Swindon, Regent Street 1948
Photo ref: S254009
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Photo ref: S254009
Photo of Swindon, Regent Street 1948

More about this scene

The View North-West This thoroughfare was originally lined with workers' cottages, but from about 1865 many of these dwellings were converted into shops. The small shop fronts to the left were built out from the original terraced houses. On the far left is the Regent Street Primitive Methodist church; it had been built here in 1876 to replace two former chapels on the same site of 1849 and 1863. In 1895 a large Sunday school was built behind the chapel. This remained for many years, even after the chapel itself was demolished in 1957. It served for some years as Swindon's first arts centre and as the children's library.

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
Hi 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.