by Angela Atkinson | May 28, 2022 | General Information
May 2022 Development over HeritageSo, SBC have had a cabinet reshuffle and we now have a new Cabinet member for Culture, Heritage, Leisure and Town Centre Experience. You’d expect this portfolio to be about a Cabinet member with responsibility for...
by Angela Atkinson | May 23, 2022 | News
23rd April 2022 10 years ago SBC sold the Oasis – well all but – and with it a special piece of Swindon’s soul. On the 1st June 2012, BBC News reported: Oasis Leisure Centre handed over before £65m revamp.10 years ago SBC offloaded the Oasis: The...
by Angela Atkinson | Nov 1, 2021 | General Information
1st November 2021 A Salute to the OasisHello Oasis supporters. A rather fine blog featuring wonderful, personal memories of our beloved Oasis has come to our attention. It’s called Farewell to Swindon’s Oasis Leisure Centre – though of course we hope...
by Angela Atkinson | Sep 4, 2021 | Uncategorised
3rd August 2021 Oasis closure task group report passes first hurdleNews in the Swindon Advertiser.’The final report of a group of councillors set up to look into how and why the Oasis leisure centre was closed, and how it can be best re-opened has passed the...
by Angela Atkinson | Aug 3, 2021 | General Information
The Save the Oasis Campaign: The story so farhttps://www.facebook.com/saveoasis A saving the Oasis timelineA brief synopsis of how the SOS campaign has progressed. About the listing application Almost the moment the Oasis closed, Historic England received a listing...
