A white Christmas in Swindon 1952 (Swindon Viewpoint)

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  • @nottmjas
    @nottmjas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @freespirit8508
    @freespirit8508 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it Curtess Street with the milk float?

  • @nottmjas
    @nottmjas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.