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Art meets history in latest heritage magazine

By Graham Carter of Swindon for many years when they flew in
Heritage magazine and out of RAF Lyneham.
Art meets history in the brand But Craig is best known for his
new summer edition of Swindon railway paintings, which were the
Heritage, published at the end of result of a trip to the railway centre
May. at Didcot when he was a pupil at
The cover features a stunning Freshbrook Primary School.
painting of a Great Western He amazed his teacher and
locomotive, and the strapline, headteacher by painting from
‘Made in Swindon’, refers to both memory the engines he saw, and
the subject and the artist, whose later found inspiration in the works
work is showcased inside. of David Shepherd and especially Swindon-born artist Craig Tiley using
Craig Tiley was born locally and Terence Cuneo. the easel that formerly belonged to
grew up in West Swindon, where In fact, Craig is inspired by the the late railway poster artist, Terence
he made a name for himself as an late railway poster artist whenever Although he spent many years Cuneo.
artist before he left school. he picks up a brush because the working for the GWR, he went on published, now adding up to more
He became the youngest ever easel he uses once belonged to to become the Chief Mechanical than 1,500 pages, is, of course, not
member of the Guild of Railway Cuneo. And he could hardly fail to Engineer of the rival London, restricted to railway heritage.
Artists when he was just 16, and be inspired, too, by the GWR and Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), As ever, it also reflects the great
exhibited in the National Portrait the elegance of the Swindon-built and after spearheading British depth and breadth of the rest of the
Gallery while still a student. engines “which the other railways Railways loco design, became only town’s rich history. So readers can
Now in his thirties and living couldn’t match”. the third railway engineer to be also find out about a ‘lost’ church
in Devon, where he works for the However, he does offer a kind knighted. near Cricklade, the rise and fall of
railway modelling company, Peco, of confession. “You may not want Curiously, although he has given farming in Highworth, and even
Craig finds inspiration not just in to print this,” he told us, “but if his name to more than 20 streets how Swindonians were unknowingly
Swindon’s railway heritage, but I’m honest: as much as I love the across Britain, Stanier Street in involved in germ warfare
also in the air, with his impressive GWR, I’ve always actually preferred Swindon isn’t named after Sir experiments during the Cold War.
aviation paintings also winning him LMS loco designs, particularly those William. His father, WH Stanier, The magazine is available at the
admiration from his peers. by Sir William Stanier.” another railwayman and a Mayor Central Library and selected local
Subjects include Spitfires, many This may not be as controversial of Swindon, was given that honour newsagents, including WH Smith,
of which were built at South as it sounds, coming from a before his son made his name. and more information about sales
Marston, and the C-130 Hercules, Swindon-born painter, because The new edition of Swindon and subscriptions are available at
a familiar daily sight over the town Stanier was born in Swindon too. Heritage, which is the 18th to be www.swindonheritage.com

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