by admin | Dec 11, 2016 | Archive, Frontpage Article
It is believed that this is the second earliest photograph taken of a train at Corsham station. It probably dates for 1893 or early 1894. The engine, an ‘1854’ class of saddle tank, was built at Swindon Works in November 1892 and was later converted to a pannier...
by admin | Nov 28, 2016 | Archive
In May 1856 the first Gospel Hall was opened at Corshamside, now known as Neston, by a group of Christians wishing to worship in the brethren tradition. We must go back 24 years to 1832 when the then Vicar of Corsham, the Rev. John Andrew Methuen, renounced his...
by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Archive
When did Corsham become a favourite of the military ? It appears to have started in 1927, when the security at storage sites elsewhere had come into question,and a search was on to find other possible safe storage for ammunition, and the abundance of the empty...
by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Archive
We must all have been very relieved to see the demolition of those badly abused buildings take place over the last few months. Just to have the eyesore removed from the entrance to Corsham can only be an asset to how the town might be viewed by passers by on the A4....
by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Archive
In 1948 I was made redundant at the age of 16 thus ending my career as an Improver Motor Mechanic and this was all because of the then Persian oil crisis with no petrol available except for essential purposes. I went to the Labour Exchange and was offered one or two...
by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Archive
A railway between Bristol and London was proposed as early as 1824 but it wasn’t until 1833 did a committee of interested persons meet in Bristol and form a company called the ‘Great Western Railway’ and appointed a 27-year engineer named Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I.K....
