r/Swindon

Hi, I’m not sure if this is allowed on here but i was just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction to talk to someone about the cats i’m worried about on my street? I think a few of them are coming from houses on my street but i’m not sure about others as they all look like strays. A lot of them are very skinny and obviously not neutered. A few of them spend a lot of time in my garden crying and fighting all night and i’m just really worried about them 😔

Hi, I was hoping to make new friends. The names Francis M24. I recently started go in my to the gym and I mostly play ps5 games like resident evil and pragmata.

I don't drink, smoke or watch sports like others here.
Not much going on in my life other than work.
BTY I’m single and straight.
Being still single is the sadder part😭.

looking up the internet it appeared £500 for a 2 bed just over £200.000 would be more than enough for a level 2 survey. I've approached two local surveyors and was quoted £700 and £750+vat! online surveyors start their prices at £450-550 vat included but they're all either from somewhere up the country or operate from virtual offices - some claiming they're in Swindon are registered places like Pembrokeshire. I've found one giving their RICS number which didn't even come up on the RICS website! how do people in Swindon get their surveys done? why are they so expensive? We're talking tiny 2 bed from the early 90s here! I do want the house to be checked over by a professional but £700 seems like too much, £500 seems decent but the companies offering them give a shady vibe.

I've recently discovered a distant cousin, Reginald Willis (born 1926). He, like me, is an Anglo Indian. He was apparently an electrical engineer. He had another female cousin who married a guy in Chippenham. And this all happened in the 1940s and 1950s.

Now, their parents worked on the railways in India, and I'm guessing that the railway industry in Swindon, and Westinghouse in Chippenham, could be a common factor.

We're trying to find out what happened to him - nothing yet found after 1960. So is there any kind of resource, such as a society, or museum that might have railway records for that time?

Hi everyone, first post here.

My wife and I are moving to Swindon from abroad very soon. We're hoping to decide on our main furniture within our first few days of arriving, as it’ll be much harder to shop around together once I actually start my new job.

Since we are thinking about renting a car for a few days, are there any good furniture places or showrooms worth checking out in or near Swindon?

We're mostly looking for "mid-tier" furniture for now. We are leaning towards IKEA (Maybe Bristol or Reading, or ordering from Tesco Extra), but we also are completely open to local suggestions across different price ranges if you think the quality and value are worth it. Also, we are mainly thinking of buying new furniture, but if you suggest good second-hand places, we are open to checking those out as well.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions! ^^

As the title says, I was walking by the library at Regent Circus today at around 10.30 or so when I heard a huge bang that sounded like it came from the east side of the town?

Sounded like an explosion or something - certainly far too loud to be something simple like a car backfiring.

Did anyone else hear it or have any information on what caused it?

Looking for genuine recommendations from people who actually eat here. Not TripAdvisor. Just real people and real food. What is the one place you keep going back to?

Figures show that Swindon has the highest absolute number of Goan immigrants and second + third gens residing, followed closely by Wembley and Harrow in West London. It is the largest home, especially in inner areas like Broadgreen, County Ground, Eastcott and New Town.

I wonder how Swindon is the most attractive destination for that community.

Not looking for tourism board answers. Looking for the things that people who live here have genuinely noticed getting better. Infrastructure, venues, food scene, community stuff, whatever. The easy version of this conversation is just to list problems and there are plenty. But there must be things that are genuinely moving in the right direction .

So, is someone being very stupid by announcing this, making Swindon one of the first places Putin will bomb if the worst comes to pass, or is it an elaborate piece disinformation with the real factories in Basingstoke, with Swindon being bombed anyway as after all, it's only Swindon?

This film, The People's Emergency Briefing, is fronted by Chris Packham and spearheads a major push to tell the British public the truth about the risks to the UK from the climate and nature crisis and about the solutions that exist - if we act fast enough.

Screenings focus on local action and the local MP is always invited and asked to ask the Government to do a prime-time, televised national emergency briefing on the crisis, mount a proper emergency response, and show international leadership.

Great to see someone hosted a screening in Swindon - I hope more groups will do so and help get this important information out.