her in her flat. We had working parents and to have a stay-at-home adult was bliss. ...Read more
A memory of Llanhilleth by
Captions
41 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
Next to these premises, by the bus stop, stands the sports shop of Harold Fleming, the famous footballer who played for Swindon Town from 1907-24; he was capped for England eleven times.
A large crowd has gathered in Newport Street, part of the Old Town of Swindon. The cause of the excitement is not clear, but it could be a fire at the thatched building round the corner.
In 1914 Swindon Borough Council purchased both Coate Water and sections of disused canal within the town.
The Diamond stone sits alongside the Devizes to Swindon main road that goes through the village.
As railway services contracted, a major rationalisation in the 1980s saw the unthinkable happen - the Swindon works closed.
Today, the crossroads is the site of one of Swindon's busiest mini-roundabout systems.
The first Woolworth's store was built on the site of Swindon's first permanent cinema, the County Electric Pavilion, in the 1920s.
The bus queue to Swindon is forming by the two lime trees outside Ashman's butchers shop, today a private house.
On the right, Davis the jeweller's and watchmaker's displays its wares, while on the opposite side of the street are advertising hoardings promoting a football match between Swindon and Port
Many election results were announced to the citizens of Swindon from the balcony over the doorway.
The Diamond stone sits alongside the Devizes to Swindon main road that goes through the village.
It served for some years as Swindon's first arts centre and as the children's library.
In 1951 the Borough of Swindon purchased Penhill Farm, which lay in the parish of Stratton St Margaret, just outside the borough boundary north of the town, for housing.
Adjacent to the public house was the range of New Swindon Co-operative Society shops, comprising menswear, footwear, shoe repairs, drapery, confectionery and grocery stores.
This was the second of Swindon's major stores for many years (with McIlroy's) and was owned by the Morse family of Old Town. W H Smith has occupied this site from 1973.
The road to Swindon from Beckhampton pass- es through Avebury village and the Neolithic stone circle and henge (bank and ditch).
Today the site of the station is the Central Trading Estate, with light industrial units, and the route of the line between the station and west Swindon is a pleasant cycle and pedestrian
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