by admin | Jun 8, 2016 | Archive, Images
Paul Smith, a Corsham resident for many years, now living in Carlisle, has sent a set of photographs of cricket and football teams of the 1950’s and 60’s with the players names into the bargain. This is the Pickwick Cricket club team photograph taken on the Recreation...
by admin | Apr 15, 2015 | Archive, Images
These interesting Victorian photographs were unearthed by our Chairman from Stephen Lord’s collection. Above: St. Bartholomew’s Church, a picture taken before 1875, the year in which church architect G. E. Street started a thorough rebuilding. This shows the tower in...
by admin | Nov 12, 2012 | Archive, Images
Following the article in the July 2010 edition of Corsham Spotlight, I have been sent a photograph, shown below, of a group of patients and staff at Corsham Town Hospital circa 1915 by the great grandson of Percy Francis Harwood, arrowed. The photo was taken by...
by admin | Jul 12, 2012 | Archive, Images
GWR engine no. 6024 ‘King Edward I’ is shown in this excellent photograph by Jon Bowers steaming towards Brunel’s Box Tunnel on Saturday, March 3rd 2012 on its way from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington. 6024 was built at Swindon Works in June 1930 and during...
by admin | Feb 12, 2012 | Archive, Images
Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 Corsham High Street 1949 In January 2012 the Society was contacted by Mrs Hilary Corke who, when looking through the photographs of her late father, came across a...