The Arts in North Wiltshire

The Arts in North Wiltshire

A talk by Russ Tunney, Director of The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham and James Slater, Artistic Director of the Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford-on-Avon. Guests are very welcome. Members £2, Non-members £5, includes free tea or coffee or £1 off a glass of...
Civic Society accepts Logan Manuscript gift

Civic Society accepts Logan Manuscript gift

During the summer, the Society was delighted to accept the gift of a most interesting manuscript. It is a bulky 15-inch by 12-inch folder, bound with string, entitled Corsham. Within its blue covers is an account of the history of Corsham, written in the late 1940s by...
Springfield Community Campus – Spring 2015 update

Springfield Community Campus – Spring 2015 update

Work on the new campus facility is nearing completion. To add to the library, climbing wall, café, community rooms and exhibition space opened last summer, the sports hall has now reopened following refurbishment after a flooding incident last summer. The two squash...
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...
100 years ago: Submarine blockade of British isles

100 years ago: Submarine blockade of British isles

By February 1915 the submarine blockade of the British Isles has begun, and in that month also the BEF is engaged in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. The Western Front is relatively stabilised, with limited attacks by both sides, but in April the Germans begin to use...