Wiltshire | Archive | 2000 | July
FAMILIES who say they have been plagued by stone-throwing youngsters claim the problem is getting worse. more...
PORK pies are on the menu at the home of a Bradford on Avon family as they get into training for the Woolley Festival. more...
A PLAN to build four terraced houses on an old gasworks site in Bradford on Avon has been refused. more...
EXPANSION plans for a small hotel near Bradford on Avon have moved a step forward. more...
AN antiques shop in Bradford on Avon has won a prestigious title at the inaugural British Antiques and Collectables Awards. more...
CALLS have been made for a lower speed limit on a road on the outskirts of Corsham. more...
CAMPAIGNERS say they may take to the streets to protest against plans to build 600 homes on fields on the edge of Corsham. more...
YOUNG people in Melksham will be able to enjoy sports and activities thanks to a new partnership. more...
FAST-food giant McDonald's has been given permission to erect two signs at its Melksham restaurant. more...
PARENTS in Melksham were targeted by a drugs awareness workshop. more...
YOUNGSTERS across west Wiltshire have been enjoying teddy bears' picnics at the start of the summer season. more...
ABOUT 100 babies and toddlers competed for the prestigious title in Melksham's baby show. more...
PREPARATIONS are well in hand for Melksham's millennium carnival. more...
YOUNG artist Shannon Jeffries welcomed her friends and villagers to a summer fete. more...
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon: Sunday July 16 Janice Thompson Singers present a Summer gala Concert. Tickets: £5. Time. 7.30pm. (01793) 524481. more...
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HALF Way Down The Line, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Richard Gagola is at the Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town. The display of 30 pieces explores the mystery of Swindon from a variety of perspectives. Richard's show is based on the theme of Time in keeping with the millennium focus run by Visual Arts. The exhibition runs until July 29. Free entry. more...
FORTUNATELY, I haven't had to use the buses in Swindon very often. more...
NO ONE should be fooled by Wiltshire Health Authority's Chief Executive Jeremy Hallett's assertion that developing a network of intermediate care beds and looking after patients in their own homes is going to address the problem arising from the shortfall in beds at the new Commonhead Hospital, as suggested in the Evening Advertiser of July 4. more...
COULD Chiseldon's gain be Stratton's loss? more...
PENSIONERS have been let down by both Conservative and Labour governments. more...
A 40-minute rail journey turned into a 100-mile trip for commuters returning to Swindon after their train developed a gearbox fault. more...
CARNIVAL fever gripped Wroughton on Saturday (July 10) as the streets came alive with colour and excitement. more...
STEAMY Latin music compensated for the cool temperatures at an evening concert in the Town Gardens at the weekend. more...
FATHER-of-two Howard Jones is determined to get on his bike and join a sponsored cycle ride in aid of a women's voluntary group. more...
A MANIFESTO on Rural Britain by South Swindon MP Julia Drown will be discussed by members of Wroughton Parish Council on Monday, July 10. more...
AN information service on all aspects of disability will be visiting Swindon villages to offer free advice. more...
A DAY of fun activities at Swindon's Link Centre launched a nationwide drive to get people fit. more...
WITH cranes busy on the horizon, Old Town looks to be a hub of new development. more...
PLANS for a new £3m hotel in the town centre are expected to be approved by Swindon councillors. more...
A MOTORCYCLIST has become the seventh person to die in 18 months in accidents on the A419 near Swindon. more...
SWINDON vicar the Reverend Peter Stone, who is to undergo a sex change, told viewers of a religious programme how for 40 years he prayed he would wake up a woman. more...
A NOTTING Hill-type carnival brought Swindon communities together in a celebration which spanned two days. more...
THE big day finally dawned for The Evening Advertiser's Bride of the Millennium. more...
MEMBERS of a health watchdog are unhappy that they were kept in the dark about serious blunders made by histopathologist Dr James Elwood at Swindon's Princess Margaret Hospital. more...
YOUNG Harry Potter fanatics were rattling the gates of Waterstone's on Saturday morning (July 10), ready to snap up the latest book about their favourite character. more...
ONE of the most modern computer suites in the UK has been officially opened at Ferndale Junior School. more...
EYES wide open with an excited glaze across his face, a young lad boards the tube with his father ready for the big game. more...
IF Swindon Robins thought they had seen enough rain already this season, then they were in for a shock at Brough Park, Newcastle on Sunday night. more...
TOWN players have been warned they must show passion, desire and commitment if they want to be a part of Colin Todd's team. more...
CAIRO must have seemed a million miles away for the brave souls who attended the Swindon Town open day at a damp and soggy County Ground on Sunday, July 11. more...
JAIME King is still confident of reaching the Olympics despite missing out on the final of the 200m breaststroke at the European Championships. more...
MIDDLE distance runner Andy Fulford has won a bronze medal at the English Schools' championships in Sheffield. more...
ENGLAND masseur Steve Slattery has been talking exclusively to the Evening Advertiser about the disappointment Kevin Keegan's men felt at their performance in Euro 2000. more...
THE whole nation was bitterly disappointed that England failed to progress past the first stage of the European Championships, but Steve Slattery felt it more than most. more...
SCHOOLCHILDREN in west Wiltshire have performed well in this year's prestigious music festival. more...
A STATUE which has been missing from a Trowbridge School for 40 years has been replaced. more...
WORK has started to convert a former mill next to The Shires shopping centre into a new leisure and shopping complex. more...
PUPILS at a divided Trowbridge school are now learning together following a successful move. more...
YOUNGSTERS across west Wiltshire have been enjoying teddy bears' picnics at the start of the summer season. more...
A SUMMER fete and novelty pet show have raised nearly £2,000 for projects at Holt School. more...
HOUSING developer Wilcon has offered to buy back, at today's prices, two homes in Trowbridge which have developed cracked floors and movement to the walls. more...
HISTORY was made when a priest was ordained in his Trowbridge church. more...
MOTOR racing enthusiasts took up a golden opportunity when the Castle Combe circuit track celebrated its 50th anniversary. more...
CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting at provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade. more...
STUDENTS from the the Olympiad club gained the most points out of all the competing clubs when the Chippenham leisure centre hosted the 2000 Wado Academy national karate championships. more...
RESIDENTS and athletes alike know all about the testing topography of Bradford on Avon and on Sunday (July 2) Bradford Lions' Club made good use of this characteristic to send competitors on their Great Bradford Ascent. more...
BOWLS: Wiltshire's lingering hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Middleton Cup were extinguished as they lost to Dorset at Wimborne. more...
TEENAGE golfer Ryan Smith has won the Erlestoke Sands Club Championship. more...
BOXING hopeful Scott Spencer has been back on his old stomping ground, putting on a special performance at his dad's gym. more...
MARK Threlfall of Melksham Swordfish Swimming Club delighted his trainers again at a competition in Stoke by swimming a national time in the 100-metres breaststroke. more...
EVENTING: A number of departures have been included in this year's Doubleprint British Open Championships at Gatcombe from August 4 to 6. more...
IT must be difficult to find anyone in the UK over the age of 20 who hasn't seen at least one performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, be it professional stage performance or charming school end-of-term show which is, after all, what it was originally written as. more...
BATH Royal Theatre: Until July15: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The ever-popular musical back on tour. Tel (01225) 448844 more...
THE Mill, Rode: This was suggested as a last-minute venue for a girls' Saturday night out when our chosen spot turned out to be fully booked. more...
FULL of vile jokes, crude innuendo and lots of bare flesh, Big Momma's House (PG) brings slapstick comedy roaring into the new millennium. more...
SHOWING from Friday, July 7, for seven days at the Westway Cinema, Frome, is Chicken Run (U), the new claymation masterpiece from the creators of Wallace and Gromit. It is on screen daily at 5.45pm and 8pm, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. more...
IT'S FESTIVALS, festivals all the way this month, with the second annual Woolley one coming up on July 15 and 16. more...
MONDAY, July 10: Blood donor session, Longfield Community Centre, Weavers Drive, Trowbridge, 1.30-3.15pm and 5-7.15pm. more...
SO, the time has finally come for council tenants in west Wiltshire to make up their minds about the fate of their homes. more...
STRANGE, isn't it, that an area of land that was meant to act as a buffer between Trowbridge and Hilperton is now to become a building zone. more...
MANY will have heard about the proposal from NICE, the government's advisory body on health treatments, that it is proposed to stop prescribing the new beta interferon drugs for people with MS. more...
THE allegation that bus services in Bradford on Avon are frequently grossly unpunctual needs to be taken, if not with an almighty pinch of salt, then certainly within a factual and fairminded context. more...
MEMBERSHIP of the Marlborough Embroiderers Guild has led me to become a regular visitor at the Amber Foundation. We have sociable afternoons indulging in textile arts and bringing a little touch of grandmotherly concern into difficult young lives. more...
I RESPOND the article 'Housing future is now up to tenants' (Wiltshire Times, June 6) in which Cllr Tom James states: Tenants would be daft to turn down such a good offer... It's a superb offer. more...
IN response to the comments in the star letter published in the Wiltshire Times (June 3) I would like to say that I find them totally without balance and rather nauseating. more...
IF, as Maddy Lysley claims, we British should be ashamed of our human rights record, then heaven knows how we are to describe other countries in this hypocritical world. more...
THANKS to the support of your readers who have served in the Royal Navy, the system for finding their old shipmates, RN Shipmates, and its associated magazine, Lost Shipmates, have now grown too large for me to handle on my own in my spare time. more...
AS A former inhabitant of the village of Bratton, I recently returned for a holiday and made several walks around the village, including one to the church. more...
I WANTED to write to let readers know about A Night With Nick an exciting gala variety show taking place at The Millennium Dome on July 23 in aid of The Stroke Association. more...
I HAD an unexpected night out when I was able to attend the annual Senior Citizens Variety Show in Warminster, presented by Imperial Charity, and what a treat that was. more...
TROWBRIDGE committee of Bath Cancer Unit Support Group would like to thank all those who donated to our collection in Trowbridge town centre on Saturday June 17 when over £570 was raised. more...
THE Civic Hall, Trowbridge, was the venue for the Real Transport in Wiltshire Exhibition and Rally at which the DOTT.WEBBS, (Dilton Marsh Opposed to the Westbury Bypass by Stealth), campaign group contributed with an exhibition stand. more...
A Warminster business has secured the sole distribution of an American bestseller. more...
A NO-GO part of Warminster has been made safer after security cameras went on-line in the town park. more...
A FATHER of two claims his children are at risk by lorries delivering to a building site near his home, despite a planning condition preventing them from using the route. more...
A FORMER cinema site in Westbury is being transformed into six bungalows by a trust created by the town's woollen tycoons. more...
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