The long-running saga of the closure of Gilberts Hill School in Dixon Street was a controversial issue and featured regularly in the pages of the Swindon Advertiser. Parents were very much against the closure and they were particularly vocal in their displeasure, regularly turning out to express their opinions.
But falling numbers of pupils meant it was inevitable the school should close, which it finally did in 2000. The distinctive red brick building was converted into flats
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