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1981: Swindon With XTC's Andy Partridge | R.P.M. | BBC Archive
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9:12Now PlayingNoted Swindonian and XTC frontman Andy Partridge takes us on a whistle-stop tour of his home town. He visits Brunel's Railway Village, the Western Region Mechanics' Institute, and the Museum of the Great Western Railway - where he stops to admire the famous steam locomotive, City of Truro. Next up, he visits the divisive Brunel Shopping Centre (It's far too tinny, it won't last five minutes) and the Avery Scale Shop - possibly the most obscure shop in Swindon. Finally, he pops in to the Oasis Family Leisure Centre, locally known as "the Pleasuredome."
Clip taken from R.P.M., originally broadcast on BBC West, 3 February, 1981.
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