Swindon Railway Works Hooter

One of the memories of growing up in Swindon in the 1960's was the sound of the Railway Works Hooter. This hooter sounded to call the men and women to work in the mornings and at the end of the lunch hour. It was heard all over Swindon partly because it was loud enough but mainly because in those days there just wasn't the background noise that is commonplace today.

A history of the Savoy Cinema Swindon.

This is a history of the Savoy, ABC Cannon Cinema which was in Regent Street Swindon. If you have any photographs of the old place and would like to share them please let me know, thanks. Contact Me

Man with Pointy Stick

There are a selection of images that have a man using a white hand held arrow to point to something that have been named "Man with Pointy Stick". There is a board in the image which gives some information as to the location, but sadly does not provide an accurate map reference.

Some years ago I bought a Bank Passbook for an Edward Day Junior. It has been sat in a shoe box carefully wrapped to protect it from the environment but recently I decided to have it out and see if I could find out some more about this gentleman.

Drury's Off Licence Swindon

During the 1980's my wife and I Sally would walk around Swindon on a Sunday when it was quiet. I took this picture on one such Sunday which I rather like as it shows Drury's the Off Licence in Prospect Place quite well.

Aerial View of Fleet Street Swindon

Leese Ing was a business based in Lansdown Road Swindon until 1973 and manufactured mineral water (pop). The building was built in 1870 by Edwin Ing.

David Peter Gleaves posted in the Facebook Group, Swindon Past & Present, a couple of rather nice images of the Red Cow at the top of Princes Street. With his permission I have put them together with some others.

I bought this and another Accident Book from the Great Western Railway Works in Swindon from eBay some years ago and have just rediscovered it.

We may not have a time machine like Dr Who that allows us to visit a point in time but the image can give such an amount of information its almost like being there.