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Programme 2024

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Thu 17th October 2024
Atworth – The Romans to the 3rd Millennium
Presented by Gervase O’Donohoe
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Thu 21st November 2024
AGM & Social Evening

 
Recent Events

Thu 26th September 2024
An evening remembering The Avon Rubber Company in Melksham
(note 4th Thursday)
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Thu 18th July 2024
Proposed Coach to Tiverton with Horse Drawn Barge Trip
Limited to 50, so Members have priority. Please book your tickets from February
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Tue 11th June 2024
Town Walk led by Paul Carter
Meet at Rachel Fowler Centre at 7pm
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Recent Events

An evening remembering The Avon Rubber Company in Melksham - Thu 26th September 2024

Proposed Coach to Tiverton with Horse Drawn Barge Trip - Thu 18th July 2024

Town Walk led by Paul Carter - Tue 11th June 2024

Further display of our local Artefacts & Social Evening - Thu 16th May 2024

Working for the Melksham Urban District Council - Thu 18th April 2024

Jobs for Women - Thu 21st March 2024

Architectural Follies of Wiltshire - Thu 22nd February 2024

A History of Forest & Sandridge School - Thu 18th January 2024

Christmas(ish) in Melksham through the years - Sat 2nd December 2023

AGM & Social Evening - Thu 16th November 2023

The Melksham Murderer - Thu 19th October 2023

Artefacts found at Melksham Campus site - Thu 21st September 2023

Coach to West Somerset Railway - Thu 20th July 2023

Artefacts from Our Collection - Thu 15th June 2023

Visit to Bromham - Thu 18th May 2023

History of Melksham Football Club - Thu 20th April 2023

Non Conformist Chapels in Wiltshire - Thu 16th March 2023

Melksham Clocks and Clockmakers - Thu 16th February 2023

Past Industries in Melksham - Thu 19th January 2023

AGM & Social Evening - Thu 17th November 2022

Changing Times - Thu 20th October 2022

Looking back at Melksham in the 1950s - Thu 15th September 2022

Coach to Bristol - Thu 21st July 2022

Visit to Calne Heritage Centre - Thu 16th June 2022

Visit to the refurbished Trowbridge Museum 2 pm - Thu 19th May 2022

Wiltshire’s White Horses - Thu 21st April 2022

A Policeman’s Lot - Thu 17th March 2022

Doing Time in Wiltshire - Thu 17th February 2022

Events & Commemorations of Yesteryear - Thu 20th January 2022

Annual General Meeting - Thu 18th November 2021

Memories of Melksham Shops in Times Gone By - Thu 21st October 2021

Melksham Today & Yesterday - Thu 16th September 2021

AGM & Ploughman’s Supper - Thu 19th November 2020

Changing Times - Thu 15th October 2020

Members Evening - Thu 17th September 2020

Visit to Calne Heritage Centre - Thu 18th June 2020

Level walk round Bradford on Avon - Thu 21st May 2020

Wiltshire’s White Horses - Thu 16th April 2020

A Policeman’s Lot - Thu 19th March 2020

Milling, Rag & Paper Production & Brewing - Thu 20th February 2020

Fire, Flood & Fun - Thu 16th January 2020

AGM & Social Evening - Thu 21st November 2019

Ken Merrett Memorial Evening - Thu 17th October 2019

Illustrated Extracts - Thu 19th September 2019

Outing to Gloucester - Thu 18th July 2019

A Walk Round Seend - Thu 20th June 2019

A Visit to Chippenham Museum - Thu 16th May 2019

The Great and Not so Good - Thu 18th April 2019

The Air Transport Auxiliary – unsung heroes of WW2 - Thu 21st March 2019

A Step Back in Time Village Tour - Thu 21st February 2019

The Peter Brown Memorial Slide Presentation - Thu 17th January 2019

Talk on the “Wiltshire Bustard” - Thu 18th October 2018

A final tribute to the fallen of WW1 - Thu 20th September 2018

Day outing to Sherbourne castle by coach travel - Thu 19th July 2018

Walk around Corsham - Tue 19th June 2018

Outing to Devizes - Thu 17th May 2018

Presentation and talk on the History of Seend - Thu 19th April 2018

“Melksham’s listed buildings” by Gill Cardy - Thu 15th March 2018

“Railway Navvies” presented by Chris and Judy Rous - Thu 15th February 2018

An evening of slides presented by Tony Fivash - Thu 18th January 2018

Annual General Meeting - Thu 16th November 2017

Archaeological Finds in Wiltshire - Thu 19th October 2017

Another evening of Members Memories - Thu 21st September 2017

Afternoon Visit to Lidiard Park, Swindon - Thu 20th July 2017

Tombstone Trail in Melksham Cemetery - Thu 15th June 2017

Afternoon Visit to Steeple Ashton - Thu 18th May 2017

The Extraordinary Ladies - Thu 20th April 2017

The History of Lydiard House Swindon - Thu 16th March 2017

The Wiltshire Regiment – WW1 - Thu 16th February 2017

A Walk Through Melksham - Thu 19th January 2017

Annual General Meeting - Thu 17th November 2016

Ken Merret Memorial Evening - Thu 20th October 2016

Members evening - Thu 15th September 2016

Afternoon visit to the American Museum, Claverton - Wed 20th July 2016

Evening Visit to Radstock Museum - Thu 16th June 2016

Evening Visit to Trowbridge Town Hall - Thu 19th May 2016

The Underground Worlds at Corsham - Thu 21st April 2016

The Wilts & Berks Canal - Thu 17th March 2016

The Brunel Brotherhood - Thu 18th February 2016

The Peter Brown Memorial Slide Presentation - Thu 21st January 2016

Annual General Meeting and Buffet Supper - Thu 19th November 2015

Ken Merrett Memorial Evening - Thu 15th October 2015

Members Evening - Thu 17th September 2015

Annual Outing - Thu 16th July 2015

Corsham 17thC Schoolroom & Almshouses - Wed 17th June 2015

An evening visit to Edington Priory - Wed 20th May 2015

The Somerset Coal Canal – Past & Present - Thu 16th April 2015

Let’s go to the Flicks - Thu 19th March 2015

West Kennet Long Barrow - Thu 19th February 2015

Peter Brown Memorial Slide Presentation - Thu 15th January 2015

Annual General Meeting and Buffet Supper - Thu 20th November 2014

A return visit from John Girvan of Devizes - Thu 16th October 2014

Illustrated Reflections on Melkshams Past - Thu 18th September 2014

Annual Outing - Wed 16th July 2014

Visit to Devizes Museum - Thu 19th June 2014