There are events and exhibitions happening at libraries across Wiltshire this Local History Month:

11 May (morning) Corsham Library Learn how to use the British Newspaper Archive FREE (booking at Corsham library)

13 May (drop-in morning) and 14 May (drop-in afternoon) Chippenham Library Learn how to use the British Newspaper Archive FREE

14 May (drop-in evening) Westbury Library Learn how to use the British Newspaper Archive FREE

14 May Warminster Library talk on the Pubs of Warminster by Eric Peddle £3 (tickets available from Warminster Library)

14 May (evening) Chippenham Library talk on Edward Newall Tuck by Chris Dallimore FREE (booking required at Chippenham Library)

16 May (all-day drop-in) Treasure trail of local personages with Lucy Whitfield (family friendly) FREE

21 May Westbury Library (afternoon drop-in) Shops of Westbury through the years – Reminiscence Tea and Chat FREE

22 May Devizes Library (morning drop in) Assizes for Devizes: Update about the relocation of Wiltshire Museum by Helen Miekle FREE

26 May Chippenham Library (afternoon) Behind Enemy Lines theatre event about women who worked in secret service during WWII FREE (booking at Chippenham Library)

Contact the individual libraries to find out more and check What’s on – Wiltshire

There will also be displays at Wiltshire Libraries throughout the month including at Malmesbury Library on the life of Malmesbury’s hot air ballooning MP, Walter Powell, at Chippenham Library on William Lisle Bowles, at Royal Wootton Bassett Library highlighting local authors, and at Amesbury Library on Wiltshire’s Folklore.

We hope you enjoy celebrating your local history this May!