Calne Heritage Centre

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The company magazine, which ran from 1927 until the WWII paper shortage, cut short its run in 1940, is now available online for non-commercial use. To read online, or to download a copy, head to our Archive.org page: https://archive.org/details/@calne_heritage_centre?sort=titleSorter CHC Harris Magazine by Tim Havenith

Cyril Horace Thomas, Mayor between 1944-1946 During 2022, with the help of  Calne Town Council, Calne Heritage Centre volunteer and Trustee, Tim Havenith,  digitised the available portraits of the Calne Mayors that are on display in the Council Chambers of Calne Town Hall. This document includes available portraits from Borough Mayors between 1836-1974 and Town Mayors from 1974 - 2023. Appended with an index of mayors. To view the portraits or download a copy of the PDF, appended with an index of mayors  (approximately 77MB) , click here . Many thanks to Guy Henly, Town Hall Caretaker, for his invaluable assistance in this project. 

Check out our collections PDF updated to May 2023, featuring over 2460 items. We are adding to the collection all of the time, so be aware that even if you cannot find what you’re looking for in this version of the index, we may still have items of interest to you. Along with adding to our collection, we are always increasing the quality of previous accession information, which includes adding images and descriptions to items added previously. With that in mind, if you'd like to help us ensure that our fabulous collections are added to our database, making them accessible to researchers, visitors, and our volunteer staff, please do get in touch. We're always looking for data entry and digitisation volunteers. Check out the very first index of our collections database by downloading it  here .

We are excited to announce that our first exhibition of the year will celebrate the 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧 – 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞’ is a fascinating display of the history, stories, and photos of St Mary’s. This exhibition will be available between Wednesday 1st March to Saturday 29th April. We are open Wednesday - Saturday between 10am - 4pm. Free Entry.

We are excited to announce that our first exhibition of the year will celebrate the 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐖𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧 – 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥’ is a fascinating display of the history, stories, and photos of St Mary’s from 1873 to the current day. This exhibition will be available between Wednesday 1st March to Saturday 29th April. St Mary’s School will be hosting a 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 at the Centre on Wednesday 26th April, from 10.30am to 12.30pm for local former staff, parents, alumnae and friends of St Mary’s to come together and share memories. For further information or to register to attend the Coffee Morning, please visit: https://www.calneconnected.org/event/coffee-morning