The Face of Remembrance Day in Swindon 2015

Today was Remembrance Day in Swindon. I was there as usual and true to (my) form I have recorded some of the faces of Remembrance in Swindon. They are all locals and that includes Robert Buckland Conservative MP for Swindon South and Solicitor General for England and Wales. Along with Justin Tomlinson, Conservative MP for Swindon North and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People.

I had a number of interesting discussions some of which centred around the fact that quite a few of the RBL standard bearers are getting older and wont be able to carry them for much longer there are not many younger people joining and willing to carry the standard at all of these type of events. Despite there being a very large contingent of Army, Army Reservists, Cadets from all three branches of the services not many of them are joining the RBL.

After saying that I am sure this event will continue for many years to come.

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North Swindon Hustings Election 2015

North Swindon Hustings

North Swindon Candidates

Justin Tomlinson Conservative

Mark Dempsey Labour

Poppy Hebden-Leeder Greens

James Faulkner UKIP

Last night was the Hustings for Election 2015 for the North Swindon Candidates. It was interesting and fairly well attended by the public. Photographically it was a bit of a nightmare. The lighting was really really difficult. I didn’t want to use flash so d700 was set to 6400 and hoped for the best. Lots of hot spots etc. Managed a few usable shots.
The candidate are, Justin Tomlinson for Conservative, Mark Dempsey Labour, Poppy Hebden-Leeder Green, Janet Elland Lib Dems and James Faulkner UKIP.

Tonight is the South Swindon, which will be more interesting as I live in South Swindon but I am sure the lighting will still be a nightmare !!!!!

Swindon Remembers

The weather was perfect this morning for the 2014 Remembrance Service held in Swindon Town Centre at the Cenotaph. There was probably 2000 people attending. Amongst those were Robert Buckland MP South Swindon and Solicitor General, Justin Tomlinson MP Swindon North, Councillor Teresa Page Mayor of Swindon and David Renard leader of Swindon Council.

Chris Grayling Secretary of State for Justice meets Swindon MP’s

Chris Grayling Robert Buckland Justin Tomlinson

Chris Grayling Robert Buckland Justin Tomlinson

Chris Grayling Robert Buckland Justin Tomlinson

Today I was one of only two photographers allowed in to the Swindon Probation Service Office’s to photograph Chris Grayling Conservative Party Politician, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice meeting with Robert Buckland Conservative MP Swindon South and Justin Tomlinson Conservative MP Swindon North. It was really nice as well, all three were more than happy for me to direct them around and we had a laugh and a joke whilst doing it, they were really nice to work with.

I would like to say a big thank you to Robert Buckland for arranging and allowing me access to take the photos and along with Chris Grayling and Justin Tomlinson for making it a pleasure to do.
I also want to thank the Swindon Probation Service staff for making me feel very welcome.