Local History

Brenda McGuire
Bath Road.....if you go off to the right down the road you would come to Clifton Street on the right.....where I use to live....long ago!

Gail Nielsen from Australia
My father Arthur Maggs was born in 15 Westcott Place, Swindon in July, 1919.On a UK holiday in 2008 we managed to find the old terrace house and take a few nostalic photos to bring back home for the family.Unfortunately my father died in 1981.He migrated to Sydney, Australia with his mother in 1931.He returned for 3 weeks on a holiday in 1973.

Andy Binks
Really enjoyable tour of our town,Certainly better yesteryear than now?!

s coxhead scotland born swindon 1947
wonderful pictures pity not many dates with photos

Iain Topp
Ah, pic number 39. It feels odd to see the postbox just a few doors up from my old house all these years later. I've moved to the US now and find this site very nostalgic even though all the pics are well before my time.

David Wainwright
I lived at The Belle Vue Hotel (now Longs Bar) during the late 1960's early 1970's and was more than likely living there when this photo was taken , wonderful to see it all again , as it was then . sob.

steve bettis
Its wonderful to see how the town used to look and see how much things have changed. I hope that something can be done to preserve buildings like the Mechanics Institute.

Faisal
Amazing. How wonderful it i to preserve this old town in its original state