This 1950s aerial view of Swindon shows the town centre on the threshold of an earlier regeneration project. Demolition had already begun with a small cluster of terraces on the corner of Weymouth Street. Built in the 1870s, the site of the former housing was used as an unofficial car park when this photograph was taken in 1959. The transformation would continue with the creation of Fleming Way, named in honour of former Swindon Town striker, Harold Fleming. This busy bus terminus cut a swathe through housing in Cheltenham and Gloucester Streets. Today the Zurich Tri Centre buildings stand on the site of houses once bounded by Wellington and Gloucester Streets. Farnsby Street, at the top of the photograph, numbered fifty-seven houses. The Wesley School Rooms stood on the corner of Faringdon Road, now dominated by the refurbished Bridge House. Catherine, Carr and Vilett Streets all made room for the multi-storey car park and the Murray John building. N...