Slow and dirty line loved by all
My Uncle Bob was called up for National Service not long after the Second World War ended and had to report to Blandford Camp, in Dorset.
REMEMBER WHEN: Home recording battle
Thirty years ago a battle was under way between video playing/recording formats.
REMEMBER WHEN: Fear in the streets as TV vans arrived
Freedom Of Information requests can bring some light into the darkest and inner most secrets of the state institution and Government.
The last line of defence
Seventy years ago a vicious air war was taking place in the skies over Britain.
Mayor goes up in world at GWR event
At the Swindon and Cricklade Railway GWR 175 gala, which is also running this weekend, one would be forgiven for believing the show stealer is City of Truro.
David Murray John changed the face of Swindon
I believe that the pinnacle of Swindon Architecture was achieved way back in the 1970s when the David Murray John Tower was completed by a far seeing and ambitious new District Council called Thamesdown Borough council.
History: Visionary helped rail works expand
The expansion of the GWR works towards Rodbourne Lane, lead to a spate of private speculation, not the get rich quick type of property speculation, but more of a sustainable community centred provision.
History: GWR fuels rapid growth of 19th century Swindon
The 1871 Census shows that the population of New Swindon had increased by 83 per cent since the last Census. It was now almost 8,000 whilst Old Town was a fraction over 4,000.
Railways were put to the test
Ken Watts, in Steam, asked me if I knew about the Materials Inspectorate, Swindon.
History: GWR workers ready to repel the French
In 1860 Swindon was now a major strategic railway centre and Britain was very worried about an invasion by Napoleon III the French Emperor.
