Friday 6 October 2017

Thanks to very generous Grants by Tidworth and Melksham Area Boards, we can now offer free History Outreach sessions and organised events for the following areas: Chute, Chute Forest, Collingbourne Ducis, Collingbourne Kingston, Enford, Everleigh, Fittleton, Ludgershall, Netheravon, Tidcombe, Fosbury, Atworth, Broughton Gifford, Bulkington, Great Hinton, Keevil, Melksham, Melksham Without, Poulshot, Seend, Semington and Steeple Ashton. We'll be investing in Local History, not just by borrowing heritage from existing organisations, but by actively seeking out Wiltshire's local history in private collections and bringing it back for the people to enjoy. In the coming weeks we'll be showcasing the items we'll be bringing into the public domain (Including German POW letters, Roman brooches and First World War letters and medals). If your organisation is based in these areas, please get in touch for more information. We are, of course, still operating all our services across England and Wales as well.

The last time this letter was seen in Melksham, it was being posted in 1945... People will be able to interact with this and many more local history items.
We're also bringing objects home from Poland, Germany and the US.