MELKSHAM Family of Churches is gearing up for its annual children’s holiday club during August.
John Firth says, “It’s Bless Melksham Holiday Club time again, an exciting experience for Melksham children. For the past few years, a team from many of Melksham’s churches has provided a week of songs, stories, games, drama, crafts and activities for children aged 5-11.
“Past clubs have included Mega Makers and Rocky’s Plaice, but last year’s club, based on the highly engaging Guardians of Ancora game app, was such a success that Scripture Union have brought out a sequel – Guardians of Ancora Treasure Seekers.
“The club will be held at Queensway Chapel each morning from 10.00am-12.30pm from Monday 7th August to Friday 11th August. At the end of Friday’s session parents and carers will share in their children’s adventures in finding the keys to the Treasure of the lost Saga and will have lunch with all the Treasure Seekers and the zany characters in Ancora.
“The cost of the club is £5 per child for the week or £10 per family for the week. There is no need to register ahead of time, just come along at 10.00am on Monday 7th August.
“Like our Facebook page – Melksham Holiday Club – to stay in touch and please share the page with your friends.
“Guardians of Ancora game app is a free download from your favourite app store.”
![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.")
