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‘Loss of a typology’: campaigners call for listing of Swindon leisure centre 1/3 Swindon Oasis leisure centre Source: Historic England Source: Source: OURSTUDIO An architect of leisure centres is among campaigners calling for the domed Swindon Oasis leisure complex to be protected from redevelopment The complex was completed in Swindon, Wiltshire, in 1975 by Gillinson Barnet & Partners and is described in the RIBA Guide to Modern Architecture as a ‘fantasy structure, its half-submerged dome resembling a flying saucer’. Advertisement But the leisure centre closed permanentl...

Our recent nostalgic trip to the seaside glory days of Rhyl, sparked a host of memories, shared by people from far and wide who enjoyed the beach resort in their younger days. Using some of your family photos, and postcards from the collection of history columnist, the late Elvet Pierce, courtesy of his son Brynmor, we take another look back at the golden days on the North Wales coast... Richard Owen, who now lives in Devon, said: "I lived in Rhyl and still have family there. "I worked on the prom from 1980 to 1985. Firstly in The Schooner pub by the fair. Next for three summers at Th...