WILTSHIRE Age UK is hosting a free taster session of its Fitness & Friendship club at Bowerhill Village Hall.
The session is being held on Thursday 19th May, 2pm to 4pm, and is free to all new and current members.
Activities will include a seated exercise session, suitable for all abilities, music from Jamma De Samba, and an opportunity to meet others and have a chat over a hot drink and biscuits.
“Come along and try something new – we’d love to meet you,” organisers say. “Making and meeting friends for a bit of fun and laughter is a big part of the Age UK Fitness & Friendship club and each club leader and supporting volunteers are there to ensure everybody has a good time.
“Each session includes gentle exercises to provide a feel-good factor and that is followed by a refreshment break where there is plenty of time to socialise, and then a selection of group games such as indoor kurling or quoits, finishing with a relaxing Tai Chi session.”
The Fitness & Friendship Club is held on alternate Thursdays, 2pm to 4pm, at Bowerhill Village Hall, entry normally costs £5.
Upcoming dates after the free taster session on Thursday 19th May, are: 16th and 30th June; 14th and 28th July; 11th and 25th August.
New members are always welcome; for more information call 0808 1962424; email: fitnessandfriendship@ageukwiltshire.org.uk; or visit the website: www.ageukwiltshire.org.uk
![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.")
