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Amesbury
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1930 |
Bus station built; Pickfords Ltd open a furniture depository in Salisbury Road |
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Amesbury
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1930 |
Workhouse becomes a Public Assistance Institution under the control of Wiltshire County Council |
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Broughton Gifford
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1930 |
Electric lights are installed in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. |
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Calne
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1930 |
Oxford Hall in Oxford Road built for the Open Brethren |
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Calne
|
1930 |
Boys' National School amalgamated with the National Girls' School as Calne Junior School; Fynamore School (its name since 1964) built in Silver Street; provision of school dinners commences; sports grounds at Anchor Road and Lickhill Road are opened |
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Chippenham
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1930 |
Cloth industry ends in Chippenham - machinery is moved to Stroud |
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Corsham
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1930 |
Stone quarrying in decline: Regal Cinema opens in Pickwick Road |
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Downton
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1930 |
The Southern Tanning Co Ltd. failed and was replaced by Downton Tanning Co. |
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Great Somerford
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1930 |
Official street lighting first installed |
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Minety
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1930 |
Wooden village hall opened by Cecil Gouldsmith of Minety House |
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Pewsey
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1930 |
A Roman Catholic chapel of ease opened |
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Purton
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1930 |
National Infant's school closed; St. Mary's school modernised; senior pupils at Purton Stoke school transferred to Purton |
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Sherston
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1930 |
Jack Amos becomes landlord of the Angel Hotel; cricket pitch built in Pinkney Park |
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Wootton Bassett
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1930 |
The Gerard Buxton Memorial Sports Ground opens; the hospital closes |
