Category: Images

Sporting Times in Corsham in the 1950s and 1960s

Sporting Times in Corsham in the 1950s and 1960s

Paul Smith, a Corsham resident for many years, now living in Carlisle, has sent a set of photographs of cricket and football teams of the 1950’s and 60’s with the players names into the bargain. This is the Pickwick Cricket club team photograph taken on the Recreation...
Victorian photographs unearthed

Victorian photographs unearthed

These interesting Victorian photographs were unearthed by our Chairman from Stephen Lord’s collection. Above: St. Bartholomew’s Church, a picture taken before 1875, the year in which church architect G. E. Street started a thorough rebuilding. This shows the tower in...
Steam through Box and Corsham

Steam through Box and Corsham

GWR engine no. 6024 ‘King Edward I’ is shown in this excellent photograph by Jon Bowers steaming towards Brunel’s Box Tunnel on Saturday, March 3rd 2012 on its way from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington. 6024 was built at Swindon Works in June 1930 and during...
Corsham High Street 1949

Corsham High Street 1949

Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 In January 2012 the Society was contacted by Mrs Hilary Corke who, when looking through the photographs of her late father, came across a...