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.
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
Is it Curtess Street with the milk float?
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.