by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Events
No one is quite sure when the Society first started. The general view is that it was either late 1940’s or 1950’s, probably as a merger between two other local societies one of which was the Priory Allotments Association. We have a monthly meeting with a Speaker. The...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Archive, News
Many people who are new to Corsham may not realise that there was a Co-operative stores in the town previously. It occupied the buildings that we now recognise as 51/53/55 High Street, a Veterinary surgery Walter/Macfadden, (notice the ‘Beehive ’sign in the gable to...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Archive, Editorial
I expected the explanation of the surname Weldon to be straightforward, but spelling variations complicate the issue. The obvious conclusion is that it is derived from the place of that name in Northamptonshire. This indeed seems to have been the source of the...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Editorial
My father bought me my first Meccano Magazine when I was 9 or 10 and I was an avid reader until it stopped production in the 1960’s. I was therefore delighted when Pat Whalley handed me two editions from June 1930 and October 1931. The covers have long disappeared,...
by admin | Nov 15, 2010 | Archive
Genealogy is an interest of mine. Adding names to a family tree is fine but sometimes we need to look at the personal stories of the individuals. This voyage of discovery began last year when a cousin showed me a letter which had been retrieved from the effects of a...
