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« Reply #46 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 15:19:39 » |
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Great pic in that set of the view from the bridge looking towards what is now BMW, it's just fields!!
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #47 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 15:33:28 » |
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What's the story about him, was it some kind of survey or was he just the local nutcase?
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« Reply #48 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 18:59:31 » |
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I remember a bridge in Ermin Street....near to where the Kingsdown chippy is now.
Also new houses have just been built where Stratton station stood...Stratton Halt i think it was called.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #49 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 19:49:12 » |
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I remember a bridge in Ermin Street....near to where the Kingsdown chippy is now.
Also new houses have just been built where Stratton station stood...Stratton Halt i think it was called.
Stratton had a station on the Highworth Branch...but also Stratton Park Halt on the mainline. This was just off Ermine Street, not far from where it crossed the Oxford Road. Used to go out there as a kid train spotting. It was more or less a trip to the sticks.....no Nythe, no Covingham, Stratton still its separate bits St Margaret, Upper, Lower and Stratton Green. I've a bit of a collection of old maps, and one of my favourites is a 1925 Swindon 6 inch to the mile sheet. Remarkably, and its something I've never really seen anything about, there were railway sidings right up to the back of Stratton Bank! |
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« Reply #50 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 21:22:26 » |
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This thread has educated me regarding the local train routes. Always like to learn about the towns history.
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« Reply #51 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 21:23:14 » |
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This thread has educated me regarding the local train routes. Always like to learn about the towns history.
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« Reply #52 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 21:24:50 » |
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were did the highworth line run to ?
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« Reply #53 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 22:24:18 » |
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were did the highworth line run to ?
Highworth Station |
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« Reply #54 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 23:03:28 » |
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Thank goodness my dad knew where to invest, Marlborough Road and Burford Avenue.
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« Reply #55 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 23:55:54 » |
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Thank goodness my dad knew where to invest, Marlborough Road and Burford Avenue.
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« Reply #56 on: Friday, April 12, 2013, 23:56:44 » |
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I remember a bridge in Ermin Street....near to where the Kingsdown chippy is now.
Also new houses have just been built where Stratton station stood...Stratton Halt i think it was called.
How old are you lee if you don't mind me asking ? |
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #57 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 19:46:31 » |
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Found this photo of A Shop OK it's in the 80's, but seems a lot longer ago. I'd forgotten just how big it was, apparently at one time the biggest single workshop space in the world. The small holding in the pic, was still going up til a few years ago, and the last time I was down there, nothing had been built on it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/swindonlocal/8626413583/ |
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« Reply #58 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 19:49:39 » |
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Thank god for that
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« Reply #59 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 19:51:29 » |
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That is an extraordinary photo Reg. Shows what a hive of industrial activity our town was back in the day
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