This is where I grew up and it seems spacious, principled and idyllic (least we forget, the model for the NHS was in Swindon). How did it all go so wrong?

I moved to Swindon in 1976 aged 8.It was a great place to live but now it's a shit hole.All the local pubs have been shut down along with all the sports and leisure facilities.A nice trip down memory lane,they were the days.

worked there for over 30 years late 70s to 2015 what a change now reflects swindon and uk decline.all i liked is mostly gone o well lol

This is where I grew up. Worked at Square D. Spent Saturday browsing in Brunel News. Regular (and eventual DJ) at the Brunel Rooms. I moved away in 1986 and still return to visit my mum. I'd sad that a town halfway between the expensive Bath and Oxford is so run down.

Love the buses. The old Daimler's.

Some nice teenage memories, thanks. I lived in Swindon from 1960 to 1968 on the Park South estate, so I remember every shot in every part of this film. Went to Headlands school. My forever memories are cycling around the beautiful countryside in summer: Avebury, Marlborough, White Horse Hill, etc.. I've been back a few times since my parents are buried in Lydiard Millicent but I left the UK for good after Brexit.

We moved from Bromley to Swindon and lived in Park North. Those were great days for everyone and we had lots of places to play. From Park North to Eldene then Toothill.

Was such a good place to shop once or just look around. You had everything you wanted.

brilliant

quality mate

We moved to Penhill in 1961. My Dad worked at Pressed Steel. Many , many happy memories. Thanks for posting 👍

Really enjoyed this, thanks for sourcing and uploading. Grew up just outside Swindon in the 80s and early 90s. What incredible vision they had to grow the town back then, and you can tell they were proud of what they were achieving (and rightly so). All that effort can only have helped its further growth through the 80s+. It's always easy to be negative when comparing against apparently better times, but Swindon has always evolved. First GWR; then this booming post-war period: the visionaries are still out there today - who knows, the planning work may well even already have started. None of Swindon's past happened overnight. Good luck Swindon👍

Nice town back then happy memories

Was a fantastic town once, been destroyed by politicians, now like a setting for a Zombie apocalypse film, such a shame ruined in 2 generations

30.48, those grand pillars of Pressed steel fisher that remained until ca 2004

Well ! That sure brought back some memories , thank you for posting This 👍

Swindon today… That ain’t progress .. Same as every other town and city in the uk..

Thats when the councils built housing at sensible rent prices.

Born in Swindon late 50s and lived there all my life until 5 years ago.What a change and unfortunatly not all good

Very interesting

I lived in park north and would go to the post office in walcot to get my cousins family allowance it would have been in 60s bit of a walk I remember

I went there from 94-96, it was a great place. Such a shame its gone now.

If only it stayed this way. Now it’s all but destroyed

Wow - I’d love to see more. Swindon is a s*** hole now.

Is it Curtess Street with the milk float?

What the hell has happened to my town , apart from the outlet centre its become one massive housing estate without adequate infrastructure.

Feels weird seeing my street there

cool

1960's: Step's Ahead 2020's: Decades behind.

Great to see Swindon back then

Great film clip. Amazing how forward thinking they were and how much money was available to be spent. Housing schools, factories, 800 bed hospital, M4 etc. Where is the money nowadays? All this was done post war. Swindon now cant even fix the mechanics institute. No money?

awfull place now

looked better than

oh how it's changed and gone down the loo

Now that Swindon imploded this seems like a dream .

I get the impression that the town had a good feel to it at that time, would be nice if that could be recreated now!

And now it's a f*cking sh*thole

Great video! We are a regional cash cow for central government! What are we getting back in return? Poor service! Oasis is a fine example 🤔 Shame on you!

I am a born and bred Swindonian. Still living here, now in Eldene. This is a fascinating piece of film created around the year I was born. Fast forward from then to now! I doubt that the film makers could have even imagined the true extent of Swindon's expansion.

Excellent I have always wanted to see what’s inside ive wanted to do. Ghost investigation there

Great archive video. Happy memories.

The League Cup semi-final defeat against Wolves was on Tuesday 12th February 1980, the Grimsby away match on Saturday 16th February 1980, and the Wimbledon home match on Saturday 23rd February 1980. This broadcast must therefore have happened on 16th February 1980 or shortly thereafter (since Brian mentions the result of the Grimsby match will be known by the time it airs), though may have been recorded a day or two beforehand. In the event Grimsby beat Swindon 2-0, but a week later Swindon beat Wimbledon 2-1. Swindon finished 10th that season, whilst Grimsby won the divison, and Wimbledon finished bottom.

I know that XTC rehearsed there...

I always get a major nostalgia trip when I see the old checked flooring in the Brunel centre. I was born in '77.

Two thousand million pound 😂

Timestamps: 0:18 rear garden of property along Downs View Road looking towards Liddington Hill 0:43 fields behind above-mentioned property , now site of Polo Grounds 1:03 unidentified location 1:17 front garden of above-mentioned property looking towards Broome Manor Lane (view is presently obscured due to subsequent development) 1:33 vehicle being reversed out of above-mentioned property before being driven towards Marlborough Road 1:42 vehicle approach junction with Marlborough Road and turning left towards Old Town 1:53 vehicle travelling north along Marlborough Road approaching junction with Old Mill Lane 2:00 vehicle travelling north along Drove Road approaching roundabout at junction with County Road and Shrivenham Road before turning into latter Note: the footprint of this roundabout was considerably smaller than the footprint for the present Magic Roundabout, probably the space currently occupied between the two mini-roundabouts for County Road and Shrivenham Road 2:17 vehicle travelling west along Shrivenham Road approaching the above-mentioned roundabout Note 1: the isolated looking Victorian building was demolished a few years later when the present extents if the Magic Roundabout were set out and its location is now underneath the mini-roundabout at the end of County Road Note 2: the gap between the shed on the extreme left of the screen and the Victorian building is the site of the old canal and will become Fleming Way in a few years Note 3: the shed itself was part of the old Skurrays garage site, which is now the site of Aldi with the rear of the houses along Portsmouth Street to the right 2:21 vehicle travelling north along York Road towards the former bridge over the canal - now Fleming Way - which linked it to Graham Street 2:31 vehicle travelling west along Curtis Street towards Cambria Bridge Road with building of Radnor Street School loaming above the houses in the background 2:38 vehicle travelling south along Cambria Bridge Road approaching junction with Shelley Street (to left - not shown), Fairview (shown directly opposite) before turning right into Radnor Street 2:45 vehicle travelling east along Bath Road towards junction with Victoria Road, Devizes Road and Wood Street 2:57 vehicle travelling east along Wood Street approaching junction with High Street 3:02 vehicle travelling south along High Street approach the old town hall (shown on left) 3:07 vehicle travelling south along Marlborough Road approaching junction with Downs View Road (shown briefly at 3:15) 3:16 vehicle has turned from Marlborough Road into Downs View Road and is returning back home at 3:29

The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Military College of Science in November 1952, as confirmed in the following "On this Day" link to the Advertiser's website:- www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/17242123.john-f-kennedy-president-of-the-united-states-was-assassinated-on-november-22-1963/ I believe that the duke visited Shrivenham on Friday 21 November 1952, and this was reported in the following day's Evening Advertiser as shown in the image at 0:13.

Looks just as goos as morrisons now haha

When Cheney manor was an Ind est.

ooh a classic video..