I often read your newspaper online. I was doing so on July 10 when I found your story entitled ‘Devizes pensioner’s pride and joy canal boat burned.’ I was saddened to read this story as when I was visiting Devizes in 2012 I was invited on board Mr
I would like to say a big thank you to all those who contributed to the very successful bring and buy sale and raffle on July 12 at St Andrew’s Church in Devizes. The sale raised £158.31 (which exceeded our similar sale in April) for Operation
I was fascinated by the headline last week that “Bulldozing Chippenham church hall ‘good for community’” which, when you read the article, is exactly what is said. As the Rev Simon Dunn explained, St Paul’s Church has embarked on an exciting project
In all my 60-odd years it has never ceased to amaze me how politicians of whatever size and colour can forget their principles when money is on offer. I speak about many, but one in particular who campaigned to save the town centre with her ‘Cherish
In this day and age there are so many people who are quick to criticise others so, instead, I have great pleasure in praising the hardest working lady I know who lives in Marlborough. Her name is Anna Forbes and I have known her for about five
With reference to the letter in the Gazette, July 3, from Jane Horsell, I think reference to an old photo of Station Hill before 1910 in the book 100 Pictures of Chippenham Past by the Civic Society, page 78, will explain the bulge in the road.
I would like to thank the people of Devizes for raising £112.57 during my street collection on Saturday in aid of The Brooke Hospital For Animals, a charity helping to improve the quality of life of working animals in some of the world’s poorest communities
Corsham town centre was all a-buzz last week, as the town welcomed the South West in Bloom judges with a hive of activity. Preparations for the contest have been well under way, with schoolchildren, residents and council staff all working to ensure
Youngsters at Lavington Pre-school learned about keeping safe at the seaside and around water. Robin Sillman, a volunteer from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bradford on Avon branch, visited the pre-school, in West Lavington, to talk
Youngsters at Southbroom Infants’ School were delighted to take part in the Isle of the Wight Carnival. Along with Southbroom St James Academy in Devizes, the infants school was the only mainland carnival group to be invited to the island’s celebration
Talented pupils at the Calne Speech and Drama School are celebrating after receiving top marks in their LAMDA examinations. Fifteen pupils at the school, in Church Street, took part and all of these received a high merit mark of 75 and over in
A ten-year-old schoolboy officially opened the spa suite at Fairways Retirement Village in Chippenham after winning a contest to name it. Elliot James, a pupil at Ivy Lane Primary School, impressed judges with his suggestion of The Young at Heart
A Remembrance service was held by the North East Wiltshire Scouts Council to mark the centenary anniversary of the First World War. The event recognised the 42 Scouts and leaders who had fallen during the war and was held on the grounds of their
JAZZ Carlin will go into tomorrow evening's women's 800m freestyle final off the back of setting a new Commonwealth Games record today. The 23-year-old Wales ace, who is a former Wootton Bassett School pupil, set a new Games record of 8:22.69 as
Royal Wootton Bassett’s war memorial has had a facelift befitting its significance at the heart of the community. Nine months after plans were laid to replace the deteriorating wooden enclosure surrounding the monument, a new frame has been put
THE former mayor of Royal Wootton Bassett returned to the Great Western Hospital victorious yesterday having not only beaten skin cancer but having raised £4,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Linda Frost was diagnosed with melanoma in summer 2012
THREE people have died in a crash on the A350 near Semington. The incident took place shortly before 5.45am this morning and involved a silver Volvo S80 travelling towards Westbury from the Melksham direction. The vehicle left the carriageway
Corsham High Street could soon see a reduction in signage after the town council agreed to work with protesters to clear street clutter. More than 200 people signed a petition last week calling on the council to do something about the increase
Harvesting our winter barley is now in full swing. The weather has remained reasonably favourable, hot and sunny, with only a few light showers during the week, although the sky has looked quite threatening at times. The line on the barograph has
I have been visiting gardens lately – this time in Suffolk, which, I was informed, is the driest county in England. The soil also seems to be very free-draining, so gardening there is demanding in different ways. First was Ickworth, which is
JOE Hughes has his fingers crossed that he’ll still be able to engineer another crack at the Southern Area light-welterweight title after illness robbed him of the chance to challenge for the belt last weekend. The 23-year-old was due to take on
Young people have two new places to spend their summer holiday, thanks to campaigning by community groups. Corsham’s Katherine Park Residents’ Association spent three years designing and managing the construction of its new children’s play area
There seems to be a whole world of people out there that we never really get to know. These people live among and alongside us and we hear a lot about them. We encounter them almost daily and so do our friends; yet we seldom know their names. You log
