LOCAL people in Melksham have been taking part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The official coffee morning took place on Friday 29th September and was a chance for local businesses, groups and organisations to bake and sell cakes to raise funds for the charity that supports people living with cancer.
Tops Hair Salon & Beauty was one of the businesses that took part and raised £300. Director and salon manager, Victoria said, “Our coffee morning went really well; we had support from clients, other businesses and just people passing by and popping in for coffee, cake and a chat! The team all baked and we had everything from a victoria sponge, rocky road and millionaires’ shortbread to coffee cake and Robyn’s carrot cake which won her star baker!”
Daisychain Day Nursery in Whitley also took part. Lucy from the nursery said, “Children and parents spent the week baking and the day enjoying lots of delicious cakes and sweet treats. Thank you to everyone who baked and donated to our cake sale. Your generosity raised a whopping £296.70 for Macmillan Cancer Support.”
Melksham care home, Mavern House, raised £225 and a retirement complex in the town, Crown House, also raised just over £179. A spokesperson for the complex said, “Many residents have had or know someone who has had cancer and know what a difference Macmillan Cancer Support makes. The residents have been amazing, so generous, donating raffle prizes, baking cakes and most importantly donating.”
![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.")
