Corsham commemorates First World War
In the last edition of Spotlight we outlined some of the early plans and ideas for local commemorations of the First World War as we approach the centenary of its start. Those plans continue as we learn more about the servicemen who gave their lives during the war,...
Visit to Trowbridge Museum
Dr. Negley Harte, Programme Organiser of the Corsham Civic Society, former Chairman of the Trustees of the Devizes Museum, writes: The Civic Society’s summer excursion at the end of June was to the Museum in Trowbridge, situated in the centre of the Shires Shopping...
Goodbye Corsham Community Centre
With the Campus due to open later in the year, Corsham Community Centre has been demolished, and all the facilities and activities there will be transferred to the new building. The Community Centre...
Film crews come to Corsham
Click each picture to make them larger. It’s not quite Hollywood, but near enough. In May the BBC used part of the High Street as a location (substituting for late 18th-century Truro) for its...
Talks explore natural beauty of Corsham
In March we had a talk by Mike Stone, Curator of Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre until 2010 and the author of several books on the history of Chippenham. He took us on a fascinating river trip down the By Brook to tell the story of what for many centuries was a...
Big developments at new Corsham campus
Significant events are taking place with the new Campus in Corsham. The gym equipment has been moved into the Campus while the old building is extensively altered. The gym can be used in its temporary location, but the swimming pool, etc., will be closed for a couple...