SUFFRAGE MARCH 2013
Re-enactment of Suffragist Pilgrimage which passed through Corsham in July 1913
We have resumed events for 2022, but are dependent on the latest COVID-19 restrictions.
AUTUMN 2021
- From the Chair
- Editorial
- The Chairman’s Passion – Model Railways
- Preserving a newspaper printing press
- Trees
- In memoriam –
Prince Philip 1921-2021 - Remembrance
- Monks Park
- Corsham Community
Awards 2020 and 2021 - Film dramas in Box
- Book Reviews
- 21st century cosmic surgery railway cuttings
- An Admiral Fitzroy Barometer c. 1860
- Wiltshire volume of The Buildings of England
- Pickwick exhibition
- Moonraker Canoes
- Archaeological artefact?
- Planning round-ups
- Pat Whalley’s 80th Birthday
Remembrance 2021
Anyone visiting the Garden of Remembrance and the memorial to those Corsham men who fell in the Second World War will find an English oak tree at the heart of the site. On 1st November, we were delighted to welcome Mrs. Sarah Rose Troughton, Wiltshire's Lord...
In Memoriam – Price Philip 1921 -2021
It was with great sadness that we heard in April of the death of our Queen's right-hand man. Prince Philip had been part of our nation's history for so many years, that it was inevitable that when remembering such a career, local people recall the relatively short...
Press on to Wroughton ~ preserving the 140 tonne Wood newspaper printing press
In 2001, Science Museum curator, [the late] Dr. John Griffiths, stated: "The Wood press is the last hot-metal press to survive the break-up of Fleet Street and it represents the end of an era that spanned 500 years. Its preservation, in perpetuity, as part of the...
The Chairman’s Passion: Model Railways
When I was 5-years-old, I received my first Hornby Dublo train set. It was Christmas Day 1949. I remember my parents sending me to bed early on Christmas Eve. It was full of magic and anticipation for the Big Day. Little did I know that downstairs my parents were busy...
Planning inquiry appeal – care home, Pickwick
TUESDAY, 7th DECEMBER 2021 10 o’clock Room CBO1 Hartham Park marks the start of the 4-day Planning Inquiry into an Appeal by Care UK against Wiltshire Council’s rejection of their plans for an 80 bed Care Home in Pickwick. The Appeal is to be heard before Janet Wilson...
Pickwick, some aspects of life and times ~ Corsham Library display
Pickwick, some aspects of life and times is an exhibition at Corsham Library and part of Corsham Story Town. The exhibition is primarily aimed at children up to the age of 11 years old but can be enjoyed by all ages.