Places to see in ( Swindon - UK )
Places to see in ( Swindon - UK )
Swindon is a large town, formerly in Wiltshire, South West England, midway between Bristol, 35 miles to the west and Reading, 35 miles to the east. London is 78 miles to the east, and Cardiff is 78 miles to the west.
Swindon became an Expanded Town under the Town Development Act 1952 and this led to a major increase in its population. Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. Swindon Borough Council is a unitary authority, independent of Wiltshire Council since 1997. Residents of Swindon are known as Swindonians. Swindon is home to the Bodleian Library's book depository, which contains 153 miles (246 km) of bookshelves and also has the English Heritage National Monument Record Centre and the headquarters of the The National Trust, on the site of the former Great Western Railway works. The town and wider borough also has the headquarters of the Nationwide Building Society and a Honda car manufacturing plant.
Swindon railway station opened in 1842 as Swindon Junction, and until 1895 every train stopped for at least 10 minutes to change locomotives. As a result, the station hosted the first recorded railway refreshment rooms. Swindon bus operators are Thamesdown and Stagecoach. Swindon is on the historical GWR and on canals. Swindon also has two junctions (15 and 16) on the M4 motorway.
Alot to see in ( Swindon - UK ) such as :
Museum of the Great Western Railway
Lydiard Park
Museum of Computing
Coate Water Country Park
Swindon Museum
Cotswold Water Park
Swindon Art Gallery
Heelis
Queens Park, Swindon
Shaw Forest Park
Lawns Park
Mouldon Hill Country Park
Incarcerated
Historic England Archive
Seven Fields Nature Reserve
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BRAWL at the BENZ 6: Eddie Capel v Marshall Chiles
Red Corner: Eddie Capel - Camp Hope (Top Fundraiser)
I grew up in Swindon, England, and, as the youngest of five brothers, I’ve had to fight for things my whole life. In my teenage years, I was introduced to the sport of boxing and fell in love with the challenges and life lessons it offers.
Forty years later, I’m the CEO of Manhattan Associates, a world leader in the supply chain and retail technology industries. We compete with the likes of IBM, Oracle and many other titans of technology. The lessons I learned with my older brothers and in the boxing ring prepared me for the professional challenges I face on a daily basis.
I was 19 years old and a lean 154 lbs. when I last entered the ring but it feels good to be back, training hard to get to a semblance of fighting weight against an opponent in his twenties. The trainers at Champs Gym are kind enough to train this 56-year-old body to move like it did so many years ago (after all, 56 is the new 26).
A staggering one in 28 kids in the U.S. has a parent who is incarcerated, and national statistics tell us that if a child has an incarcerated parent there is a 71% likelihood that the child will follow the parent to prison. We MUST break this vicious cycle – that’s where Camp Hope comes in.
Started in 1999, Camp Hope is a free overnight camp that gives children of incarcerated parents a week filled with love, activities, and fellowship designed to show them their greater purpose in life.
The organization teaches campers how to build positive relationships and fundamental life skills. In the organization’s 17 years, the organization has served more than 650 campers. Impressively, only one of the 90 youth and young adults ages 17 and older who have completed Camp Hope's six-year camp programming curriculum and completed one year as a teen counselor has ever been incarcerated. According to national statistics, that number would be 63 people incarcerated.
Please help me support and spread awareness for this wonderful cause. Whether you can donate to this page, share it on social media, or both- every bit helps. And, together, we can “help “knock out” the cycle of incarceration in this country.
So, is it foolish for me to step back into the ring after a 37-year boxing hiatus? Probably. Is it worth it? Definitely.
Blue Corner: Marshall Chiles - Seven Bridges
I started skateboarding at age 32... and now I am starting boxing at age 47. Obviously, the older I get, the more self-destructive I become. I think in my 50s I will take up knife fighting.
I am partaking in a great event called 'Brawl for a Cause' where amateur/non-boxers get in the ring to raise money for a charity. My charity is '7 Bridges to Recovery' which is a homeless shelter for families. This $10,000 is going to replace their HVAC in time for summer.
WHY 7 BRIDGES?
I am very involved with 7 Bridges as I mentor an amazing 10-year-old kid named Jaliel. I have taught comedy classes there and those graduation shows are some of my favorite comedy shows in my career. I honestly believe serving others is a selfish act because I get way more out of helping than they do. These people have all kinds of issues and I am thankful for 7 Bridges keeping these people off the streets with a food & shelter... and with this $10,000 they will be able to get a new HVAC in time for summer.
7 Bridges does not get any funding from the government as they are a Christian-based organization. I consider myself agnostic but I like the work 7 Bridges is doing so I am more than happy to help them reach their objectives. Please help me help them!
EastEnders star Leslie Grantham fighting for his life - 247 News
Former EastEnders villain Leslie Grantham, 71, is fighting for his life.The actor, who played 'Dirty' Den Watts on the BBC soap, is gravely ill.His representative told MailOnline that Grantham did not want to comment on his health but asked that the privacy of his family and friends be respected.Grantham has returned to the UK from Bulgaria, where he has been living for a number of years to be under the care of doctors.He moved from the UK to Bulgaria following the breakdown of his marriage after 31 years.He filmed the soap The English Neighbour in the country in 2010.Leslie played the Queen Vic landlord 'Dirty' Den from 1985 to 1989.The legendary actor has received secret visits from his close showbiz pals, with one friend telling The Sun: 'Leslie is being looked after.Those who are close to him are hugely worried and are praying for his well-being.' His representative also told the paper that Grantham was 'very poorly'.He helped the soap pull in its biggest-ever audience, when over 30 million viewers tuned in to see him hand over divorce papers to lying wife Angie on Christmas Day 1986.But Den earned his 'Dirty' nickname in the programme after beating up his wife and impregnating a 16-year-old girl before he was apparently killed off in 1989.In 2003, however, Den was given a rather dubious resurrection when it was revealed that he had survived the assassination attempt and fled to Spain.Once back in Walford, Den quickly returned to his villainous ways, spreading mayhem for another two years until new wife Chrissie battered him over the head with an iron doorstop.She killed him off for good in the very pub he once owned and buried him in the cellar of the Queen Vic in an episode aired in 2005.It was viewed by 16.2million people.Grantham enlisted in the British Army in 1965, being sent to West Germany with the Royal Fusiliers.In 1966, however, he was involved in a struggle with a taxi driver he was attempting to rob in Osnabruck, Lower Saxony.The driver, Felix Reese, was ultimately shot in the head and died.In 1967, Grantham was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.It was during his time behind bars - he spent ten years in British jails - that he first took to acting.He performed in many plays during his incarceration and was encouraged to pursue acting by Labour politician T Dan Smith and actress Louise Jameson.In 2004, Grantham was exposed by a Sunday newspaper after he took part in webcam chats while masturbating and sucking his finger in his dressing room.He apologised to his family for the embarrassment but later said he was 'set up'.Grantham said he was so devastated after the scandal that he attempted suicide.After failing in all his attempts, he explained: 'I accepted that even at suicide I was c***.' After leaving EastEnders, Grantham played the pantomime villain in various productions.He also featured in two UK tours of Beyond Reasonable Doubt, a stage adaption of a Jeffrey Archer play.In 2006, he played Jimmy Collins
Posting a letter at the post box provided by Royal mail
Royal mail workers will now carry my letter to the address written on the front for a small fee. The price of a Postage Stamp