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Historic maps of Bremhill and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Bremhill maps
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Bremhill books
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Devizes Town and City Memories
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Chippenham Town and City Memories
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Salisbury Photographic Memories
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Memories of Bremhill
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My name's David Meacham - When I was very small I used to live in the cottage on the right - Number 10 Bremhill.
It was a wonderful place to be a child - few cars then of course - and the freedom to roam the village without any fear.
The rooms were very small and on a slope - great... [more]
Shared on 19 October 2008
Wiltshire memories
A lucky find Chestermans Farm.
Having started to work with a company in Fleet I needed to find somewhere to live that was commutable both to work and our home in Devon. Having spent a whole weekend looking at various properties in the surrounding area without any luck we had one more left on the list to look at before heading home again. To our delight... [more]
Shared on 16 February 2009
Having been a resident of Calne from 1944 to 1962, I often walked across this little bridge, mainly on the way to the recreation ground. There used to be (and possibly still is) a plaque commemorating Dr Priestley's discovery of Oxygen in this place. I believe the pond was situated just behind Harris' factory but when I last visited... [more]
Shared on 24 July 2009
At one time a favourite place for picnics. Can anyone remember when the RAF lads tipped tins of paint over the white horse turning it red, white and blue?
Shared on 23 July 2009
At the back of this photograph is Calne Free Church and just in front is "Wiltshires" the grocery shop. My father William John Cook worked there for many years. I can see him now neatly wrapping parcels in brown paper and tying them up with string. Amongst the many items sold here were large tins of broken biscuits and I have... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2009
I have very fond memories of walking up this road in order to catch the old steam train to Chippenham, but alighting at Black Dog so that we could visit my grandparents who lived in Stanley. In younger days, I would paddle in the canal which partially ran alongside this road and catch tiddlers in a jam jar. Later... [more]
Shared on 23 July 2009
My memories of Calne as a small boy
Please visit www.moonrakers.com/memories.pdf where you can download my humorous account of my rather mischievous childhood in Calne in the 50's and 60's, called MEMORIES OF CALNE.
A copy of this book is lodged with the town library.
Shared on 08 June 2009
I remember walking up that drive in short grey trousers, new blazer, Kerry House tie and a school cap.
The Calnebgs website has moved to www.calnebgs.com
Cheers
Martin
Shared on 21 April 2009
Extracts From Bremhill & Wiltshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Bremhill, inspired by Frith photos.
The parish church of St Martin is described as 'Anglo-Saxon origins, c1200, C13, C15, restored 1850' (Department of Heritage List). The former school, now the village hall, is dated 1846. Jean Lovelock (née Dennis), who lived behind the playground, was at the school in the late 1930s. She remembers the two classrooms with old paraffin lamps and tortoise stoves which 'used to get red hot... [more]
This is an extract from Calne Living Memories.
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At Nos 1 & 3 High Street was J H Cole & Sons, a drapers (left). It was a high- class shop, and offered many services. David Morgan, an engineer at Harris's for over thirty years, used to be a delivery boy, and remembers polishing the big brass window sill every Saturday morning for 10s a week. The shop closed in 1968 when it was demolished as part of the road widening scheme.
This is an extract from Calne Living Memories.
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Richard Cowdy's bronze sculpture of the two pigs at the entrance to Phelps Parade was unveiled in 1979, four years before the closure of C & T Harris & Co. It was given by Calne Civic Society, and has become a popular landmark.
This is an extract from Calne Living Memories.
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