Dec 13, 2014
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The start of the national and international centenary events culminated on Remembrance Sunday with unprecedented interest in the men, stories and events of the Great War, with major services at the Menin Gate in Ypres, at the Cenotaph in London and from a national...
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Dec 13, 2014
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Following the work to provide details on the family grave (Corsham Spotlight, Summer 2014), the following letter was sent to Pat Whalley from Craig Garrett, a descendant of the Mayo family on the maternal side. The family emigrated to Australia many years ago. It...
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Dec 13, 2014
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The activities for this year’s Heritage Open Days organised by the Society in the Corsham area were again well attended. On Thursday 11 September, two parties of ten visited David Pollard’s ‘Stone Quarrying Museum’ at Potley and were fascinated by the wide range of...
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Dec 13, 2014
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It doesn’t seem twelve months ago when I sat down to write the 2013 ‘Christmas Message from the Chairman’ – doesn’t time fly! 2014 has been a busy and fruitful year for the Society, welcoming new members, enjoying excellent talks and having a successful set of...
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Dec 12, 2014
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As from April 2015 all decisions on major transport scheme funding will be devolved to Local Transport Boards. However, since March 2013 these Transport Boards, a key part of Local Enterprise Partnerships, have become responsible for prioritising major scheme funding,...
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Jul 29, 2014
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In the last edition of Spotlight we outlined some of the early plans and ideas for local commemorations of the First World War as we approach the centenary of its start. Those plans continue as we learn more about the servicemen who gave their lives during the war,...
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