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1960 AD |
Last steam railway locomotive, the Evening built at Swindon Works |
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Aldbourne
|
1960 AD |
Library opened in The Green, the smallest library in Wiltshire |
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Aldbourne
|
1960 AD |
Egg packing factory extended; mains water available for the first time |
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Aldbourne
|
1960 - 1970 AD |
Village expands with the provision of approx 150 new private and council houses and flats |
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Amesbury
|
1960 AD |
Abbey mansion converted to flats |
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Amesbury
|
1960 AD |
Amesbury House demolished |
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Ashton Keynes
|
1960 AD |
An 18 hole putting green was opened. |
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Box
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1960 AD |
The public house 'The Lamb' was closed |
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Broughton Gifford
|
1960 - 1980 AD |
Rod Nield Siddall is the headteacher at Broughton Gifford's St. Mary's School. |
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Calne
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1960 AD |
Cattle market closed |
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Calne
|
1960 AD |
The Presbyterian chapel in Back Road is demolished |
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Chippenham
|
1960 AD |
Heated 8 lane open air swimming pool opens in Monkton Park; singers Eddie Cochrane and Gene Vincent die in a road accident on Rowden Hill |
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Corsham
|
1960 - 1970 AD |
Sir Michael Tippett living in the town |
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Downton
|
1960 AD |
New bungalows and houses built. |
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Marlborough
|
1960 AD |
Council houses built on part of Port field |
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Minety
|
1960 AD |
Main sewage connected to the parish |
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Pewsey
|
1960 AD |
New private housing development in Astley Close |
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Pewsey
|
1960 AD |
Rex cinema closed |
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Sherston
|
1960 - 1970 AD |
Housing estates built in Sherston |
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Westbury
|
1960 AD |
Westbury County Secondary Modern School becomes a comprehensive school and is renamed Matravers School |
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Wilton
|
1960 AD |
Carnival no longer held |
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Wootton Bassett
|
1960 AD |
Extensive house building taking place to accommodate the expansion of Swindon and the establishment of the RAF station at Lyneham |
