MELKSHAM Town Football Club have announced the appointment of Tom Crawford to the role of Youth Chairman.
A statement released by the Board of Directors of Melksham Town said, “Whilst Tom may not be known to many outside of the youth setup, his work over the past three seasons both as a Team and Age Group Manager has been an example to all.
“His organisational and strong communication skills will be an asset to the club in his new role.
“One of Tom’s first challenges in his new position will be to strengthen the Youth Committee, and to this end he will be looking for like minded individuals to join him and take the youth setup forward.
“With 36 Youth Teams and over 450 children this is fantastic opportunity for people to shape and develop the face of youth football in the area for years to come at the Oakfield facility.
“The board wish Tom every success in this new position and trust that managers, coaches and parents alike will support him and the new committee.”
Accepting the role, Tom said, “I’d like to thank the Board of Directors at Melksham Town Football Club for offering me the position of Youth Chairman, an exciting but no doubt challenging role which I can’t wait to take up.
“Looking back, huge credit and thanks must go to Mike Rudd (my predecessor) for all his hard work and achievements over the years, for which has undoubtedly given me a stable foundation to build on.
“One of my very first initiatives will be to resurrect the Youth Committee and address all of the roles and responsibilities that come with running a large, successful youth set-up.
“It is exciting times at the football club and I can’t wait to work alongside all of the fantastic managers, coaches, players and parents involved at the club”.
![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”.]
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