AFTER a long hiatus, St Mary’s Art Group is hosting a free exhibition this month.
The exhibition will be held at Holt Village Hall on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September.
Organisers say, “It is with much excitement that St Mary’s Art Group are at last putting together their first exhibition since 2019.
“We are very much looking forward to giving you an interesting and enjoyable event to visit over the weekend 25th and 26th this September.
“The exhibition will take place at Holt Village Hall, The Street, Holt, BA14 6QH, opening times 11am to 4pm on Saturday and 11 am to 3.30pm on Sunday.
“There will be an exciting selection of original artworks on display for purchase or just simply to view, along with prints and a fantastic range of cards as well.
“Drawing activities will be available to keep the kiddies amused and hot and cold drinks and delicious homemade cakes will be served throughout. Admission is free.
“This group of enthusiastic artists would meet every Tuesday morning at St Mary’s Church Hall, Hilperton. Evidently, with the arrival of Covid this had not been the case but to keep morale and creativity going, members of the group came up with various challenges to encourage the artists to keep those brushes out.
“This was great fun and produced some really interesting pieces of art. Alongside these challenges, some artists turned the time at home into an opportunity to explore new techniques, media or subjects, with fantastic results.
“Since the relaxing of Covid restrictions, the group are once again meeting up every Tuesday morning as before.”
![Melksham Times Past
A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
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A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.")
