by admin | Apr 17, 2017 | Editorial
The group, valiantly run for some time by Margaret Smith, has recently gained a new lease of life by the addition of Larry St. Croix and John Maloney. The meetings are held every third week, two days before Town Council meets to consider the submissions for the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2017 | Editorial
What’s Corsham Town Council for! Councillor Ruth Hopkinson, Chairman of the Town Council; David Martin, Chief Executive; and Councillor Philip Whalley, Corsham Town Ward ~ notes of the talk on 27th January 2017 Michael Rumsey started the proceedings with a tribute to...
by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Editorial
All the details below were provided by Sally’s brother, Nick, to whom the CCS extends its commiserations and expresses its grateful thanks. Sally was born in Shipley and adored Yorkshire, especially the Dales which are only a short drive north of where her family...
by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Editorial
If it’s not too late, welcome to 2017 and the Society’s full programme, as shown on the back page of this edition. For the first time, in a number of years, we had a Society talk at the Pound Arts Centre in January, moving the annual lunch to February 24th,...
by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Editorial
It’s Thursday afternoon, February 9th and I have just returned from a most interesting and informative visit to our ‘Spotlight’ magazine printers, Corsham Print. Chris Perry and David Kilmurray, the joint owners, took time out to explain how the printing business has...
by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Editorial
Introduction I should start by making clear that ‘young’ in this context actually means ‘newcomers’ to Pickwick. My wife, Cath, and I moved to 12 Pickwick at the end of January 2015. We had previously lived for nearly 40 years in Herne Hill, South London. Having...