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Don’t let the future destroy our past
By Group Editor Jamie Hill Swindon
Swindon is going through an
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But at the same time as we look that the collection of Swindon’s
to the future we should also be farming past is not all destroyed
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our heritage. both on page 10.
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Blue plaque marks birthplace of ‘bombshell’ Diana Dors

The birthplace of Swindon’s Blonde
Bombshell, Diana Dors, has been
marked with an official blue
plaque.
Present at the unveiling at 61-62
Kent Road, Old Town were Diana
Dors’ youngest son, Jason Dors-
Lake, aged 47, and his daughter
Ruby Lake, aged 27 who arrived in
style in a 1959 pink Cadillac.
The blue plaque, commissioned
by Swindon Heritage, marks the
site of the former Haven Nursing
Home, which closed in 1932 just
a year after Diana’s birth and
became a family home.
Diana Dors (Diana Mary Fluck)
was born on October 23, 1931,
to Winifred Payne at the former
Haven Nursing Home which was
once joined to a doctor’s surgery.
The Swindon screen goddess,
who died on May 4 1984,
appeared in more than 60 films
over almost four decades and also
made numerous TV appearances
including Lady Godiva Rides Again.
She was often referred to
as Britain’s answer to Marilyn
Monroe. Arriving in style, Jason Dors-Lake and his daughter Ruby Lake at the site of Diana Dors birthplace
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