Fleming Way, Swindon 2008
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Fleming Way, Swindon 2008
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 13 Jul 2008
Taken from a close approximation (slightly different to avoid the frame being filled with bus shelters) to this image from 1967 by Gordon Hatton http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/862455 the lower part of the building on the right is occupied by Debenhams, the well-known chain store. The office above, under construction in 1967, is, as far as I know, still occupied by Zurich Insurance, formerly Allied Dunbar which grew out of Hambro Life. Beyond that, the high-rise is an hotel. The traditional terraced housing visible in the background of the older image, in Princes Street, was replaced in the 1970s by an office occupied by the Benefits Agency (DHSS in old money).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.562417
Longitude
-1.782698