Author Archives: martha.parry

Swindon HAZ Needs Your Photos

Posted on June 16, 2020 by martha.parry

Swindon Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) – share your family photos on the Know Your Place website The Swindon HAZ needs your photos to populate the Know Your Place website. Do you live in the Railway Village or have you or … Continue reading →

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Richard Wintle Virtual Talk

Posted on June 11, 2020 by martha.parry

11th June 2020 Welcome to our first ever virtual talk – as we leap into technology, we’re super excited to have a Richard Wintle virtual talk  as our first virtual event and speaker. On Thursday 18th June, 7.30pm start. Richard will … Continue reading →

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Planning and the New Eastern Villages

Posted on June 3, 2020 by martha.parry

3rd June 2020 Planning and the New Eastern Villages We’ve been contacted recently by SCV member Julian Jones on the topic of planning and the new eastern villages. Background Swindon is obligated to build a further 8000 houses. A chart … Continue reading →

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SCV Photography Competition 2020

Posted on May 19, 2020 by martha.parry

Swindon Civic Voice Photography Competition 2020 It’s here again: the SCV Photography Competition 2020. The competition is open to all photographers of any age or ability. We launched it last year – in this post you can see last year’s … Continue reading →

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Darryl Moody of Local Studies

Posted on January 3, 2020 by martha.parry

January 2020 Our second event of 2o2o, on Thursday 20th February, is a talk by Darryl Moody of Local Studies. (Our first talk being Adam Busby talking about the GWR Medical Fund Society ) The Logistics: Central Community Centre – 7 … Continue reading →

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‘The GWR Medical Fund Society: the forerunner of the NHS?’ 

Posted on December 31, 2019 by martha.parry

January 2020 ‘The GWR Medical Fund Society: the forerunner of the NHS?’  Welcome to 2020! This year is going to be a busy one for Swindon Civic Voice with the exhibitions we’re staging in the long corridor of the central … Continue reading →

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Getting involved with Swindon Civic Voice

Posted on December 16, 2019 by martha.parry

16th December 2019 Following on from the post by our treasurer Sally Cole, about becoming a member of Swindon Civic Voice, we have this piece from trustee Alan Gaunt about Getting involved with Swindon Civic Voice. See also about Alan:  Ron … Continue reading →

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Lottery Boost for Swindon Civic Voice Town Centre Project 2020

Posted on December 8, 2019 by martha.parry

Lottery Boost for Swindon Civic Voice Town Centre Project 2020 Lottery Boost for Swindon Civic Voice Town Centre Project: Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, next year, 2020, we are going to run a year-long project. The project … Continue reading →

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Swindon Civic Voice – Becoming a Member

Posted on November 9, 2019 by martha.parry

Swindon Civic Voice – becoming a member …  … Why would anyone do that? Sally Coles, Trustee and Swindon Civic Voice member explains what drew her in .. All I wanted was a quiet retirement and be able to do all … Continue reading →

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Ron Spencer: Cerney’s Hero Policeman

Posted on November 1, 2019 by martha.parry

  1st November 2019 Ron Spencer: Cerney’s Hero Policeman Our Alan Gaunt, trustee of Swindon Civic Voice, has been busy with his keyboard again. In a recent post we shared news of Alan’s book: A Good Man and a Brave … Continue reading →

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