Barrie Hudson
Swindon Advertiser
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Barrie:
How Swindon's Brunel Centre would have looked in alternate future
LOCAL newspaper archives tend to chronicle many alternate futures. → Read More
Swindon festive season many years ago
IN the run-up to Christmas 55 years ago, the Adver ran many pictures of children in and near shops in Swindon’s town centre. → Read More
Before Holmes Music in Swindon came Hope & Co
HOLMES Music in Faringdon Road has one of Swindon’s most familiar shop frontages. → Read More
Swindon cycling expert on riding safely and happily
IN this article, Paul Ashman of Swindon Recycles Cycling Club offers basic but potentially life-saving tips to ensure the novice cyclist can look… → Read More
REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2019: Charity hit £1m target and gold ring found against all odds in November and December
NOVEMBER: A 24-YEAR effort to raise £1 million in honour of a Swindon charity founder finally hit its target. → Read More
REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2019: September and October saw Morrisons setback and councillors trade blows
SEPTEMBER: Swindon artist Ken White, 76, had his first solo show at the Museum and Art Gallery. → Read More
The Swindon Advertiser Review of the Year
JULY: Jon Dance from Haydon End celebrated 40 happy years as an Arkell’s drayman. → Read More
Timeless downland beauty easily reached from Swindon
The latest in our series of walking routes supplied by Swindon Ramblers passes through beautiful downland and among fields of ancient stones. → Read More
RSPCA honour for Shrivenham dog rescue
ENDEARING animal stories were as popular in the Adver 85 years ago as they are today. → Read More
The difference of the decades in Swindon's Bridge Street
HARDLY anything in this picture remains. → Read More
Early video game days recaptured in Swindon
THERE is no such thing as a typical customer at Pete Holmes’ shop. → Read More
REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2019: May and June saw IMH quit town and dog save a life
MAY: A company accused by patients of bringing months of misery and fear to five Swindon GP surgeries quit the town. → Read More
The Swindon Advertiser Review of the Year
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BARRIE HUDSON: A little lateral thinking to pay for taxi cameras
THERE’S a debate over whether Swindon taxi drivers should have to instal CCTV. → Read More
Barrie Hudson: How best to help Satan and promote pollution
I NEEDED some extra cash the other day, so I decided to sell my soul to the Devil. → Read More
BARRIE HUDSON: The drug trade is all our fault and I’m ashamed
I AND people like me are at least partly responsible for the cocaine trade. → Read More
Vicarious opulence ready to be enjoyed by Swindon day trippers
1 Lydiard House - www.lydiardpark.org.uk - is the historic centrepiece of Lydiard Park, which is generally regarded as the finest jewel of… → Read More
Exhibition includes GWR works paintings
RAILWAY Works images painted from life are among the pieces on show at a Richard Jefferies Museum art exhibition. → Read More
Stage version of Private Peaceful comes to Swindon
YOUNG actor James Tanton sees his latest role as the challenge of a lifetime. → Read More
Paul likes to show the joys and health benefits of cycling
CYCLING is both business and pleasure for Paul Ashman. → Read More