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	Fleming Way and the now demolished Garrard Factory by P L Chadwick Fleming Way remains, though widened to provide for bus lanes on both sides, but the Garrard factory was demolished in the 1990's. At their peak, Garrard employed 4,500 people in this and two smaller factories. They originally derived... (more)
	Unity Place, Fleming Way by Vieve Forward Zurich Insurance plc offices.
	Swindog No. 4: Dog Rogers by Gareth James Part of the Big Dog Art Trail around Swindon, this one is by Swindon Town Football Club's ground.
	Swindon Court on Princes Street by David Howard
	Swindon Law Courts 1967 by Gordon Hatton The newly constructed law courts seen from Princes Street. The terraced houses beyond must be in College Street or Gordon Road. One would guess that both these streets have now been obliterated by later development. Nice 3 litre Rover in... (more)
	Temporary Central Library, Princes Street, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall The library is housed here is in really quite acceptable surroundings and will suffice until a new permanent library is completed. The building here was originally the headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society until they got so big... (more)
	Right shape, different service by Neil Owen A recent addition to the furniture of Regent Circus - a cash machine. Note that it is not the typical 'hole-in-the-wall' sort; no, it just so happens to have the same profile as a familiar K6 telephone kiosk. It also happens to... (more)
	Wilts & Berks Canal Trust by Bill Nicholls The headquarters I presume for the Trust
	Direction Sign – Signpost on the B4289 in Swindon by John V Nicholls Located on a grassed island in the centre of the junction of the B4289 Drove Road and Cricklade Street, Central Swindon South parish. 3 arms and spear & ball finial. The Cricklade/Cirencester arm cannot be seen on Google Earth in 2020... (more)
	Esso filling station, Fleming Way, Swindon by Stephen Craven At a time of very high fuel prices (diesel 197.9 p/litre).
	Victoria Road by Gordon Hatton One of the three major roads that link the old and new towns of Swindon, the others being Drove Road and Kingshill Road. The name suggests a late 19th century development as the then two separate communities at the top and bottom of the... (more)
	The back of the George, Eastcott Hill, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall The rear yard is fenced off but I was able to poke a camera lens through to get this shot of the now-closed pub facing an uncertain future. NOTE. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on... (more)

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· The Swindon College site, Regent Circus, Swindon

· The Duke of Wellington and the George, Swindon

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· Listed Buildings and Structures

· HST (High Speed Train) 125 trains

· Walcot East

· Swindon Station

· Wilts & Berks Canal

· Demolition of public conveniences and other buildings in Swindon

· Richard Jefferies

· Pickard’s Small Field, Gorse Hill, Swindon

· George Gay Gardens, Queens Drive, Swindon

· Wichelstowe bridge installation

· Footbridge over the Paddington to the west railway, Stratton

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Many thanks to P L Chadwick for his historic images of the old Garrards factory. As a schoolboy in the late 1950s I regularly walked past the trees seen in this image.

SU1584 : Garrard Factory, Newcastle Street

The camouflage paint that had been applied to the walls during the War years was still clearly visible. As I have remarked in another context Swindon escaped relatively lightly from the attentions of the Luftwaffe and the factory emerged from the war undamaged.

However, in March 1958 a fire broke out in the factory, an event noted by Peter.

SU1584 : Garrard Factory, Fleming way - close-up of part

My father took me, aged 10, and my sister to witness the firefighters' efforts to extinguish the blaze. My recollection is of the amount of ice from the hoses that built up on any available surface, vertical or horizontal. Despite the damage the factory recovered and production continued for another couple of decades. In the end though, economic reality and technological changes succeeded where the Nazis and acts of God failed, and the factory closed at some point in the 1980s. You can still find examples of their output on ebay and there are some on display in Swindon's museum SU1583 : Apsley House, Bath Road, Swindon

Posted by Mr Blue Sky on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 (4 comments)

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