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Memories and experiences of Swindon exhibited outdoors Recording the changing
Hot on the heels of Entertaining Swindon, an exhibition of photos and ar- face of Swindon in
tifacts charting 30 years of community arts, drama and music in the town photographs
at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, French artist Laurence Dube-Rushby Founded in 1972, Swindon Society
living in Salisbury has assembled a collage of photographs telling the story meets on the second Wednesday
of Swindon from ancient days to the present across large display boards on of the month, 7.30pm at Goddard
the hoardings around the building site on Temple Street and Regent Street. Park School, Welcombe Avenue, SN3
With the help of local history groups, including Swindon Society, she 2QN.
collected images, memories and comments relevant to a mile radius of the The society’s image collection is a
site of the proposed new Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, next to the fascinating visual insight into the
Wyvern Theatre. social history of the town and the
Swindon Society joint secretary Diane Everett, said: “It’s lovely to see monthly programme of illustrated
important events in the town’s history set out in a timeline. I hope this will talks gives the pictures both context
encourage people to see the good things about the town. There really is a and a point to learn and discuss.
lot here; I’d say stop knocking it.” Coming up in the Autumn are:
September: A small selection of
images from the collection of Denis
Bird, one of Swindon’s most impor-
tant photographers in the 1960s
and a founder of the society.
October: The history of the Good-
enough’s removal company.
November: An illustrated talk about
Swindon in the past.
December: Christmas social
January: Jon Ratcliffe focusses on
cellars, towers and tunnels.
February: The founders of Swindon
Heritage will talk about two and a
half years publishing their magazine
dedicated to the town’s history.
Find out more about the society
by calling Andy Binks 07968 246792
Above, outdoor history lesson. Top: Diane Everett, with a photo of her and friends at Butlins fifty years ago Facebook: The Swindon Society
www.theswindonsociety.co.uk

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