Swindon, Newport Street 1910
Photo ref:
S254517
Photo ref:
S254517
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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. The wall of the house on the right is smothered in trade posters and advertisements for the forthcoming attractions at the Empire Theatre.
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A Selection of Memories from Swindon
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Swindon
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My parents and I moved to Swindon in 1961 from Edmonton, London to a brand new three bedroom house ( think). My father worked at Pressed Steel were they made car body panels for Austin, and Morris, and I used to cycle halfway to the factory to meet him from work. I can well remember the bad winter of 1962/63, with snow till March. My mother was stuck in Princess Margarets Hospital, ( I think it was), having given birth to ...see more
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Anyone out there remember the Clifton Street School Annexe? I lived in Newburn Cres, not far away, in 1968-70, and went to school there. My Dad was a policeman and we lived in a police house next door to Jane Gresham who was friends with my sister.
Mr Edwards was my favourite teacher, he was Welsh.On Wednesdays we had to go to the Clifton Street School proper for assembly.We had a young Welsh girl ...see more
We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was no problem getting a council house - in these austerity days, however, very, very few are being built despite a great need. I digress.
But by the time I left Commonweal Grammar and then ...see more
Used to get the bus to Park North around the corner on the left.
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