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Thu 21st November 2024
AGM & Social Evening

 
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Atworth – The Romans to the 3rd Millennium
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An evening remembering The Avon Rubber Company in Melksham
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Proposed Coach to Tiverton with Horse Drawn Barge Trip
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Changing Times - Thu 20th October 2022
The impact of total war on Wiltshire 1939 – 1955

Presented by Local Studies Librarian Julie Davis


MELKSHAM & DISTRICT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION



Changing Times

The impact of total war on Wiltshire 1939 - 1955

Presentation given by Julie Davis

The Local Studies Librarian


Melksham Assembly Hall

Thursday 20th October at 7:30pm

Visitors welcome (£3)

This talk explores the impact of the Second World War on the Wiltshire Home Front, from an influx of “visitors” including the military and evacuees, to wartime working, civil defence duties, planning and construction, and its legacy in the post-war world.




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