DECEMBER 2000
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Christmas shows, parties and a special goodbye event made the end of the
year a special time for Shaw Ridge School headteacher Keith Burke, who
retired after 15 years as the first and only headteacher. Click here to read more |
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Former West Swindon GP claims it will not satisfy need Click here to read more |
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Last May 103 women teamed up under the banner of Swindon Twin Peaks and
walked a marathon though the streets of London to raise money for
Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Click here to read more |
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Brave Ben Fox, 5, from Westlea was one of ten young people to be recognised
for their bravery in the face of adversity at the Woman's Own Children of
Courage awards. Click here to read more |
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Children at Tregoze School Swindon performed a new musical for Christmas
with an unusual local connection at the end of term. Click here to read more |
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If you have visited Swindon's Lydiard House during December in recent
years, you will know that the Victorian Christmas decorations, created by
floristry students from Wiltshire College at Lackham, are a real delight,
writes Sarah Finch-Crisp, keeper of Lydiard House. Click here to read more |
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Here's a Christmas present with a difference - honey made by bees visiting
gardens in the Shaw area of West Swindon. Click here to read more |
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A visit to Old Town should be at the top of any shopping list this month. Click here to read more |
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Swindon Remembered is a fascinating new video looking back through the
twentieth century, released just in time for Christmas. Click here to read more |
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Take That, Westlife and Five are all past their sell by dates. That is the
opinion of Mark Pounder from Shaw and Paul Gray who lives in the town
centre. Click here to read more |
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According to a senior Swindon Council education official it would be a
'catastrophe' if the North Swindon secondary school does not open in
September 2004 at the latest. Click here to read more |
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Children at Swindon's newest primary school, Catherine Wayte School in
Abbey Meads, celebrated the official opening of their school in late
November with a special week of rhyme and fun. Click here to read more |
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Proposals for the next stage of the North Swindon development were
displayed for public comment between 13 and 17 November before they are put
to Swindon Council's planning committee in January. Click here to read more |
NOVEMBER 2000
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Ian Matthews, headteacher of Greendown Community School in Grange Park, has
announced he will be leaving at the end of the school year in August 2001
to pursue new challenges in the education system, applying his skills as an
Ofsted inspector and a headteacher performance assessor. Click here to read more |
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Consultants have come up with a long term plan to reshape the heart of
Swindon to provide a 'world class' environment for work, learning and
leisure. Click here to read more |
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Hear David Hempleman-Adams tell the tale of his latest adventure at the Arts Centre in Devizes Road. Click here to read more |
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Swindon's Cellular Operations headquarters has been voted the best large
office building in the world Click here to read more | |
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A Framework Plan for the next stage of the
10,000 home northern development will be available for public comment
between 13 and 17 November. Click here to read more | |
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A new book looking back over the last one hundred years in the town was
published in mid-October, and you can win one of two copies made available
by WH Smith. Click here to read more |
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The Swindon Choral Society has released its first CD entitled Comfort and
Joy - and the Police are paddling. Click here to read more |
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Bras were big news at a breakfast held at Brook Field School on 20 October
to raise over £2,700 for Breakthrough breast cancer. Click here to read more |
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In barely a year Norman Butler from Benwell Close, Westlea will be in
Tenerife at the starting line for the adventure of a lifetime - racing
across the Atlantic in rowing boat. Click here to read more |
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Swindon Council's planning committee passed plans put forward by Asda
Wal-Mart for a 37 acre development at the North Swindon district centre
site at its meeting on 30 October. The first phase will be open for trade
by Christmas next year. Click here to read more |
OCTOBER 2000
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A service aimed at helping parents and carers of children aged 0 to 14
years in Swindon is celebrating its first anniversary. Click here to read more |
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Plans for the district centre to serve North Swindon were put on display in Abbey Meads Community Primary School and Haydon Wick Parish Council Officers during the last week of September and will be available for inspection until 9 October at Swindon Council's planning offices. Click here to read more |
SEPTEMBER 2000
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Sixteen year old Juan Requana from Spain could have gone to summer language
schools in Bristol, Bath or Oxford. But he chose Swindon after checking
out various web sites dedicated to the town. Click here to read more |
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Well known Swindon farmer Helen Browning opens Eastbrook Farm at
Bishopstone, to the east of the town, to the public on Saturday 23
September, 11am - 3pm. Click here to read more |
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Reception children at Haydonleigh School can now make use of new play
equipment, within their own specially fenced area, thanks to the generous
support of Swindon business Kudos Fencing. Click here to read more |
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Managers at Swindon's futuristic Cellular Operations headquarters on the
edge of Peatmoor Lagoon need all the help they can get when it comes to
window cleaning. Click here to read more |
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This year's Wiltshire Festival at Swindon's Lydiard Park ended on a sour note, when a minder from the Steps
security entourage, took their no-photos directive too literally. Click here to read more |
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There are high hopes that graffiti will be reduced in the town, now that
there is a legal site where artists can show off their work. Click here to read more |
AUGUST 2000
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With Classical Brit award winner teenage soprano sensation Charlotte Church performing one of only three British concerts this year at the Classical Extravaganza,
and Brit Award winners STEPS at the Party in the Park, the two Wiltshire Festival concerts have proved a huge hit. Click here to read more |
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Eating organically grown food is all the rage nowadays, but supermarket
prices can be steep and it can even be bought over the internet, if you are
willing to wait for delivery. Click here to read more |
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Firefighters at Westlea station recently played host to fireman Fiodor
Kounits from the Chernobyl in Belorussia. Click here to read more |
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Eighty youngsters from Swindon will join 7,000 other 11 to 16 years olds
from around the country at the grand finals of the Millennium Youth Games. Click here to read more |
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Work on rebuilding Beavans Bridge over the Wilts and Berks canal south of
Swindon will be completed by mid-August, two hundred years after its was
first built, bringing the dream of linking the town into a restored canal
network a step closer. Click here to read more |
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First it was major Roman ruins found on St Andrew's Ridge, now a unique
artifact from Saxon times has been found as the North Swindon development
slowly reveals its history. Click here to read more |
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It's one thing for your business go up in flames, it's another to be stuck
in paradise for a week unable to get home and see the damage. Click here to read more |
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Sex education is poor, adults do not understand the needs of teenagers, and
young people are generally naive about sex. Click here to read more |
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'Swindon community re-paint', operated by Swindon Contractors and Swindon
Scrapstore, recently picked up its 1000th tin of paint. Click here to read more |
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A unique environmental wildlife haven was recently unveiled next to the
Rushy Platt housing development, off Wootton Bassett Road. Click here to read more |
JULY 2000
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A secondary school is planned for North Swindon, the first to be built by
Swindon Borough Council since it took over education in 1997, and the first
to secondary school to open in the town for 15 years. Click here to read more |
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In advance of the G7 world leaders summit in Japan in late July, South
Swindon MP Julia Drown says it is time for governments to complete the job Click here to read more |
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Swindon became a leader in the region for providing training for climbers
with the recent opening of a massive artificial indoor wall in the Link
Centre. Click here to read more |
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Over 1,000 primary school children in Haydon Wick have been presented with
mugs designed by a local artist. Click here to read more |
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A North Swindon doctor's surgery is believed to be the first in the country
to offer an online diary viewing service for its patients Click here to read more |
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At 19, Kim Rivers from Abbey Meads is possibly Swindon's youngest chorus
mistress, having led the Stage Struck company in a sell out performance of
Music Express at the Wyvern Theatre. Click here to read more |
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Swindon South MP Julia Drown recently presented Open College Network
certificates to volunteers at the West Swindon Family Project Click here to read more |
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The temporary community hall at Shaw, 'the Sunshine Room' next to the
doctor's surgery, has been condemned Click here to read more |
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Greendown School teacher Tim Noble and Karen Winterburn of Tregoze primary
joined two other teachers from Swindon to meet the Queen recently. Click here to read more |
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Once again the powerful Windmill Hill netball team won the annual West
Swindon primary school's tournament Click here to read more |
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Volunteers and staff at Westlea School who helped the award winning
Storysacks innovation become a world leader in early years literacy were
recently presented with certificates by the Mayor of Swindon coun Joy Brunt
before she left office . Click here to read more |
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The dream of driving steam trains into Swindon is but a whistle stop away
according to members of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway Society. Click here to read more |
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Swindon's new hospital can be seen rising rapidly on the east side of the
town, close to junction 15 of the M4, and contractors Carillion have
appointed a community relations officer to tell people about the huge
project to replace PMH. Click here to read more |
JUNE 2000
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Swindon Town football club's financial saviour in waiting Terry Brady has
declared he wants to build a new stadium in the Front Garden, on the
triangle of land close to M4 junction 16, opposite Blagrove industrial
park. But he will not commit the promised millions until planning
permission is granted. Click here to read more |
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Danish head teacher Svend Bergland spent a day in Swindon in early May as
part of a project to build links between his school, Brook Field School and
a third in Finland. Click here to read more |
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Swindon's efforts to improve training for dentists in Eastern Europe
received a big boost when two dentists from the Chekassy region of Ukraine
spent two weeks in the town learning how treatment is provided in Britain. Click here to read more |
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On 27 June Prince Charles makes a return visit to the
site to officially launch the latest tourist attraction in South West
England. Click here to read more |
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Victims of domestic violence in Swindon are to receive some peace of mind
from continued harrassment, thanks to Peatmoor based company Cellular
Operations. Click here to read more |
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A champion gymnast from Peatmoor has the chance of winning more medals for
Britain, thanks to support from a Swindon business. Click here to read more |
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Swindon women were out in force on 14 May to raise an estimated £70,000 for
cancer charities at two separate events. Click here to read more |
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The Shaw Ridge Leisure Park ten pin bowling centre in Swindon has been
renamed the Mega Bowl and has launched the Mega Time-Out club. Click here to read more |
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Mountain climbing in Swindon gets a big boost later in June when a new top
of the range climbing facility opens at the Link Centre. Click here to read more | |
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North Swindon MP Michael Wills comments on the launch of the second phase of the new study computer centre
at Swindon Town Football Club Click here to read more |
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A season of open air global music takes over the Old Town Bowl on four
Saturdays during the summer. Click here to read more |
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