Wiltshire Mind is starting a new peer support group for unpaid carers in Devizes. The mental health charity initially ran the project in Trowbridge and said it helped carers feel less isolated and take a break from their role. The project is
I have no doubt that many of your older readers will remember National Service. I was called to do mine in the RAF in the 1950s. It came as something of a shock. Obviously many friends were made during my two years, most of whom I’ve not seen since
On Saturday, June 7 street collections were carried out in Chippenham and Corsham in support of the work of The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association North Wiltshire Division. We would like to thank the public for their continued interest
I read with interest your article last week regarding the fact that most people would like the reinstatement of the free one-hour parking in the Market Place in Devizes. I am a great supporter of this and I spoke to Wiltshire Council in favour
Many thanks to all who collected, either house-to-house, or Flag Day, supporting the lifeboats. The total raised was £5,892, a first-class result. This would not be possible without the hard work of all our supporters. Should anyone be interested
I should like the Friends of Savernake Hospital and the community to know how much we appreciate the very generous grant which we received from them recently. The money will enable us, among other things, to organise more excursions for our members
On behalf of the Malmesbury Living History group, I should like to thank the people of Malmesbury for the wonderful way they welcomed the re-enactors from Colonel Nicholas Devereux’s Regiment of Foote and the Marquess of Winchester Regiment to the
Existing pension schemes no longer honoured; increased pension contributions; refusals to negotiate. I consider the treatment of firefighters by the Government to be unjustified and unfair. And what’s this odious threat of dismissal in their fifties
I cannot pass up the letters that were written regarding my views on Doorway and the skateboard park. Over the years I have donated thousands of pounds to charities, namely Macmillan Nurses and Cancer Research. I am now disabled myself and living in
Having read the letter from Mr J Comley in the June 5 Gazette & Herald regarding the Chippenham Folk Festival, I find the last paragraph totally unnecessary, upsetting, showing a lack of compassion and irrelevant to the folk festival. Mr Comley
In reply to Val Compton’s letter (‘Bread is not designed for ducks’ May 29) there are alternatives. The RSPB is aware that people enjoy feeding the ducks. They say: “It is an excellent way for the public to have contact with birdlife and for
I would like to thank Mr Richard Giles, Mr Andrew Giles and Mr Barry Giles (A G Builders), Mr Charles Bowerman and all the other volunteers who turned out last Sunday to help clean up and rechalk the Pewsey White Horse. Coun Terry Eyles, Chairman
The excessive vegetation on the footpath in Monkton Park near the river is a major health and safety issue. There was nearly a crash with a bike and a pedestrian recently and, despite two or three emails to Balfour Beatty, no action has been taken
We hear so frequently of the failings of the NHS, but rarely do we give credit for the excellent service they can and do perform on such a regular and ongoing basis. Recently having moved to Devizes, my optician advised I should receive cataract
The full page Wiltshire College advertisement in last week’s Gazette says that: ‘There is still time to apply for course starting this September!’ and quotes a TV & Film student: “I chose Wiltshire College because and you are always surrounded
Over recent weeks there have been two very good columns from John Craig about spin, bureaucracy and the NHS. Having read the columns I totally agree with his views but let’s take it further. We have 800-plus non-jobs in the NHS at the expense of
Last Saturday evening I once again had the pleasure of joining the street pastors on one of their regular Saturday night patrol evenings in Chippenham town centre. Their continued dedication to the safety of our local communities is something we
More than 200 Brownies from Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough and Royal Wootton Bassett used their sense of adventure to gain a badge marking their 100th anniversary. The girls applied team work and determination to complete ten activities, gaining
Former pupils and staff helped celebrate the 40th anniversary of Urchfont Primary School at its current site. The school moved from a Victorian house in the High Street to its site in Cuckoo Corner. The old school was small and closed due to
Youngsters at Easton Royal Primary School will walk in memory of grandmother Anne Deeks, who died in a collision on the A4, to raise awareness of road safety charity Brake. Mrs Deeks’ grandchildren, nine-year-old Harrison and six-year-old Tyler
People living in Christian Malford picked up their paint brushes and gardening tools on June 8 to help at the village primary school. The workforce included the Women’s Institute, Friends of Church, 1st Lyneham Young Explorers, the parish council
As chairman of the All Party Group for the Armed Forces, I was glad to welcome 120 soldiers from 7th Armoured Brigade who marched into Parliament on Monday, led by The Band of The Brigade of Gurkhas. They halted at the great North Door of Westminster
Wiltshire College Lackham was victorious in a garden competition at The Royal Bath & West Show. Two student teams were challenged to design and build a show garden in just two hours. Each team had a 3.65sqm plot and the same selection of
A volunteer clean-up of the sensory garden at Canon’s House respite care home for children in Devizes has helped transform it. Seventeen people took part in clearing the overgrown garden on Saturday and bursar Jill Burry said that it had been a
Dentist Tony Russell has retired after 43 years of keeping teeth pearly white. The 66-year-old became a dentist in 1971, starting his career in Salisbury and working in various practices around the county before settling in Marlborough 23 years
THE England squad may not have got the result they were after on Saturday but it was smiles all round for the Marlborough Youth Football Club at their end-of-season fundraiser. The club used their annual end-of-season player awards, which coincided
The free event, part of Wiltshire Council’s Legacy for Wiltshire programme, was held in a marquee in Monkton Park, where 130 exhibitors were seen by some 200 who registered to go along. The event, sponsored by the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise
THE former owners of Mark Wilkinson Furniture have become the patrons of the Rowdeford Charity Trust. Mark and Cynthia Wilkinson, of Bromham, said they were delighted to join the trust, which raises funds for projects to advance the education of
Weather forecasters are saying that we are due for a warmer, drier spell. Certainly, the barograph is showing atmospheric pressure rising and the thermometer that the temperature is also going up. It’s about time, after the dismal weather.
It’s a war out there! The slugs – I don’t think I’ve seen so many, and they are huge. A word of caution here – those giant numbers are actually omnivores and will eat the little numbers that disappear underground in daylight. The big ones are
When we work with a person, is there only an individual in front of us? Initially, one could answer this question with a simple “yes”. However, if you were to look a little deeper, you could begin to acknowledge that an individual is not an isolated
Box residents are invited to a meeting next month to look at proposed boundary changes between the village and Corsham. The parish council has called the meeting to examine the plans, put forward by Corsham Town Council, which it says would see
