Hunting for railway holiday memories
Mr Fenton explains: “I am undertaking some research into railway camping holidays taken before the Second World War.
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The Barnes Steamroller company in Southwick was started by Thomas Barnes, a threshing machine proprietor, in the late 1800s. He lived at Beech House and by 1895 had bought steamrollers and was...
View ArticleThe hospital which served us so well
Westbury’s first hospital was built in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee and cost almost £600, all of which was raised locally.
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We close our Then and Now feature in Southwick with a second look at the Barnes Steamroller company and its work producing parts for Spitfires – the amazing planes that played an important role in the...
View ArticleSaving Bradford on Avon's buildings
The fragile state of much of the working class housing in Bradford on Avon in the 1950s and 1960s was a local embarrassment. One Government enquiry described Bradford’s slums as being ‘as bad as the...
View ArticleRemembering the Great War Anzacs
APRIL 25 will mark the centenary of ANZAC Day, where Australian and New Zealand soldiers who served and died in wars or conflicts are remembered.
View ArticleParty time as Winsley project reaches a milestone
SINCE being set up 30 years ago, the Winsley Village Project has aimed to help those who are less fortunate by supplying famine relief and long term medical aid to people in third world countries.
View ArticleCelebrations are on track for old Melksham station
IT will be 30 years this month since Melksham residents celebrated the reopening of the town’s train station.
View ArticleFairfield Farm College
DILTON Marsh’s Fairfield Farm College has been providing a safe and practical environment for young adults with learning difficulties for almost 40 years.
View ArticlePride of Bradford set to return to town
OVER 165 years since the Iron Duke first came to Bradford on Avon, plans to bring the historic calendaring machine back to the town are now underway and could see the significant artefact back at its...
View ArticleTrowbridge school band reunited nearly 60 years later
FOLK and country music was in its heyday in the 1950s and for some lonely hearted pupils at Adcroft Boy’s School in Trowbridge, this provided them with an opportunity that would see them reunite after...
View ArticleWWII garden plane crash and a loved cat
FORMER Trowbridge resident Philip Grist is hoping locals will be able to shed more light on a plane that crashed into the garden of a home in Clarendon Road during the Second World War.
View ArticleEdington Music Festival still going strong after 60 years
THE Edington Music Festival will be celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and has come a long way since it was first set up.
View ArticleMelksham rotary club celebrates 50 years fundraising
SERVICE before self is the motto which has underpinned the existence of Melksham’s Rotary Club for the last 50 years.
View ArticleRemembering Royal visit to reopen K&A's canal
On the morning of August 8, 1990, at the start of a bright sunny day, farmer’s son Russell Fletcher walked out of his home near Rowde, Devizes, up the hill past the 29 locks of the Caen Hill Flight,...
View ArticleHappy memories as Bustard Club is closed
WILTSHIRE Council finally confirmed the closure of The Bustard Club last month, ahead of the demolition of the East Wing complex to prepare the site for sale.
View Article20 years of twinning celebrated in Trowbridge
TROWBRIDGE will celebrate 20 years of being twinned with Charenton-le-Pont this year with a special visit from a French delegation.
View ArticleLooking back on HB Pitt's 115 year history
MORE than 115 years after HB Pitt in Trowbridge first opened, family is still at the heart of the business.
View ArticleExhibition displays history of photography
A COLLECTION of early photographic technology and images is being transferred from the British Film Institute to the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock.
View ArticleNostalgia: Malmesbury Clubs are rooted in gardening
Sadly, because of the continuing government restrictions relating to Covid,
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