Market Forces

Today was the last day of trading at Swindon's Tented Market.

From the archives - The old Regent Circus College

This week 5 years ago, the view inside the old Swindon College building at Regent Circus.

The Ghost Sign Scales of Justice

The old County Court building still stands on Swindon's Clarence Street and if you look carefully above at the decorative entrance doors you'll find a couple of ghost signs from the building's previous use.

This one shows the 'County Courts Office' lettering still distinguishable.

Long Shop Light

Some of the newest photos from the work on the Long Shop at Swindon's Outlet Centre. The sunny conditions gave the building a real airy feel, especially on the newly created mezzanine. 

Spot the Original Features

There's only three pre-1960s structures in this photo of Swindon's skyline. Can you spot them?

Wellington House, SN1 (previously Premier House), Station Square (previously 125 House), the Tri-Centre,  Milford House, New Falcon House, Plaza 21, the Telephone Exchange building, and Swindon College.

The old features are?

Day and Night at Whalebridge

Swindon's Kimmerfields phase 1 Whalebridge car park by Ed Howell and I, by day and by night.

Regent Revival

Some of the latest pictures from onsite at Swindon's Regent Circus development, including the Swindon Bear in the cinema.

There's Never Anything On The TV In Whitney Street

A new piece of street art in Swindon. It would appear that in Whitney Street, not every TV is a flat screen.

Sunshine and Rain

A break in the weather at last today and a couple of sunshine and rain pictures of Swindon's Long shop building in the rail works site. The work on the Outlet Centre's expansion into the Long Shop is underway.

Department Store Abstract

On a, finally, sunny day, here's the last remaining part of Swindon's Mcllroys department store building. The architecture of the original building is much missed, but the 1960s/1970s rebuild is often overlooked.

Old Town Gothic

All that's missing at Swindon's Corn Exchange is Vincent Price being chased by Peter Cushing.

In Your Face

Some of the latest street art in Swindon. Do you recognise the face?

Fog in the Borough

From yesterday morning taken from the great vantage point on the roof of Jurys Inn at Swindon's Whalebridge junction.

Christ Church. 

Towards the Great Western Hospital.

Lawn.

Save the Hipster

Right Beneath Our Feet : Swindon's Lost Library

It's not every day you discover a library lost for decades whilst walking to buy a loaf of bread.

But at the back of Aspen House, in the alleyway that links Regent Street and Granville Street, just a few inches below where the tarmac has broken away, is a double-line of bricks.

Looking at this map from the Swindon Collection, it's marked in 1956 as a 'Arts Centre and Junior Library'. It's shape and location makes it seem to be the Northern wall, running South-West to North-East.

In a similar way to the remains of Byron Street that we found just a few inches below the street surface, it makes you wonder how many other buildings in Swindon lie just below our feet, waiting to be discovered...

The broken red brick sits clearly amongst the broken tarmac and fag-ends.

To give some context, the close-up picture is about an inch to the left of the left gate-post of the back of the Aspen House site.

RAF Bomber Command Memorial