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Title: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: Lee on March 07, 2008, 21:41:06 A 145ft (44.2m) church spire in Swindon is to be lit up at night to give rail passengers and visitors a "new and positive landmark" for the town (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7284233.stm The lights will be officially switched on at St Mark's church in the railway village in a ceremony on Saturday. Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: John R on March 08, 2008, 08:30:34 Maybe they could floodlight the derelict shell of the sorting office next to Temple Meads and give visitors to Bristol an "old and negative" view of the city as they arrive.
Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: devon_metro on March 08, 2008, 13:44:33 Its an eyesore!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l50/liamy_2006/swr/wba1.jpg Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 08, 2008, 17:34:01 No, it's a pair of Class 20s ... ?
OH! I see what you mean! ;D Yes, it IS an eyesore - and it's getting worse, as more graffiti appears and the weather takes its toll on the windowless structure. There's a lot of work going on in the adjoining site of the old Bath Road Depot (which is welcome - and grossly overdue!), but nothing seems to be happening with the old sorting office. I would have thought it was another prime site for redevelopment?? Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: Btline on March 08, 2008, 17:40:03 OMG- it's a box, it's square, it's dirty, it's concrety, it's and eye sore, it's a blot...... :o :o
It needs to go! >:( Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: devon_metro on March 08, 2008, 17:43:33 Quite, why I took a photo of it I don't know :P
Title: Re: Lit Spire To Become Swindon Landmark Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 08, 2008, 18:14:33 Well, it certainly didn't look so bad in 2004: see http://www.bugpics.co.uk/143619-6.php
Amazing what four years of weather, vandalism, graffiti spraying and copper stripping can do ... >:( >:( >:( This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |