Not just any estate agent
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28/08/2008
Having bought his own house through Halifax Estate Agents, komadori notes with some sadness — though not much — the imminent departure of said company from Swindon. And this isn’t just any estate agent that is leaving. It’s one of the few that was prepared to market some of the...
Not just any estate agent
Time to ban children from the beach?
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23/08/2008
No, I’m not being serious… but consider the bit of health & safety lunacy allegedly behind the postponement of the opening of the pool at Highworth Recreation Centre.The temperature of the pool, which is supposed to be 28 degrees celsius had dropped to 22 degrees overnight. According...
Time to ban children from the beach?
Hoist by his own quango
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19/08/2008
’Tis odd what Mr Wills thinks will impressive his constituents. There’s many that question the value to Swindon of the New Swindon Company — there’s little that it does that seemingly would not happen if it didn’t exist. Having claimed it as his own creation. it’s...
Hoist by his own quango
It’s not vibrant!
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17/08/2008
From the title alone, those with an interest in such things will realise that this is a post about re-desecration regeneration of Swindon. Yet another development has been described using the developers’ favourite term “vibrant”. This time it’s the few remaining open spaces within...
It’s not vibrant!
Transforming
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15/08/2008
Mr Beaumont-Jones, director of the Brunel Centre, must live in a state of permanent excitement, amazed by the wonder of every dull, mundane thing he sees. Why else would someone describe the replacement of the Brunel Centre’s old, distinctive but filthy canopies with standard canopies, as seen...
Transforming
Which way are they going?
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14/08/2008
Whilst I can see the advantages of doubling the rail line from Swindon to Gloucester (the ‘Stroud Valley Line’ according to locals, or the ‘Golden Valley Line’ according to the operators), I suspect that Ms Girling (a councillor on more councils than is reasonable) may be rather...
Which way are they going?
Wet
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12/08/2008
It may not have rained for long during this afternoon’s thunderstorms, but it was certainly heavy… about 1½″ in the last 24 hours by my measurements, most of that this afternoon.
Wet
Freezers to replace wheelie bins
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08/08/2008
Just a week after Swindon Borough Council suggested doubling the number of plastic bags used for throwing away rubbish, we now have an even less efficient suggestion from a local resident: freeze your rubbish, then put it in your wheelie the night before collection. Ms Harris, whose idea this is, seems...
Freezers to replace wheelie bins
Who is he representing?
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04/08/2008
Central Swindon has a parking problem. The residents parking zones have insufficient space for the residents and it isn’t helped by non-residents parking where they shouldn’t. Since the council took over responsibility for enforcement of parking regulations from the police, the rules have...
Who is he representing?