This section of the site is provided in partnership with The Swindon Society and The Richard Jefferies Society. It enables you to see how the surrounding area used to look and learn more about your town. We are adding value by providing a current photograph taken as far as possible from the same position. The project involves a fair bit of detective work, so if you can add or correct information, please get in touch. This is your site, so if you would like to get involved in extending this project, please let us know.
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| Wood Street, No.17 Keylock & Co Butchers, 1897 | June 1, 1897 |
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| Cromwell Street, William & Mary Hooper on tandem, 1897 |
William and Mary Hooper on one of their classic modes of transport a tandem tricycle. |
June 1, 1897 |
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| Mechanics Institute, Library Card |
Mechanics Institute Library card. |
September 1, 1897 |
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| Mechanics Reading Rooms |
Newspapers and magazines arrived hot off the press every day on the fast new express trains and Victorian Swindonians could consult a huge range of up to date journals in this, the forerunner of the public library system. |
January 1, 1898 |
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| GWR, Station Hotel Fire |
After a serious fire, leading to the closure of the hotel which had been operating on the station |
June 1, 1898 |
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